Comparison

Steel Notes vs FlagHour

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

Head to head
About

Steel Notes

This app helps you capture and organize quotes from books, articles, and your own ideas. It allows you to connect related thoughts and trace them back to their source material, building a lasting library of your reading and insights.

Highlights
  • Capture book quotes
  • Clip web articles
  • Organize notes and resources
  • Connect related ideas
  • Searchable library
  • Trace ideas to source
Features
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Steel Notes gives your books, quotes, articles, and ideas a lasting place to live. CAPTURE WHAT MATTERS • Quickly capture quotes from physical books. • Your margin notes automatically appear. • Search quotes, notes, and resources. PRESERVE USEFUL ARTICLES • Clip text from articles on the web. • Keep the content without the page disappearing from the web. CONNECT YOUR THINKING • Reference books, quotes, and articles within your own notes. • Connect related ideas across different sources. • Trace each idea back to the material that inspired it. BUILD YOUR READING LIBRARY Keep the books you have read and the ideas you have collected organized in one focused space. Steel Notes is made for students, researchers, academics, and thoughtful readers who want more from their reading than a collection of forgotten highlights. For readers to remember. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FlagHour

This app helps flat-rate automotive technicians quickly log repair orders and track their flagged hours. It provides real-time projections of gross pay, efficiency, and paycheck reconciliation. Features include job templates, VIN scanning, and data export for accurate financial management.

Highlights
  • Quick-add logging with job templates
  • Real-time expected pay calculation
  • Efficiency tracking
  • Pay period management
  • Paycheck reconciliation
  • CSV data export
  • VIN scanner
Features
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FlagHour is the fastest way for flat-rate automotive technicians to track flagged hours, log repair orders, and see exactly what their paycheck should be. If you work flat rate, you know the drill: you flag hours all day, but you never really know where you stand until the check hits. FlagHour fixes that. Log each RO in seconds, and the app calculates your expected gross pay in real time. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your flag rate, pay schedule, and work day hours 2. Create job templates for your most common repairs 3. Tap a template, enter the RO number — done in 2 taps 4. Watch your hours, pay, and efficiency update instantly KEY FEATURES • Quick-Add Logging — Log an RO in 2 taps with saved job templates • Expected Pay — See your projected gross pay for the current period, updated with every RO • Efficiency Tracking — Know your daily and period efficiency percentage at a glance • Pay Period Management — Automatic period tracking for weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or custom schedules • Job Templates — Save your most common jobs (brakes, diag, timing chains, etc.) with typical flag hours for instant entry • Goal Setting — Set hours or pay goals per period and track your progress • Paycheck Reconciliation — Compare your expected pay to your actual paycheck and catch shortages • History — Browse all past pay periods with full RO details • CSV Export — Export your data for personal records, tax prep, or pay disputes • Search & Filter — Find any repair order by number, date, job name, or vehicle • VIN Scanner — Scan a VIN barcode to auto-fill vehicle info • Pay Stub Photos — Attach a photo of your pay stub to any period for reference • Widgets — Home Screen widgets showing today's hours and period progress • Live Activities — Track your active shift right from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • iCloud Sync — Keep your data in sync across iPhone and iPad • Daily Reminders — Get a nudge at end-of-shift to log your ROs before you leave the shop • Dark Mode — Full dark mode support, because shop lighting is bad enough BUILT FOR TECHS FlagHour was designed specifically for flat-rate technicians — not generic time trackers forced into the role. Every screen is built around the way techs actually work: RO numbers, flagged hours, job names, warranty vs. customer pay, and efficiency. No accounts. No cloud servers. Your data stays on your device (with optional iCloud sync for Pro users). FLAGHOUR PRO Free users get full RO logging, pay tracking, efficiency stats, up to 3 templates, and Home Screen widgets. Upgrade to Pro to unlock: • Unlimited job templates • Full pay period history • CSV data export • Paycheck reconciliation • Search & filter • iCloud sync • Live Activities • VIN scanner Available as a monthly subscription, annual subscription, or one-time lifetime purchase. Stop guessing what your check will be. Start tracking with FlagHour. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://cpickard2790.github.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cpickard2790.github.io/privacy-policy.html#flaghour

Screenshots

Steel Notes4 screens
FlagHour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Steel Notes at weekly against FlagHour's every 3 weeks. Steel Notes also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Steel Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.00 per month and FlagHour sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Steel Notes against 5.0 for FlagHour. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steel Notes ships an update weekly, FlagHour every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Steel Notes versus FlagHour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteel NotesFlagHour
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPitts VenturesChad Pickard

Customer experience

Steel Notes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FlagHour

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steel Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Steel Notes Monthly$5.001 Month
3 purchases

FlagHour

Subscriptions2
  • FlagHour Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • FlagHour Pro Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • FlagHour Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Steel Notes free?
Steel Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlagHour free?
FlagHour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steel Notes or FlagHour?
Steel Notes and FlagHour are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Steel Notes or FlagHour have ads?
Neither Steel Notes nor FlagHour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steel Notes or FlagHour?
Steel Notes ships an update weekly, and FlagHour every 3 weeks. Most recently, Steel Notes was updated on October 31, 2026 and FlagHour on October 31, 2026.

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