BauTano vs WRKR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
BauTano
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You fix, build, and install all day, the paperwork shouldn't eat your evenings. BauTano puts your customers, job sites, quotes, and hours in one app, so you can handle the office work right from the truck. BUILT FOR THE TRADES Solo contractors, handymen, and small crews: electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, roofers, tilers, landscapers. If you work on job sites and send quotes, BauTano is for you. DOCUMENT EVERY JOB SITE β’ Photos and videos with a markup tool, circle the damage, mark the spot β’ Notes and tasks per job site, so nothing gets forgotten β’ Material and cost lists to track what each job really costs β’ Everything sorted by project instead of buried in your camera roll TRACK YOUR HOURS β’ Time tracking per job site, start, stop, and pause the timer with one tap from the dashboard β’ Add entries by hand and note what was done, your work log for T&M jobs β’ Weekly and total hours per job site at a glance β’ Unlimited time tracking, even in the free version QUOTES IN MINUTES, NOT EVENINGS β’ Professional PDF quotes, line by line β’ Tax handling included, even the small-business exemption β’ Share directly via WhatsApp or email, right from the job site STAY ON SCHEDULE β’ Calendar for appointments, quote deadlines, and due tasks β’ Reminders so you show up on time and follow up on open quotes YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS β’ Works 100% offline, in the basement, on the roof, in the dead zone β’ No account, no sign-up, cloud only if you want it β’ All data stays on your device β’ Automatic cloud backup: daily to iCloud or a folder of your choice (OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Nextcloud), Wi-Fi only if you like β’ Save a ZIP backup to your device or share it, perfect for moving to a new phone β’ Reminder when your last backup is too old β’ With Pro: photos and documents are backed up too EXPORT AND SHARE β’ Customer list as CSV, e.g. for importing into accounting software or Excel β’ With Pro: timesheets as PDF or CSV for customers and payroll β’ With Pro: photo report as PDF with photos, dates and notes, perfect for the handover β’ App interface available in 9 languages FREE TO START, FAIR TO UPGRADE The free version includes 3 customers, 3 job sites, 3 quotes, 20 photos, and unlimited time tracking, enough to test BauTano on real jobs. BauTano Pro removes all limits and adds professional PDF timesheets for your customers, your own logo on PDF quotes, PDFs without the app notice, and backup including photos. Get Pro as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
WRKR
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WRKR is the man-hours book for a small contractor running several worksites. Register each site, log who worked where and for how long, and send the numbers to a client or bookkeeper in one email. LOG A CREW-DAY IN THREE TAPS Tap the orange Log button from anywhere: pick the day, pick the site, pick the hours (4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or Β±30 minutes) and tap the people who were there. One entry is written per worker. The hours start at your default shift length, set once in Settings, so an ordinary day needs no typing. Working alone? Leave everyone unselected and the hours land on the site as unassigned. EVERY SITE AT A GLANCE Sites are ranked by the hours going into them this week. Open one for total man-hours, a week / month / quarter / year / all-time filter, the split per worker, and its most recent entries. Archive a finished job and it stays in your history. YOUR CREW Each person has their total and the projects their time went to. Deactivate someone who has left and their history stays intact. THE HOURS LOG Every entry, grouped by day with a daily total. Filter by period, site or worker. Tap an entry to correct the day, hours, site, person or note, or swipe to delete it. REPORTS Man-hours for the period, a daily bar chart, and breakdowns per project and per worker. Step back through previous weeks, months, quarters and years with the arrows. EMAIL IT From the Sites screen, a single site, or Reports: pick the current week, month, quarter or year, or all time, optionally check specific projects, and send. The message body carries a readable summary; a CSV with every line is attached for the spreadsheet. No mail account on the device? Share it through any other app instead. MONEY, IF YOU WANT IT Give a site a billing rate and a worker a pay rate, and WRKR shows labor cost against what the site bills, with the margin in Reports. Each entry keeps the rates it was logged at, so changing a rate later never rewrites past labor costs, reports or CSV exports. Pick your currency, or switch money off and run WRKR as a pure hours tracker, with rates and costs hidden on screen and in the email summary. ENGLISH, DANSK, FRANΓAIS, DEUTSCH Switch language in Settings; every screen, date and number format follows immediately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no cloud, no analytics. Everything stays on your device, and the only thing that ever leaves it is a report you choose to email or share. WRKR PRO The free version includes 2 active worksites and 3 active crew members, with every feature unlocked. WRKR Pro removes both limits for a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Privacy policy: https://muddermis.vercel.app/apps/wrkr/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WRKR at every 3 days against BauTano's monthly. BauTano's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BauTano sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and WRKR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BauTano ships an update monthly, WRKR every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BauTano | WRKR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Bartecki | HALFDAN OVERGAARD LΓV AS |
In-app purchases
BauTano
- BauTano Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- BauTano Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
- BauTano Pro Lifetime$89.99
WRKR
- WRKR Pro$9.99









