HourlyTimeTracker vs HourStamp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HourlyTimeTracker
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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.
HourStamp
Easily track your work hours and get an estimate of your pay. This app helps you log shifts, calculate overtime, and compare your earnings with payslips. It offers a free tier for basic logging and estimates, with an optional Pro version for enhanced features.
- Log work shifts and overtime
- Estimate pay and overtime amounts
- Compare estimates with payslips
- Personal record keeping with revision history
- Exportable personal record summary (Pro)
- Device-based data storage
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Every minute of your work is worth money. HourStamp helps you record hours clearly and understand how your pay estimate was calculated. ADDS UP — every cent shown Log shifts and overtime, then review estimated amounts by pay period. Hourly basis, cycle dates, and multipliers remain visible. Statutory holiday calendars for 2024-2027 are built in for 44 regions, including the official mainland China schedule and Taiwan's labour holidays with their make-up days. Multipliers can be tiered by hour where the law says so, as in Taiwan's Labor Standards Act. KEEPS A TRAIL — personal records you can review Stamping a record freezes its device time, pay settings, and day-level calculation. Explicit later edits retain a revision entry. A stamp is not third-party trusted time, and the exported PDF is a personal record summary rather than a legal determination. COMPARE ON DEVICE Photograph or choose a payslip to recognize common pay items on device and compare them with your ledger estimate. If recognition is incomplete, rely on the original payslip and a manual review. NO TRICKS No loans and no ads. Ledgers are stored on your device by default, no account is required, and you can export a backup file manually. The free tier includes logging, estimates, ledgers, and statistics. HourStamp Pro unlocks a shareable PDF personal record summary. All amounts are estimates for personal record keeping, not wage determinations or legal advice. End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HourStamp at every 9 days against HourlyTimeTracker's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. HourlyTimeTracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and HourStamp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HourlyTimeTracker against 5.0 for HourStamp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
HourlyTimeTracker ships an update every 2 months, HourStamp every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | HourlyTimeTracker | HourStamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Easy Chair Apps Lab, LLC | SignalRender Technology Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
HourlyTimeTracker
- Small Tip$0.99
- Generous Tip$2.99
- Heroic Tip$4.99
HourStamp
- HourStamp Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- HourStamp Pro Yearly$3.991 Year
- HourStamp Pro Lifetime$9.99









