Comparison

HourlyTimeTracker vs Jotsum

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HourlyTimeTracker

Easily track your work hours, schedule shifts, and automatically calculate regular and overtime pay based on custom rules. View daily and period summaries, generate detailed reports, and sync with your iPhone Calendar. Includes a home screen widget for quick logging.

Highlights
  • Automatic overtime calculation
  • Shift scheduling
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable reports
  • iCloud sync
  • Multiple overtime rule modes
Features
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Hourly Time Tracker is a no-fuss hours log for anyone paid by the hour. Schedule upcoming shifts, record actual hours as you work them, and let the app split regular and overtime automatically — using your own rules, and telling you exactly why each day is overtime. WIDGET A Home Screen or Lock Screen widget shows today's recorded hours at a glance. One tap records your scheduled hours for today instantly — no app launch needed. SCHEDULE Map out upcoming work days on a monthly calendar. Set hours and start times. Schedule several days at once with the Select Days button — use M-F or Weekend shortcuts, or long-press and drag — and apply one schedule to all of them. Optionally sync scheduled shifts to your iPhone Calendar. RECORD Log actual hours with a tap. Mark days as PTO, Sick, or Holiday from a dropdown. Import existing events from your iPhone Calendar as scheduled or recorded days. HOURS Every pay period is automatically summarised: regular hours, overtime, and paid time off. Each day's overtime shows the reason it counts. Reconcile periods once your payslip confirms them, and send a clean hours report from the app with a fully customisable template. REPORTS Monthly summaries with day-by-day breakdowns, year-to-date totals, PTO planned vs. taken against a yearly allowance, sick-time totals, your upcoming schedule, and unreconciled periods. Export any report to PDF to print, save to Files, or email. OVERTIME RULES Five modes to match how your employer calculates overtime: - Daily threshold — hours past a set daily limit - Daily tiered — two overtime tiers with separate start points - Weekly threshold — hours past a set weekly total - Schedule (Daily) — hours over each day's scheduled amount - Monthly Quota — hours over a required monthly total (paid time off counts toward it, and a shortfall is flagged) Not sure which fits? Every setting has a built-in info button explaining what it does. ICLOUD SYNC All data is stored in your private iCloud account and syncs automatically across every iPhone signed into the same Apple ID. Nothing to configure. PRIVACY Hourly Time Tracker collects no data. Your hours, period records, and settings are stored on your device and in your private iCloud database — they never leave your control and are never accessible to us. SUPPORT THE APP Hourly Time Tracker is free with no ads or paywalls. If it saves you time, the Tip Jar in Settings lets you leave an optional tip to support development.

About

Jotsum

Features
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Jotsum is a calculator you write in plain words. Type your math and notes on the left; the answers appear on the right, live, as you type — no equals key, no buttons, no fuss. It’s the everyday calculations you actually do: splitting a bill, converting currencies at today’s rate, working out a percentage off, adding up a trip budget, or checking how many days until a deadline. Name your values and reuse them down the page, and Jotsum keeps the whole sheet in sync. SYNCS WITH YOUR MAC Your calculations sync over iCloud, so the sheet you start on your Mac is on your iPhone — and the other way around. No account, no sign-in; it uses your own iCloud. WHAT IT DOES • Plain-language math with variables — name a number, reuse it anywhere • Live currency conversion (160+ currencies + Bitcoin/Ethereum, no API key, no login) • Units — length, mass, time, volume, data, temperature, area, speed • Percentages done the human way — “20% off 80”, “12 is what % of 60” • Dates & durations — “3 days + 5 hours”, “days until christmas”, time zones • Scientific functions — sqrt, sin/cos/tan, logs, exp, powers, plus pi, e, tau • Finance — compound interest and mortgage payments • Multiple notes, organised in a tidy list PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your devices and your own iCloud. No account, no analytics, no tracking. Currency rates are the only network request, and the app works offline too. Light and dark, with a warm editorial look that’s easy on the eyes all day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HourlyTimeTracker4 screens
Jotsum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Jotsum at every 5 days against HourlyTimeTracker's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HourlyTimeTracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Jotsum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HourlyTimeTracker ships an update every 2 months, Jotsum every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
HourlyTimeTracker versus Jotsum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourlyTimeTrackerJotsum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEasy Chair Apps Lab, LLCHrvoje Matosic

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HourlyTimeTracker

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$2.99
  • Heroic Tip$4.99
2 purchases

Jotsum

Subscriptions1
  • Jotsum Pro14 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Jotsum Pro$29.00

Questions

Is HourlyTimeTracker free?
HourlyTimeTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jotsum free?
Jotsum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HourlyTimeTracker or Jotsum have ads?
Neither HourlyTimeTracker nor Jotsum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HourlyTimeTracker or Jotsum?
HourlyTimeTracker ships an update every 2 months, and Jotsum every 5 days. Most recently, HourlyTimeTracker was updated on October 28, 2026 and Jotsum on October 28, 2026.

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