Comparison

Time and Expense Center 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

Time and Expense Center

Easily track work hours, expenses, and mileage with this intuitive app. Log time and costs in three simple steps, generate stylish reports, and manage projects on the go. Ideal for professionals and personal use, offering extensive customization and offline capabilities.

Highlights
  • Log time, expenses, and mileage
  • Receipt photo capture
  • Multiple currency support
  • Project management
  • Customizable reports
  • Offline mode
  • Data synchronization
Features
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Time and Expense Center is a time tracking, timesheet, expense, mileage, and project app for professionals, freelancers, contractors, and personal work records. Log working hours, record expenses, capture receipts, track mileage, and organize time and spending by project from iPhone, iPad, and Mac. TIME TRACKING • Log business, personal, and project time. • Track billable and non-billable tasks. • Organize working hours by project and task. • Submit and approve time when required. EXPENSES & MILEAGE • Record expenses and automobile mileage. • Capture and attach receipt photos. • Support multiple currencies and foreign exchange workflows. • Customize expense types, payment types, merchants, currencies, and locations. PROJECTS • Create customer-based or internal projects. • Connect time, expenses, and mileage to project activity. • Keep project work and reporting organized. PRO FEATURES • Sign in with Apple. • Work offline without requiring Wi-Fi or a data connection. • Sync data between your devices with an eligible subscription. REPORTS & CUSTOMIZATION • Create, print, email, and share professional PDF reports. • Import and export CSV files. • Add custom attributes and personalize reports for your workflow. STARKODE PRO Part of the Starkode Pro series for professionals working across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Need help? Contact support@starkode.com. SUBSCRIPTION Starkode membership is month-to-month with no long-term contracts or cancellation fees. Cancel anytime from your device. Privacy Policy: https://starkode.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://starkode.com/terms/

About

Work Log

Easily log your work shifts, track hours, and calculate earnings. This app offers detailed features for overtime, tips, expenses, and more, with customizable settings and flexible reporting. Upgrade to remove ads and unlock unlimited jobs.

Highlights
  • Track hours, expenses, tips, and mileage
  • Automatic break deduction
  • Overtime and premium hour tracking
  • Customizable pay periods
  • Manual or automatic time entry
  • Detailed notes section
Features
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Work Log is a shift and hours tracker for hourly workers, salaried staff and contractors. Log every shift, and see your hours, overtime, time off and estimated pay for each pay period, or turn them into a PDF timesheet for your employer or an invoice for your client. Punch in and out, or add shifts by hand. Work Log adds up your hours and works out your pay for every shift, week, month and pay period. KNOW YOUR PAY • Pay periods that match your paycheck: weekly, every two weeks, twice a month, monthly or your own schedule • Overtime by shift, week or pay period, up to three tiers, as a fixed rate or a multiplier like 1.5× • Premium and shift-differential rates for nights, weekends and holidays • A clear paycheck breakdown: regular hours, overtime, premium pay and the estimated total • Estimate your net pay with named taxes, deductions and bonuses. Set your own percentages or flat amounts. Flat amounts can apply per pay period, shift or hour, with before-tax deductions where needed. • Tips, sales, expenses, mileage, per diem, bonuses, deductions, raises and holiday pay TRACK YOUR TIME • Punch in and out with one tap, or enter shifts manually • Home Screen widget: punch in without opening the app • Reminders to punch out, end a break or take one • Quick Shifts, automatic breaks and rounding • Notes on any shift • Time zones per job, so your records stay right when you travel ADD YOUR SCHEDULE • Take a photo of the roster, or share a PDF or spreadsheet from WhatsApp, email or Files • Your shifts are found; if several people are listed, you pick your name • Review and change anything before it's added • Upcoming shifts are added as scheduled, with optional reminders. Punch in or Confirm with one tap; they're never counted until worked. • Your first import is free TIME OFF AND INVOICES • Time off: log vacation, sick and personal days, and see your balances with accrual, carry-over and yearly resets • PDF invoices: bill clients straight from your shifts, with invoice numbers, payment terms and tax (Pro) • Timesheets and spreadsheets: export any period as PDF or XLSX (Pro) • Your shifts online: view, edit and export them from any computer at worklogdashboard.com (Pro) SEE IT YOUR WAY • Monthly calendar: see worked shifts, scheduled shifts and time off together, then choose a day to view its entries or add a shift. • View your shifts by day, week, month, pay period or year, as a list or a calendar • A Home Screen panel you can customize: today, this week, your pay period, year to date and time off • Light and dark themes, and your own date, time and currency formats • Available in 23 languages KEEP IT SAFE • Free cloud backup and sync across your devices (sign-in required) • Local backups you can restore at any time WORK LOG PRO Upgrade to remove ads and get: • Import your schedule from a photo, PDF or spreadsheet • Multiple jobs, each with its own rates and settings • Spreadsheet and PDF exports, including timesheets and invoices • Your shifts online at worklogdashboard.com Does your employer use Work Log? Link to your employer in the app and Pro is included. FOR EMPLOYERS Work Log - Dashboard shows your team's hours in one place: a team overview, a page for each employee, scheduled email reports for your bookkeeper, and shared access for an office manager.

Screenshots

Time and Expense Center4 screens
Work Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Work Log at 4.8 against Time and Expense Center's 4.2. Work Log also leads on ratings volume (4.5K vs 9) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). Time and Expense Center's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, 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. Time and Expense Center sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Work Log sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Work Log holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Work Log has 4.5K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Time and Expense Center's written reviews are positive against 82% of Work Log's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time and Expense Center ships an update every 5 weeks, Work Log every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Time and Expense Center versus Work Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime and Expense CenterWork Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)4.8 (4.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better82.3% of reviews
Number of ratings94.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB93 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperStarkode Limited CompanyAR Productions Inc

Customer experience

Time and Expense Center

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Work Log

All ratings4,475 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative14.4%

Bugs and requests

Time and Expense Center

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Work Log

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Input times changing automatically
  • White screen on app launch
  • Shifts disappearing from history
  • 24-hour clock mode not disabling
  • Subscription not transferring to new device

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to duplicate/repeat shifts
  • Include job/client name tagging
  • Implement overtime pay calculations
  • Provide currency options beyond USD
  • Enable syncing across multiple devices

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Time and Expense Center

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Starkode.Travel.Short7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Suite3 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Premium Suite Annual$99.991 Year
2 purchases

Work Log

Subscriptions2
  • Work Log Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Work Log Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Time and Expense Center free?
Time and Expense Center 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, Time and Expense Center or Work Log?
Work Log is rated higher. Time and Expense Center averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Work Log averages 4.8 from 4.5K ratings.
Do Time and Expense Center or Work Log have ads?
Work Log shows ads; Time and Expense Center does not.
Which is updated more often, Time and Expense Center or Work Log?
Time and Expense Center ships an update every 5 weeks, and Work Log every 10 days. Most recently, Time and Expense Center was updated on October 2, 2026 and Work Log on October 17, 2026.

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