Comparison

LutraTally vs Hourline

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

Head to head
About

LutraTally

Effortlessly track income and expenses, monitor budget progress, and manage recurring bills. This ad-free app prioritizes privacy with local-first storage and offers advanced features like receipt scanning and cross-device syncing through iCloud.

Highlights
  • Fast income and expense logging
  • Smart receipt and screenshot scanning
  • Subscription and recurring charge management
  • Financial dashboard with budget progress
  • Cross-device iCloud syncing
  • Home Screen widgets
  • CSV transaction export
Features
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Record every expense with ease and see budgets, asset changes, and spending trends at a glance. Manage daily expenses, credit-card payments, recurring subscriptions, savings goals, and reimbursements in one place. LutraTally recognises receipts, payment screenshots, and text, and supports quick entry through Shortcuts. It is ready to use, ad-free, requires no sign-up, and keeps your data local first. Key features - Fast entry: categories, subcategories, notes, ledgers, wallets, multiple currencies, and Quick Entry templates. - Smart entry [Pro]: scan receipts or recognise amounts and merchants from screenshots and text. Shortcuts can recognise bank transaction messages; recognition runs on-device. - Subscriptions and recurring reminders: manage subscriptions, recurring charges, card payments, loans, and recurring income. Free supports up to 3 recurring items; Pro unlocks unlimited tracking. - Budgets and insights: monthly income, expenses, budget progress, categories, and subcategories. Pro adds year-to-date and custom-period reports and trends. - Asset overview: manage cash, bank cards, e-wallets, and credit cards; view balances, credit limits, monthly changes, and history; transfer between assets and track repayments and reimbursements. - Savings goals: set targets for travel, devices, or emergencies and track deposits and withdrawals. Pro unlocks multiple goals. - Multiple ledgers [Pro]: create ledgers for personal, family, travel, or other uses, with custom order and default location. - Search and shortcuts: find transactions, reorder categories, edit Quick Entry templates, and use iPhone widgets. - Cross-device sync [Pro]: sync ledgers through private iCloud between iPhone and Apple Watch. - Migration and backup [Pro]: import CSV, Alipay, and WeChat statements; create password-protected encrypted backups. CSV export is always free. - A focused experience: ad-free, no sign-up, local-first storage, with Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcode protection. Note: Apple Watch requires a paired iPhone with Pro enabled and iCloud sync turned on. About Pro - Flexible plans: monthly, quarterly, and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions, plus a one-time Lifetime purchase. - Manage or cancel: charges are billed to your Apple Account. To cancel, turn off renewal in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions at least 24 hours before the current period ends. - Data safety: ledger data stays on your device by default. With iCloud enabled, it syncs only through your private iCloud and is not uploaded to developer servers. - Privacy Policy: https://www.lutratally.xyz/apps/lutratally/privacy.html - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Support: https://www.lutratally.xyz/apps/lutratally/support.html

About

Hourline

Customize your device's appearance with illustrated cityscapes and dynamic weather widgets. Personalize your Home and Lock Screens with unique wallpapers, stickers, and time-based information. Access advanced features like detailed forecasts and city-specific alarms with a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • Illustrated city wallpapers
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Local weather display
  • Customizable widget designs
  • World time comparison
  • Live Activities integration
  • City-specific alarms (Pro)
Features
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Bring New York or San Francisco to your screen. Arrange Home Screen widgets, set a Live Photo Wallpaper of the city, then settle into Pomodoro Focus as its day passes. YOUR CITY, ON YOUR SCREEN • Style your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets. “Landmark Widget, Edge to Edge” and other premium widgets require Pro. • Export a Live Photo Wallpaper: the last three hours of the city's sky play as you wake your iPhone. Pro adds 3D. • See local weather free for six hours before and after now, along with the forecast’s update time. Pro unlocks weather for every city, hour by hour and for the next 10 days. • Holiday decorations dress the city scene for local celebrations, free for everyone. TIME TO FOCUS AND CONNECT • Pomodoro Focus is free: work and rest as the city's day passes, with a countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Pro moves each round to the next city and shows the past week. • Compare world time with the time-zone ruler and day–night map. Open World Time’s Calendar to see events in your time and the selected city's; Pro adds each clock's daily weather. Event Alerts let you join a call or snooze an alert. • With Pro, Lock Screen Clock for the Weather starts when you open Hourline if rain, snow, storms or fog are happening or due within three hours. The Dynamic Island shows that weather. • What to Wear (Pro) dresses two people for the hour you choose and explains each outfit. MORE WITH HOURLINE PRO Every place and unlimited saved cities; “Another Place’s Weather on Your Wallpaper”; “Wallpaper Cards in Any Size”; 3D city scenes, including San Francisco and New York; city alarms (iOS 26+); holiday information and market hours; iCloud Sync; extra app icons and “Pro Complications on Apple Watch”. New places with their own landmarks, including Buffalo, New York. The free version includes up to six saved cities from the free collection, scenery wallpapers, many widgets, Focus, the calendar, Live Activities and the Apple Watch app. Places added since 1.0.1 require Pro. City Stroll (Pro after the first free exchange) needs iOS 26+ and Apple Intelligence on device or a model you configure. Day Brief needs iOS 26+ and Apple Intelligence; its text is written on device by default. Availability depends on device, language and region. Choose Yearly, an auto-renewing subscription, or Lifetime, a one-time purchase. Yearly renews automatically at the price shown in the app unless cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hourline.app/privacy

Screenshots

LutraTally4 screens
Hourline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Hourline at 11 against LutraTally's 2. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. LutraTally sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Hourline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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 LutraTally against 4.9 for Hourline. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourline has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LutraTally ships an update every 2 days, Hourline every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LutraTally versus Hourline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLutraTallyHourline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer玉昌 鲁成琦 李

Customer experience

LutraTally

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hourline

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

LutraTally

Subscriptions3
  • LutraTally Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • LutraTally Pro Quarterly$1.993 Months
  • LutraTally Pro Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time5
  • 喝杯奶茶$1.99
  • 请作者喝两杯奶茶$4.99
  • LutraTally Pro Lifetime$9.99
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  • 请作者喝一周奶茶$12.99
  • 请作者喝一个月奶茶$29.99
3 purchases

Hourline

Subscriptions2
  • Hourline Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Hourline Pro Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hourline Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is LutraTally free?
LutraTally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hourline free?
Hourline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LutraTally or Hourline?
LutraTally is rated higher. LutraTally averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hourline averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do LutraTally or Hourline have ads?
Neither LutraTally nor Hourline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LutraTally or Hourline?
LutraTally ships an update every 2 days, and Hourline every 4 days. Most recently, LutraTally was updated on October 29, 2026 and Hourline on October 29, 2026.

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