Comparison

Work Log vs setmemo

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

Head to head
About

Work Log

Features
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Tap once to start. Tap again to stop. That is the entire app. No account. No subscription. No servers. Your hours never leave your iPhone. A work log for people who bill by the hour, work for more than one client, and have never once managed to keep a timer running. WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO Every client gets its own stamp button in its own color. Press it when you start, press the same button when you finish. Press a different client and it switches over in that one tap — no confirmation, no menus, no project pickers. While the clock runs you never have to open the app: a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and a small Home Screen widget with today's total. "Start recording" and "Stop recording" also work as Shortcuts and with Siri, so you can put them on the Action button. WHAT YOUR TAPS TURN INTO • Home — today's total, this week's total, and this month's estimated earnings • Calendar — a month at a glance, each day shaded by how long you worked and dotted with the colors of the clients you worked for, with the monthly total on top • Charts — the last 7 days and the last 6 months, stacked by client, plus this month broken down client by client • Earnings estimate — give each client an hourly rate and your minutes become an approximate amount • CSV export — date, start, end, end date, minutes, client, memo and rate; eight columns any spreadsheet will open • JSON backup — export and import your whole history, free and unlimited. The app also keeps copies on the device (at most one an hour as you record and edit, and right before an import or a full delete), restores them automatically if a file is ever damaged, and lets you pick one by date in Settings > Backups on This iPhone BILLABLE HOURS, KEPT PER CLIENT Every client keeps its own color and its own hourly rate. A record you finish after setting a rate keeps that rate, so raising it next month will not move the numbers you already quoted. (A record finished before you set any rate picks up the rate you set later.) IF YOU FORGET TO STOP Turn on the optional reminder and it tells you once a record has been running for more than 12 hours. It stays off until you switch it on. Work that runs past midnight is split across both days in the calendar and the charts. WHAT IT DELIBERATELY DOES NOT DO • It does not write or send invoices. It hands you a clean CSV and gets out of the way • It does not calculate tax, withholding or overtime. The earnings figure is an estimate and nothing more • No team, no sharing, no cloud sync, no sign-in, no server, no ads • No GPS and no automatic tracking. Nothing is recorded unless you press the button • Built for iPhone — there is no iPad layout, and no Mac or Apple Watch app (on iPad it runs in iPhone compatibility mode) WHAT IT COSTS Free to download, with every limit off for 30 days from first launch. After that, recording, editing, the calendar, the charts, the earnings estimate and JSON backup all stay free and unlimited, permanently. Only two things narrow. You can add up to 2 clients — anything you created during the trial stays, and archiving one hides its button without freeing a slot. CSV export covers records started since the 1st of last month. Lifting both is a single one-time purchase. Nothing renews and there is no second tier. iOS 18 or later. English and Japanese. Everything works in airplane mode — the one-time purchase is the only thing that needs a connection. Made by one person, in Canada, for the kind of week where you look up and cannot say where the hours went.

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setmemo

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setmemo は、書いてチェックするだけのメモ帳です。 メモの1行目がそのままタイトルになります。タイトル欄を埋める必要はありません。 本文のすぐ下にチェックリストが置けるので、買い物リストも、今日やることも、 ひとつのメモの中で完結します。 ■ ウィジェットからチェックできる ホーム画面とロック画面にメモを置けます。ホーム画面のウィジェットは、 アプリを開かずにその場でチェックを付けられます。 ■ 個人のメモは iCloud に 「個人」タブのメモは、ご自身の iCloud に自動で保存されます。 同じ Apple Account の端末なら勝手に揃い、アプリを入れ直しても戻ります。 サインインするものは何もありません。 ■ グループで共有できる 家族や仲間とメモを共有できます。グループを作ると6文字の参加コードが出るので、 それを伝えるだけ。相手が入れば、同じメモが両方の端末で最新になります。 グループの中には短いチャットもあります。 ■ 分けて、しまう フォルダで分けられます。色は6色。よく見るメモはピン留めできます。 人に見られたくないメモは Face ID / Touch ID でロックできます。 ■ 消してもすぐには消えない 削除したメモは30日間ゴミ箱に残ります。うっかり消しても戻せます。 ■ 見た目を選べる テーマは8種類。画面の縁の色も、アクセントの色も変わります。 ――― ・アカウント登録はありません。 ・個人のメモがサーバーに送られることはありません。 ・広告が表示されます。 ・グループを共有するときは、参加コードを伝えた相手だけが入れます。 ・共有グループの更新は、通知でお知らせします(許可した場合)。

Screenshots

Work Log4 screens
setmemo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: setmemo at none against Work Log's 1. setmemo also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). Work Log's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Work Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. setmemo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Work Log ships an update fortnightly, setmemo daily. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Work Log versus setmemo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork Logsetmemo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkira Takashimaabe naoki

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Work Log

One-time1
  • Work Log Pro$5.99
None

setmemo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Work Log free?
Work Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is setmemo free?
setmemo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Work Log or setmemo have ads?
setmemo shows ads; Work Log does not.
Which is updated more often, Work Log or setmemo?
Work Log ships an update fortnightly, and setmemo daily. Most recently, Work Log was updated on October 29, 2026 and setmemo on October 29, 2026.

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