Comparison

HourlyTimeTracker vs NextDo

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

NextDo

Features
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Plan your day easily. NextDo helps you capture tasks quickly, keep unfinished work from slipping away, and organize different kinds of work in the way that makes sense for each one. Add a task by typing, speaking, or using your camera. Track carry-over work automatically, plan one-time and recurring tasks differently, organize bigger goals with projects, and keep your day connected with reminders and calendar events. Add tasks in seconds Create tasks manually, speak naturally with Voice Add, or use Camera Add to turn visible text into a ready-to-review task. NextDo’s AI helps turn what you say or scan into structured task details. Never lose unfinished work NextDo keeps track of work that carries over, so unfinished tasks do not disappear just because the day changed. Plan different kinds of work properly Use dated tasks, First Opportunity tasks, deadlines, recurring routines, and multi-day events instead of forcing everything into the same task model. Organize with projects Group related work into projects, add subtasks, and follow progress without losing sight of the individual tasks. Use Siri when it’s faster Create tasks and access your day with Siri and App Shortcuts when you don’t want to open the app. Stay connected to your day See calendar events alongside your tasks, set reminders, review what is coming next, and keep important work close with widgets and Apple Watch. Keep planning simple NextDo is designed to give you structure without making planning feel like extra work. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HourlyTimeTracker4 screens
NextDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

HourlyTimeTracker and NextDo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 NextDo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HourlyTimeTracker versus NextDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourlyTimeTrackerNextDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEasy Chair Apps Lab, LLCHasan Uyan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HourlyTimeTracker

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

NextDo

Subscriptions1
  • NextDo Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • 500 AI Credits$0.99
  • NextDo Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is HourlyTimeTracker free?
HourlyTimeTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NextDo free?
NextDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HourlyTimeTracker or NextDo have ads?
Neither HourlyTimeTracker nor NextDo shows ads.

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