Comparison

Weekender 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

Weekender

This app provides a clear view of your upcoming weekends, highlighting free time for planning trips and events. It integrates with your existing calendars and allows for custom holiday and vacation day tracking. Focus solely on your weekend plans without weekday distractions.

Highlights
  • Weekend event overview
  • Existing calendar integration
  • Friday evening display option
  • Custom holiday tracking
  • Add/edit events within app
Features
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Weekender is a calendar app that shows your upcoming weekends at a glance. Easily spot empty weekends early on so you can plan trips or events with friends and family, and make the most of your weekends :) * Seamlessly displays the events from your existing iOS calendars * Ability to choose which calendars to display * Option to also show Friday evenings with a user selectable cut-off time * In-app purchase to define your own Holidays and Vacation days that are shown along your weekends * Integration with Calendar allows you to add, modify or delete events from within Weekender This app is all about your weekends :) Big things happen on weekends, so why let yourself be distracted with workdays in your calendar! Visually see which weekends are long weekends. On first launch, Weekender will ask you for permission to access your calendar in order to display your weekend events.

About

Hours Tracker

Log and analyze time spent on tasks and projects with custom categories and planning features. Organize entries, view statistics between dates, and sync data via iCloud. Supports Touch ID and CSV export.

Highlights
  • Custom task/project categories
  • Plan and record time spent
  • Statistical time analysis
  • Organize and edit entries
  • iCloud syncing and backup
  • CSV export via email
Features
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HoursTracker is a simple, intuitive time logging tool designed to keep track of the time you spend on tasks and projects. You can plan ahead and then record how much time you spend and analyze the total time statistically. Features: - Custom task/project categories - Customize the icon of the project category - Add tasks and plan/count how much time you spend - Easily record time - Organize the project in every second - Organize all your entries, whether it's to complete them, edit the time or change the project at any time - Select and view statistics between two dates - Display total time (seconds), display total time (hours) - The timeline shows the record details for each month - iCloud syncing and backup - Touch ID - Export CSV via email - Adapts to dark themes

Screenshots

Weekender4 screens
Hours Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weekender at 91% against Hours Tracker's 0%. Weekender also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Hours Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, 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

Weekender costs $0.99 and Hours Tracker $2.99 up front. Weekender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hours Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Weekender versus Hours Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeekenderHours Tracker
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.514 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGanymed Stanek永文 胡

Customer experience

Weekender

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

Hours Tracker

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Weekender

One-time1
  • Holidays and Vacation Days$0.99
None

Hours Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weekender free?
Weekender costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weekender or Hours Tracker have ads?
Neither Weekender nor Hours Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weekender or Hours Tracker?
Weekender ships an update monthly, and Hours Tracker monthly. Most recently, Weekender was updated on October 23, 2026 and Hours Tracker on October 15, 2026.

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