SimpleHours vs Log your Work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleHours
Effortlessly track your time spent on tasks with a simple tap interface. Switch between tasks instantly and view past data with easy navigation. Organize your work by project and export your time logs for analysis.
- Quick time tracking with tap interface
- Task switching
- Daily data navigation
- Project categorization
- CSV data export
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Nobody wants to spend time tracking what they spend time on. SimpleHours makes tracking your time as quick and painless as possible, so you can spend time on more important things. Just tap on a line to start the timer for one task. Tap on another line to switch the timer to another task. Swipe left or right to view information from other dates. Tasks can be categorized by project, if that's relevant for your workflow. Data can be exported and emailed in CSV format, for import into a desktop spreadsheet.
Log your Work
Easily track time spent on tasks with a single running timer. Features include Siri shortcuts, background notifications, and CSV export. Integrates with Apple Watch for on-the-go control.
- Single timer with color-coded progress bar
- Siri Shortcuts for starting/stopping timers
- Background notifications for running timers
- CSV export of work logs
- Apple Watch app for timer control
- Customizable settings
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With Log your work you easily control the time you have invested in your tasks. It also runs on your Apple Watch. +++ What's new? +++ It's all about seconds. The work log finally has seconds to show. Siri Shortcuts are available for starting and stopping your work log. Haptic Feedback and better user interface handling. Refined Gestures. +++ Features +++ You can start exactly one timer at a time. The running timer is represented by a circular progress bar with three colors: - Seconds are in purple - Minutes have the color blue - Hours are presented with yellow Use Siri shortcuts to start or stop a work log. It integrates perfectly with Apples Shortcuts app. When you locked your device or Log your work runs in the background you can receive notifications about running timers. You can stop the timer by a tap on the notification. Export your WorkLogs in csv format. Just press on the appearing 'export' Button and the share sheet appears. ++ Settings ++ You can adjust the Log your Work settings: just go to system settings and search for Log Work app. Customize the settings as you wish. +++ Apple Watch +++ With your Apple Watch you can start and stop timers directly on your whrist. Notifications of active timers get delivered directly to the Apple Watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SimpleHours at 4.0 against Log your Work's 3.0. Log your Work's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SimpleHours holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Log your Work has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SimpleHours ships an update every 9 months, Log your Work every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | SimpleHours | Log your Work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ethan Shayne | Lars Beier |
Customer experience
SimpleHours
Log your Work
In-app purchases
SimpleHours
No in-app purchases
Log your Work
No in-app purchases









