Comparison

Hours & Pay Tracker vs Orbit

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

Orbit

Effortlessly track your time and generate invoices for clients and projects. This app simplifies managing work hours, project budgets, and creating custom invoices, allowing you to focus on your tasks.

Highlights
  • Time tracking across projects
  • Automatic invoice generation
  • Customizable invoices
  • Time entry rounding
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Crew plans for teams
  • Shortcuts support
Features
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Effortless time tracking & invoicing! Ranked as "the best time tracking & invoicing app" by its developers, Orbit makes keeping track of clients, projects, worked hours, and invoices simple. Orbit's goal is for you to focus on the tasks you want while the app takes care of the rest. Are you a designer? Welcome! A small team of developers? Cool, so are we. A consultant? Perfect! A project manager? We're not judging, welcome to you as well! Ever wondered how much time you worked last week? We've got you covered. Quickly needing to check on the budget of a project? We've got you covered. Dreading to manually create invoices for all those hours you've worked? Guess what, we've got that covered as well! Recent additions: • Shortcuts support • Extra-large widgets showing you useful details right on the home screen of your iPad • Quick Note support integrating with the system Notes app • Support for the always-on display on the Apple Watch Obligatory feature bulleted list: • Easy setup • Time tracking across projects & sync with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and the Mac • Automatic invoice generation from all your logged time entries • Optional rounding of time entries and line items • Ability to create custom invoices for expenses or material cost • A nice overview of how you spend your time • Shortcuts support to allow for automation and integration with other apps • Time tracking widgets • Crew Plans for small teams to track time & invoice together • A strong focus on privacy. No ads, no tracking of metadata, and no selling of personal data. You can try Orbit using our tourist mode, before creating an account or subscribing to any of our premium plans (we also offer free trials for those). If you cancel your subscription, you'll still be able to see all of your data in our read-only mode (unless you ask us to remove it of course). Privacy policy: https://timeinorbit.com/privacy Terms of use: https://timeinorbit.com/terms

Screenshots

Hours & Pay Tracker4 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hours & Pay Tracker at every 4 days against Orbit's monthly. Hours & Pay Tracker also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 64%) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 34). Orbit's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). 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 Orbit sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours & Pay Tracker has 3.8K ratings behind it against 34, 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 64% of Orbit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours & Pay Tracker ships an update every 4 days, Orbit monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hours & Pay Tracker versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours & Pay TrackerOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better4.5 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better34
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergej SteinbachTriple Glazed Studios

Customer experience

Hours & Pay Tracker

All ratings3,833 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews689 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative4.6%

Orbit

All ratings34 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral12.1%
Negative24.2%

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

Orbit

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
10 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Founders Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Crew Plan (2 Members)7 Days trial$15.991 Month
  • Monthly Crew Plan (3 Members)7 Days trial$23.991 Month
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  • Monthly Crew Plan (4 Members)7 Days trial$31.991 Month
  • Monthly Crew Plan (5 Members)7 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Yearly Founders Subscription1 Month trial$79.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (2 Members)1 Month trial$159.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (3 Members)1 Month trial$239.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (4 Members)1 Month trial$329.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (5 Members)1 Month trial$399.991 Year

Questions

Is Hours & Pay Tracker free?
Hours & Pay Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours & Pay Tracker or Orbit?
Hours & Pay Tracker is rated higher. Hours & Pay Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Orbit averages 4.5 from 34 ratings.
Do Hours & Pay Tracker or Orbit have ads?
Neither Hours & Pay Tracker nor Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hours & Pay Tracker or Orbit?
Hours & Pay Tracker ships an update every 4 days, and Orbit monthly. Most recently, Hours & Pay Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Orbit on October 24, 2026.

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