Comparison

Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet vs Chalkline

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

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Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet

Features
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Know exactly how many hours you worked this week โ€” and what those hours are worth. Tap once to clock in, tap once to clock out, and every shift, break, and overtime minute is logged and priced for you. Most hour trackers stop at a stopwatch. This one carries your hours all the way through to money: each job keeps its own hourly rate, breaks are deducted, anything past your regular day rolls into overtime at your own multiplier, and the Pay tab shows the weekly or biweekly total as a real dollar figure with a daily chart behind it. No spreadsheet formulas, no end-of-week math, no wondering whether your paycheck looks right. WHAT YOU GET - One-tap clock in and clock out with a live running timer, so you never guess your start time again - Every shift stored with exact in, out, break minutes, job and an optional note โ€” editable any time - Multiple jobs side by side, each with its own hourly rate and color, plus a shift count per job - Overtime handled automatically: set your regular hours per day and your multiplier (1x-3x) once - A weekly or biweekly earnings total, split into regular pay and overtime pay, with a daily bar chart - A CSV export of your whole timesheet you can send to yourself, a client, or a payroll office PERFECT FOR - Hourly employees who want their own record of the hours they actually worked - People working two or three jobs at different rates who need them kept apart - Freelancers and contractors logging billable hours per client before invoicing - Anyone claiming overtime or extra shifts who wants the numbers ready before payday WHY NOT JUST USE NOTES OR A SPREADSHEET? Because a note tells you "9 to 5" and nothing else. It won't subtract your 30-minute break, it won't know your third job pays a different rate, it won't split regular from overtime, and it won't total your week. Here that happens the moment you clock out โ€” and when you do want it in a spreadsheet, one tap exports clean CSV. PRIVACY Your hours, rates, and earnings stay on your iPhone. No account to create, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking. The app works fully offline โ€” nothing is uploaded anywhere. A note on pay figures: totals are estimates for your own records, not payroll, tax advice, or an official employer document. FULL ACCESS Premium unlocks the full app: unlimited jobs and shifts, per-job hourly rates, overtime and break calculation, weekly and biweekly pay reports with charts, and CSV timesheet export. Choose a weekly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your Apple account settings; lifetime is a single payment with no renewal. Add your job and hourly rate, then hit Clock In on your next shift โ€” by Friday your week is already added up. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

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Chalkline

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You are standing in a kitchen the homeowner wants gutted. They ask what it will cost. The honest answer is "I'll email you tonight" โ€” and by tonight the job is someone else's. Chalkline turns the walkthrough into a real estimate before you get back in the truck. โ—† PHOTO-ASSISTED JOB BREAKDOWNS Photograph what you are looking at. Chalkline reads the photo and lays the visible work out as editable line items โ€” surfaces, quantities, tasks. Nothing is final until you say so. Every quantity is yours to correct. โ—† YOUR PRICES, NOT AI GUESSES Chalkline never invents a dollar amount. It prices from the price book you set up: your labor rate, your material costs, your markup, your overhead, your mobilization minimum. Change a rate once and every future estimate follows. โ—† ESTIMATES THAT LOOK LIKE A CONTRACTOR WROTE THEM Itemized labor and materials, scope of work, exclusions, customer and job-site details, and a labor / materials / total breakdown. Your business name, license number and contact block sit at the top. Edit any line before it leaves your phone. โ—† SCAN THE ROOM INSTEAD OF GUESSING IT On an iPhone with a LiDAR scanner, walk the room once. Chalkline measures the floor area, the wall area with door and window openings already deducted, and the perimeter for trim โ€” then writes them in as line items. These numbers are measured, not estimated from a photo. โ—† WORTH-QUOTING SUGGESTIONS YOU CONTROL When the photo shows related work โ€” no drip edge above the tear-off, rot beside the window being replaced โ€” Chalkline flags it with the reason you can repeat to the homeowner. Suggestions sit in their own section, switched off, and never touch your total until you tick them. โ—† INVOICES FROM THE APPROVED ESTIMATE Turn an approved estimate into a numbered invoice with issue date, due date and terms. Deposits and part payments are credited on separate lines so the balance due matches what the homeowner sees in their bank. The invoice bills the work on the estimate โ€” extra work still goes on a change order. โ—† WORK ORDERS FOR THE CREW Send the crew a sheet with the tasks, quantities, estimated hours, the schedule date, the site contact and your gate-code notes โ€” and no prices on it. What your customer pays is not the crew's business. โ—† SEE HOW THE READING IS DOING Every quantity you correct before sending is measured against what the app read. Chalkline shows you whether it reads high or low on your own jobs, trade by trade. That stays on your phone. โ—† CHANGE ORDERS, NOT DO-OVERS When the homeowner adds a bathroom halfway through, the original estimate stays intact. Chalkline issues a numbered change order that shows what changed, what it was, what it is now, the difference, and how the schedule moves โ€” on its own page, with its own signature block. That page is what you point at when the final invoice gets questioned. โ—† PDF YOU CAN SEND FROM THE DRIVEWAY Preview the finished document, check the required contractor details are on it, and share it straight from your phone. Revisions go out as the quote plus its change order page, in one file. Invoices and work orders share the same line items, so two sheets never disagree. โ—† BUILT FOR SMALL CONTRACTORS General contractors, remodelers, painters, flooring installers, plumbers, electricians, landscapers, roofers, siding and deck crews โ€” anyone who bids the job standing in it. โ—† YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Estimates, price book and customers live on your device. No account to create. Photos are sent for reading only when you take one. โ—† TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/ra2lab.io/ra2lab-privacy-policy/home

Screenshots

Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet4 screens
Chalkline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chalkline at every 2 days against Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet's every 3 weeks. Chalkline also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Chalkline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet ships an update every 3 weeks, Chalkline every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet versus Chalkline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork Hours Tracker & TimesheetChalkline
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhuc PhamRA2 Lab

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$49.99
3 purchases

Chalkline

Subscriptions3
  • Chalkline Starter7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Chalkline Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Chalkline Pro7 Days trial$239.991 Year

Questions

Is Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet free?
Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chalkline free?
Chalkline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet or Chalkline have ads?
Neither Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet nor Chalkline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet or Chalkline?
Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chalkline every 2 days. Most recently, Work Hours Tracker & Timesheet was updated on November 10, 2026 and Chalkline on November 10, 2026.

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