Comparison

Hours & Pay Tracker vs Work Log

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

Head to head
About

Hours & Pay Tracker

Track work hours, overtime, and earnings with this intuitive time clock and timesheet app. Manage jobs, shifts, and clients, and gain insights into your productivity and income. Customize timesheets with detailed records and export them for payroll or clients.

Highlights
  • Clock in/out with taps or Siri
  • Add/edit hours retroactively
  • Export timesheets (CSV, Excel, PDF)
  • Track multiple jobs and clients
  • Automatic location tracking
  • Sync with Apple Watch
  • Record vacation and sick days
Features
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Easily track your work hours, overtime, and earnings with atWork — the simple time tracker and timesheet app for freelancers, contractors, and hourly employees. See where your time goes, how much you’ve earned, and manage jobs, shifts, and clients all in one place. Create custom timesheets with all the details you need and take control of your productivity and income. EASY TIME TRACKING • Clock in and out with a few taps, or just ask Siri. atWork is your personal time clock for work or any activity. • Forgot to start the timer? Add or edit hours later. No more lost time. • Export timesheets (CSV, Excel, or PDF) for clients or payroll, complete with pay and overtime details. • Track multiple jobs and optionally organize work by client, project, or task for detailed records. • Automatic location tracking lets you set workplaces to clock you in or out when you arrive or leave, and receive notifications. • Sync with Apple Watch to start or stop timers or dictate notes on the go. • Record vacation days, sick days, and public holidays to keep your timesheet accurate and complete. FLEXIBLE & CUSTOMIZABLE • Add notes of any length, define automatic breaks and regular working hours to display your overtime and pay. • Customize your time entries and track as much detail as you want with custom fields — from expenses such as travel or mileage to payment status (paid or pending). • Set daily, weekly, or monthly income goals and watch your progress. • Choose automatic rounding rules for start and end times to simplify reporting and keep entries consistent. • Keep your data safe with automatic backup to iCloud or manually via email. RELIABLE SUPPORT • We’re a small, dedicated team offering 24/7 support. Reach us anytime at support@atworkapp.com. • We read every review and keep improving atWork based on your feedback. With atWork, tracking your hours and pay has never been easier — accurate, flexible, and built for the way you work. Join thousands of professionals who rely on atWork every day: “Easy to use, lots of customizations, export data in multiple file types and it’s FREE! I use it to keep track of time spent on multiple clients and projects.” – sherisworld24 (App Store review) “As a small business, I love being able to track time for each of my clients either live or retroactively. Have used the app for years and been very happy with it.” – Britchick70 (App Store review) Download atWork today and start managing your time like a pro. No more wondering “Where did the time go?” atWork puts you in charge of every hour and every dollar earned.

About

Work Log

Easily log and analyze your work hours by tracking time spent on clients, projects, and tasks. This app offers simple start/stop timers and detailed reporting to help manage your workday effectively.

Highlights
  • Track time by clients, projects, and tasks
  • One-tap start/stop/switch timers
  • Detailed reporting
  • Quick calendar view
  • Analyze work time usage
Features
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Analyze work time usage by tracking work hours. Time tracking apps are becoming essential for the field workforce and those who work on-the-go. Whether you work for a company or run your own business, your time is on the top of your mind. It's what dictates how early you wake up, how long you spend at lunch, when you eat dinner and how late you go to sleep. It's what helps determine your salary or pay rate, and limits just how much you can get done in one day. What you need is a great time tracker built for you and your projects. Something that stays out of your way, but easily tracks time. App features: - Track time by clients, projects and tasks. - Start/stop/switch timers with one tap. - Detailed reporting - Quick calendar view

Screenshots

Hours & Pay Tracker4 screens
Work Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hours & Pay Tracker at 89% against Work Log's 7%. Hours & Pay Tracker also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.1) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 10). Work Log's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hours & Pay Tracker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Work Log sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hours & Pay Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours & Pay Tracker has 3.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Hours & Pay Tracker's written reviews are positive against 7% of Work Log's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hours & Pay Tracker versus Work Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours & Pay TrackerWork Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better2.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergej SteinbachSamantha Roobol

Customer experience

Hours & Pay Tracker

All ratings3,825 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews280 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative3.9%

Work Log

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative64.3%

Bugs and requests

Hours & Pay Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Location tracking issues after app updates
  • Entries disappearing after app updates
  • Crashing when accessing certain features

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to mark entries as paid/unpaid
  • Option to set custom work week start day
  • Automatic overtime calculation based on user-defined settings
  • Biweekly pay period tracking
  • More export options (e.g. PDF, Word)
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  • Ability to add photos/notes to entries

Work Log

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hours & Pay Tracker

One-time10
  • Unlimited EntriesFree
  • Espresso$1.99
  • Cappuccino$2.99
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  • Data Export$3.99
  • Special Days$3.99
  • Work Schedule$3.99
  • Workplaces$3.99
  • Latte macchiato$4.99
  • Hot chocolate & croissant$8.99
  • atWork Plus - No Subscription$9.99
2 purchases

Work Log

One-time2
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Export$1.99

Questions

Is Hours & Pay Tracker free?
Hours & Pay Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Work Log free?
Work Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours & Pay Tracker or Work Log?
Hours & Pay Tracker is rated higher. Hours & Pay Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Work Log averages 2.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Hours & Pay Tracker or Work Log have ads?
Neither Hours & Pay Tracker nor Work Log shows ads.

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