HourTracker vs Three Cells
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Three Cells
This app combines habit tracking, daily journaling, a to-do list, and metrics logging into a single, streamlined interface. It helps users build consistency, improve health, and achieve their potential by providing a centralized platform for personal growth and organization.
- Habit Tracker with streaks and insights
- Daily Journal with mood tracking
- Metrics Tracking for health and productivity
- Integrated To-Do List
- All-in-One Dashboard view
- Shareable habit progress cards
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Three Cells helps you build habits you can stick to with a fast daily check-in for habits, mood, and visible progress. Stay consistent every day. Log the habits that matter, reflect on your day, and see proof that your effort is turning into a streak, a pattern, and a better routine. What you can track: - Habit streaks, heatmaps, and completion history - Mood and short daily reflections - Health and progress metrics like weight, sleep, workouts, focus, and reading - Notebooks for notes, ideas and photos - Shareable progress cards for visible proof Built for people who want a self-improvement system they can use on bad days too: simple, fast, and focused on consistency. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Full access to all features in Three Cells is available through a paid plan. You can choose a weekly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Before subscribing or purchasing, you have limited access to preview features. If you choose a Three Cells subscription, payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew at any time in your Apple Account settings. If you choose the Three Cells lifetime purchase, a one-time payment unlocks full access permanently, with no recurring charges. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Three Cells at Free against HourTracker's $6.99. Three Cells also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). HourTracker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On review sentiment, 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
Three Cells is free to download; HourTracker costs $6.99 up front. HourTracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and Three Cells sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HourTracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Three Cells has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
HourTracker ships an update every 5 days, Three Cells every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HourTracker | Three Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oskari Rauta | Maghfoor Ahmed |
Customer experience
HourTracker
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In-app purchases
HourTracker
- 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
- 26 weeks$59.99
- 52 weeks$99.99
Three Cells
- Three Cells Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Three Cells Weekly$4.997 Days
- Three Cells Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Access to Three Cells$79.99
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