# Freelance Pay Calculator — What you must charge to live

> What you must charge to live (iPhone/iPad app by Eric Leroy.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/freelance-pay-calculator/id6801044570 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Eric Leroy](https://appshunter.io/developer/6801043246)
- Category: Business, Finance
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 25 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-03
- Data updated: 2026-11-05

## What is Freelance Pay Calculator?

Most people price their work like this: take the salary they want, divide by about two thousand hours, round it up. The result is always too low, and the reason is simple — you do not bill every hour you work.

Quotes, admin, invoicing, the client who goes quiet in August, the week you are ill: all of it is time you are not paid for. Business costs and tax come off what is left. By the time the year is over, the rate that looked fine in January did not cover it.

Freelance Rate starts from the other end.

FIND MY RATE
Enter the take-home income you are aiming for. Add your monthly business costs, a percentage for tax and quiet months, the hours you can realistically invoice in a week, and the weeks you take off. The app returns the hourly rate that makes those numbers work — and the day, week and month rates alongside it.

REVERSE CHECK
A client offers a figure. Enter it, and see what it actually leaves you once time off, costs and tax are taken out. This is the mode that settles an argument with yourself before you accept a job.

THE BREAKDOWN, LINE BY LINE
Open the full breakdown to see how the rate is assembled: target take-home, tax and buffer, business costs, annual billing. Underneath, the year in numbers gives your working weeks and total billable hours — which is often where a plan falls apart. If reaching your goal needs forty-five billable hours a week, better to find that out now than in October.

WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM
Nothing is guessed and nothing is fetched from anywhere. Every figure follows from what you enter, so change one input and watch the rate move. It is a model you can argue with, which is the point.

WHAT IS INCLUDED
Both modes, all four rates and the full breakdown are free — the calculation is the app. Pro adds unlimited saved scenarios to compare, every currency symbol, sharing the breakdown, and removes the ads.

ON YOUR DEVICE
No account, no sign-up, no connection. Your income, your costs and your targets are private, and they stay on the phone.

FOR
Freelancers, contractors, consultants, designers, developers, translators, coaches, photographers — anyone who has to name a price and would rather name one that holds up over a full year.

Freelance Rate is a planning tool. It does not give tax or accounting advice, and the tax buffer is a percentage you choose, not a calculation of what you owe: your real liability depends on where you live and how you are registered.

Terms of Use: https://z-ax.com/freelancerate/terms/
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro | $1.99 | per 7 days |


## Is Freelance Pay Calculator safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Freelance Pay Calculator.

## Is Freelance Pay Calculator legit?

Freelance Pay Calculator has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Freelance Pay Calculator is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.1.12 — 2026-11-03

No release notes.

## More apps by Eric Leroy

- [Invoice Maker Estimate PDF](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/invoice-maker-estimate-pdf/id6801044270)
- [Expense Tracker & Budget Log](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/expense-tracker-and-budget-log/id6802866030)

All apps by Eric Leroy: https://appshunter.io/developer/6801043246

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