Comparison

HourTracker vs CircuitShepherd

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

Head to head
About

HourTracker

Track your work hours across multiple employers with detailed entries for holidays, events, and off-duty time. Generate customizable HTML or PDF reports and manage invoices for contractors. Supports iCloud backup and photo attachments.

Highlights
  • Multiple employer support
  • Holiday and event entries
  • Off-duty time tracking
  • Automatic report generation (HTML/PDF)
  • Invoice add-on for contractors
  • iCloud backup and restore
  • Photo attachments for reports
Features
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HourTracker is a focused time-tracking app for people who work for one employer or many. Log your hours in seconds, keep every employer separate, and turn your work into clean reports — or full invoices — without the clutter. WORK TIME, YOUR WAY (free) • Track multiple employers and switch between them with a tap • Days hold timed events (start–end), duration entries, breaks, day notes and holidays • Custom event categories (e.g. Work, Travel, Training), each with its own rate • Choose your rounding: 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 45-minute steps • Insert your current city into an event with one tap (with custom shorthands, e.g. Helsinki → Hki) SEE YOUR PROGRESS (free) • A whole year of activity at a glance (heatmap) • Hours goals with weekly, biweekly or monthly progress • Charts and statistics for your hours and earnings • "Year in Review" annual recap, exportable as a PDF REPORTS THAT LOOK THE PART • Polished HTML or PDF reports, with pagination and photo attachments • Add your own summaries for overtime and other special hours • Send straight from the app INVOICING & BUSINESS (optional in-app purchase) For contractors and the self-employed: • Create, archive and track invoices, drafts, credit notes and payment reminders • Finnish payment slips with SEPA QR and barcode, plus Finvoice 3.0 e-invoicing • Recurring invoices and expenses, expense tracking and a finance overview • Payslips with annual summary and holiday bonus • Client and supplier registers, client statements and a price/product library EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • iPhone, iPad (optimized) and Mac • Home-screen widgets, plus an Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • iCloud keeps your data up to date across all your devices • Encrypted backup & restore, plus import from the previous HourTracker PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays in your own iCloud. An optional Face ID / passcode lock keeps the app private. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Full English and Finnish interface. Need reports or invoices in another language? The built-in translation editor lets you translate documents into virtually any language that uses standard characters. HourTracker keeps the simple things simple — and gives professionals everything they need when the job grows. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CircuitShepherd

Automate electronic circuit design with AI-driven parameter optimization. Define schematics and design goals, and the software finds optimal part values in real-time. Save time on calculations and iterations with this intuitive tool.

Highlights
  • Automated parameter optimization
  • AI-driven circuit engineering
  • Real-time design goal finding
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Schematic definition
  • Part value calculation
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CircuitShepherd provides you with analog-design superpowers by doing automated parameter optimization it in realtime! It's a novel Electronic Design Automation software for AI driven electronics circuit engineering. You define an arbitrary schematic including specific design goals and CircuitShepherd will find the right part values for you. This is achieved by combining traditional circuit simulation techniques with AI driven parameter estimation algorithms and finally a simple and intuitive user interface. It’s easy to learn, fast to use and it will save you a lot of time by automating your daily calculation and iteration tasks. CircuitShepherd is free to use immediately (with very basic features). The full version with all features enabled is available via in-app purchase (subscription-based). Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.circuitshepherd.com/privacy-policy-iOS.html

Screenshots

HourTracker4 screens
CircuitShepherd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CircuitShepherd at Free against HourTracker's $6.99. CircuitShepherd also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). HourTracker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CircuitShepherd is free to download; HourTracker costs $6.99 up front. HourTracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and CircuitShepherd sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HourTracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HourTracker ships an update every 5 days, CircuitShepherd every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HourTracker versus CircuitShepherd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourTrackerCircuitShepherd
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOskari RautaJosef Woess

Customer experience

HourTracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

CircuitShepherd

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

HourTracker

Subscriptions8
  • Invoices (1 month)$17.991 Month
  • Business (1 month)$29.991 Month
  • Invoices (3 months)$44.993 Months
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  • Business (3 months)$49.993 Months
  • Invoices (6 months)$69.996 Months
  • Business (6 months)$89.996 Months
  • Invoices (1 year)$89.991 Year
  • Business (1 year)$129.991 Year
One-time2
  • 26 weeks$59.99
  • 52 weeks$99.99
1 purchases

CircuitShepherd

Subscriptions1
  • full version$6.991 Month

Questions

Is HourTracker free?
HourTracker costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is CircuitShepherd free?
CircuitShepherd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HourTracker or CircuitShepherd?
HourTracker is rated higher. HourTracker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CircuitShepherd averages 1.5 from 2 ratings.
Do HourTracker or CircuitShepherd have ads?
Neither HourTracker nor CircuitShepherd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HourTracker or CircuitShepherd?
HourTracker ships an update every 5 days, and CircuitShepherd every 3 weeks. Most recently, HourTracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and CircuitShepherd on October 2, 2026.

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