Comparison

HourTracker vs Chat Pen

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) • Tap Total hours in your active period or an archive to see daily hours on a curve • 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 • Business: import employee hours with a preview, match clients and categories to your own rates, track hours per employee and invoice by client • Employees can send hours as an HourTracker file without a subscription; sharing is optional 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.

About

Chat Pen

Get instant, accurate AI-powered answers and insights. This app allows you to search the web in real-time, chat with documents, and analyze images using advanced AI models. Its clean interface is designed for efficient research, learning, and problem-solving.

Highlights
  • Access advanced AI models
  • Real-time web search
  • Chat with PDFs and files
  • Image analysis with AI vision
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Chat Pen gives you fast, accurate answers using leading AI models, without complexity. Ask questions, search the web in real time, and chat with PDFs and documents, all in one clean and easy-to-use app. Key Features • Access advanced AI models from top providers • Real-time web search for up-to-date answers • Chat with PDFs and files to extract insights • Image analysis with AI vision • Clean, user-friendly interface designed for speed Built for research, learning, writing, and everyday problem-solving. Terms of Use: https://www.riponsoftwarehouse.com/chat-pen/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.riponsoftwarehouse.com/chat-pen/privacy-policyn/privacy-policy

Screenshots

HourTracker4 screens
Chat Pen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chat Pen at Free against HourTracker's $7.99. Chat Pen also leads on ratings volume (123 vs 1) and review sentiment (20% vs 0%). HourTracker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Chat Pen is free to download; HourTracker costs $7.99 up front. HourTracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and Chat Pen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chat Pen has 123 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of HourTracker's written reviews are positive against 20% of Chat Pen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HourTracker ships an update weekly, Chat Pen every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HourTracker versus Chat Pen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourTrackerChat Pen
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.6 (123 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews19.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1123 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOskari RautaRipon Soum

Customer experience

HourTracker

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

Chat Pen

All ratings123 ratings
Positive38.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative57.7%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive19.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative74.8%

Bugs and requests

HourTracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Chat Pen

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Expired free trial
  • Unavailable free version

Requested features

2 requests
  • Free lifetime access
  • Improved transparency on pricing and features

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
2 purchases

Chat Pen

Subscriptions2
  • premium monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • premium yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is HourTracker free?
HourTracker costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Chat Pen free?
Chat Pen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HourTracker or Chat Pen?
HourTracker is rated higher. HourTracker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Chat Pen averages 2.6 from 123 ratings.
Do HourTracker or Chat Pen have ads?
Neither HourTracker nor Chat Pen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HourTracker or Chat Pen?
HourTracker ships an update weekly, and Chat Pen every 3 weeks. Most recently, HourTracker was updated on November 6, 2026 and Chat Pen on November 8, 2026.

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