Comparison

Hours & Pay Tracker vs Shift & Pay Tracker

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

Shift & Pay Tracker

Features
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Know exactly what you're owed. Shift & Pay Tracker turns the hours you actually work into the number your paycheck should say. Clock in, take your break, clock out — and let the app handle the overtime math, the tips, the mileage and the pay periods. Built for hourly workers tired of guessing: nurses, servers and bartenders, drivers, retail and warehouse crews, tradespeople, and anyone juggling more than one job. IMPORTANT — THIS IS A PAID APP Shift & Pay Tracker has no free version and no free tier. Every feature is unlocked by an in-app purchase: Pro Yearly (which begins with a 3-day free trial), Pro Monthly, or a one-time Lifetime Access purchase. Prices are shown inside the app before you buy anything. A TIME CLOCK THAT DOES THE MATH • One-tap clock in and clock out • Paid and unpaid breaks, tracked to the minute • Live earnings that climb while you work • A Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Add a past shift by hand any time you forget to clock in AUTOMATIC OVERTIME — THE PART PEOPLE GET SHORT-CHANGED ON • Weekly overtime: time and a half after 40 hours (the federal FLSA rule) • Daily overtime: time and a half after 8 hours in a day • Double time: 2x after 12 hours in a day • The 7th-consecutive-day rule • Or set your own thresholds and multipliers Your rules are applied to every shift automatically, so you see overtime the moment you earn it — not after payday. MULTIPLE JOBS, EACH WITH ITS OWN RULES Track unlimited jobs. Each keeps its own hourly wage, overtime rules, pay period, mileage rate and color, so a hospital shift and a restaurant shift never get mixed up. TIPS AND MILEAGE Log cash tips and miles driven on any shift. Mileage is reimbursed at your own per-mile rate, so you see what you really take home — not just your hourly wage. PAY PERIODS THAT MATCH YOUR REAL PAYCHECK Weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly. Tell the app one date a pay period started and it works out every period from there. Open Earnings and see the exact gross pay you should be handed on payday. CSV EXPORT — PROOF OF EVERY HOUR Export a full timesheet to a spreadsheet in one tap: every shift split into regular, overtime and double-time hours, with tips, mileage and the gross total. Keep it, or send it to your employer if payroll gets it wrong. OPTIONAL ARRIVAL REMINDERS Save a workplace and the app can remind you to clock in when you arrive and clock out when you leave. Optional, off by default, and your location never leaves your device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No server. No analytics. No ads. Every shift, wage and note stays on your iPhone or iPad, and the whole app works offline. iPhone and iPad. Full Dark Mode. All amounts in US dollars (USD). WHAT IT COSTS • Pro Yearly — $19.99 per year (about $1.67 a month), starting with a 3-day free trial • Pro Monthly — $3.99 per month • Lifetime Access — $34.99 once, never renews Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Lifetime Access is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://joykhansayan1.github.io/shift-pay-tracker/privacy.html DISCLAIMER Shift & Pay Tracker is a personal record-keeping tool that helps you log your own hours and estimate what you are owed. It is not payroll software and not legal, tax or financial advice. Figures are estimates of gross pay before taxes and deductions. Overtime law varies by state — confirm the rules that apply to you with your employer or your state labor office. Questions? Email dmjks120@gmail.com

Screenshots

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Shift & Pay Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hours & Pay Tracker and Shift & Pay Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Shift & Pay Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hours & Pay Tracker versus Shift & Pay Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours & Pay TrackerShift & Pay Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergej SteinbachMD Shahariar Nazim Joy

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

Shift & Pay Tracker

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
3 purchases

Shift & Pay Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$34.99

Questions

Is Hours & Pay Tracker free?
Hours & Pay Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift & Pay Tracker free?
Shift & Pay Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hours & Pay Tracker or Shift & Pay Tracker have ads?
Neither Hours & Pay Tracker nor Shift & Pay Tracker shows ads.

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