Comparison

Recharge vs Hours Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Recharge

This app helps you manage your screen time by creating app groups with rechargeable batteries. When a battery drains, those apps are temporarily blocked until you've recharged. It offers features like emergency unlocks and accountability partners.

Highlights
  • App grouping with rechargeable batteries
  • Customizable battery presets
  • Emergency unlock feature
  • Accountability partner option
  • Cross-device sync
  • Yearly usage wrap-up
Features
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Recharge turns Screen Time into a battery. Group the apps you want to use less. Each group gets a battery that drains as you use them and recharges while you're away. Hit 0% and those apps shield until you've recharged. It's a budget, not a wall. HOW IT WORKS • Make a battery for a habit: social, games, video • Pick a preset (Saver, Standard or Extended) and tune it any time • Start a session right from the shield and watch it drain • Time away refills it BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Emergency unlock, at a cost you choose • Low-battery warnings before you run out • Streaks, goals and a yearly Wrap built from your own sessions • Optional accountability partner • Sync your setup across your devices with Sign in with Apple PRIVATE BY DESIGN iOS never tells Recharge which apps you picked. No ads, no trackers, no selling data. RECHARGE PLUS (optional subscription) Unlimited batteries, full tuning, widgets and Live Activities, days off, themes and more. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Plus renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://solvrlabs.com/recharge/terms Privacy Policy: https://solvrlabs.com/recharge/privacy

About

Hours Tracker

Features
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Know what went into your estimated pay. Work Pay is a personal hours tracker and timesheet for hourly work. Enter a shift, see its earnings breakdown, and compare your records with the gross amount on your payslip. No employer account is required. RECORD YOUR SHIFTS Enter start and end dates, unpaid breaks and optional tips. Saved shifts keep their original pay-rate snapshot when you change a job's rate. Edit your records and archive old jobs without losing their history. UNDERSTAND THE CALCULATION See regular pay, your own optional per-shift overtime rules, tips and estimated gross before taxes or deductions. Overnight shifts and daylight-saving changes use actual elapsed time in the job's saved time zone. COMPARE GROSS WITH GROSS Choose a reporting period and enter the actual gross paid from your payslip. Compare wages with wages, or choose to include tips. A difference compares your figures; it does not establish a legal entitlement or calculate take-home pay. KEEP YOUR RECORDS USEFUL Share a CSV report with explicit currencies and dates. Your job and shift records stay in local app storage; no app-operated cloud sync is required. Device backups may include app data according to your Apple settings. Existing records remain available to read, edit and export without an active Pro purchase. SUPPORTED CURRENCIES USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, NZD, SEK, NOK, DKK, CHF and JPY. Different currencies are kept separate; currency conversion is not provided. IMPORTANT DETAILS This is a manual personal ledger, not automated clock-in, employer payroll, a tax calculator or legal advice. Overtime is a user-configured per-shift estimate, not statutory overtime. Whole shifts belong to their start date in the saved job time zone. Reports use CSV, not PDF. Terms of Use: https://gatoficio.com/apps/work-hours-pay/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gatoficio.com/apps/work-hours-pay/privacy Support: https://gatoficio.com/apps/work-hours-pay/support

Screenshots

Recharge4 screens
Hours Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Recharge at 17.0 against Hours Tracker's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Recharge sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Hours Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Recharge versus Hours Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRechargeHours Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolvr LabsYurii Koshkin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Recharge

Subscriptions1
  • Recharge Plus$2.991 Month
3 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Work Pay Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Work Pay Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Work Pay Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

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

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