# Smartly — Get paid, the Smartly way.

> Employee payroll management app for viewing pay, leave, and timesheets. (iPhone/iPad app by SmartPayroll.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartly/id1590031328 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SmartPayroll](https://appshunter.io/developer/975779688)
- Category: Finance, Business
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 35 App Store ratings · 69 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 24 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-11-20
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartly/id1590031328/reviews.md

## What is Smartly?

The Smartly mobile app is for employees who work for a business that uses Smartly to manage their payroll.

As an employee you can check your pay history and apply for leave as well as submit timesheets.

To login, your employer needs to set you up in the payroll site and give you your username. You’ll then get an email to create your password and you’ll be good to go!

FEATURES

Pay details

  - View your payslips (up to 3 months).
  - Email yourself a PDF version of your payslip.
  - See a countdown to your next pay.

Managing leave requests

  - Apply for leave (including special leave types).
  - View any upcoming leave, plus leave history and balances.
  - Managers can add, edit, approveor decline leave requests for their team.
  - View future leave balances when applying for leave.

Submitting timesheets

  - Enter time and rate per hour.
  - Create multiple time entries for each day.
  - Managers can add, edit, approve or decline time for their team.
  - Remembers the last timesheet entry and prefills the same hours.
  - Copy a previous weeks timesheet to save time.

Labour costing

  - Assign hours worked to different jobs or departments.

ABOUT SMARTLY

We know that payroll can be a headache. So, at Smartly we make it simple for businesses to pay their people on time, accurately and in-line with regulation. Faff-free payroll, happy staff, no headaches. Too easy!

## Key features

- View payslips
- Apply for leave
- Submit timesheets
- Track leave balances
- Assign hours to jobs
- Email PDF payslips

## What do users think of Smartly?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Intuitive design
- 👍 Straightforward
- 👍 Good for tracking shifts
- 👍 Great for employees
- 👍 Makes wages easy
- 👍 Good system
- 👍 Well designed

**Cons**

- 🐛 Constantly logs out
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 App crashes/freezes
- 🐛 Slow performance
- 🐛 Poor accessibility
- 🐛 Difficult date selection
- 🐛 Lacks features for managers
- 🐛 Requires frequent reinstallation
- 🐛 Not intuitive
- 🐛 Manual calculations needed
- 🐛 Design decisions force mobile app
- 🐛 Issues with shifts past midnight
- 🐛 Problems with leave requests
- 🐛 Inconsistent stability
- 🐛 Basic uses better options
- 🐛 App size increased
- 🐛 Notifications not working
- 🐛 Signup purgatory
- 🐛 Password reset issues
- 🐛 Login button unresponsive
- 🐛 Simplistic and not outstanding
- 🐛 Cannot add timesheet
- 🐛 Timesheet tab buffering
- 🐛 Horrendously slow
- 🐛 Terrible access
- 🐛 Cannot approve timesheets
- 🐛 Needs time in lieu feature
- 🐛 Slow to respond
- 🐛 Missing quality of life features
- 🐛 Inconvenient login process
- 🐛 Earlier app was better
- 🐛 Nightmare login
- 🐛 App doesn't open
- 🐛 Rough edges
- 🐛 Bugs in new software
- 🐛 Screens don't allow scrolling
- 🐛 New timesheet layout tedious

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Notifications don't work
- App size increased
- Biometrics enrollment repeated
- Password reset issues
- Login button unresponsive
- Keeps logging out
- App crashes or freezes
- Date selection hard
- App crashes or freezes regularly
- Issues with shifts past midnight
- Cannot log in
- App freezes when adding timesheet
- Timesheet tab buffering
- App doesn't function
- Cannot approve timesheets
- Randomly logs out users
- App crashes every fortnight
- Slow to respond to taps
- App freezes on loading screen
- Cannot add timesheet when logged in
- Timesheet tab buffering and error
- App won't function
- Cannot approve timesheets
- Randomly logs out
- App crashes every fortnight
- Slow to respond
- App crashes
- App crashes immediately
- App hangs on white loading screen
- Login issues
- App doesn't remember login
- Constant lag and freezing
- Screens don't allow scrolling
- New timesheet layout doesn't let you copy hours
- App needs to be repeatedly reinstalled
- App doesn't open
- App crashes
- App crashes immediately
- App hangs on white loading screen

**Most requested features**

- Ability to put in start time without finish time
- Reminder for missing finish time
- More detailed app
- Web portal access for employees
- Ability to handle working past midnight without two entries
- Export staff on leave to Outlook calendar
- Ability to put time to time in lieu
- Previous week preloaded
- Auto-save start and finish times from previous day
- Notifications

## Recent user reviews (10 of 69)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartly/id1590031328/reviews.md

### 3/5 — App change

*2026-05-20, version 2.0.0*

Why all sudden is showing up increased size in app can hardly see what I’m doing when logged my hours been like this three weeks ago

### 3/5 — Notifications

*2026-03-17, version 1.5.13*

Notifications don’t work on my iPhone 17

### 1/5 — Signup Purgatory

*2026-02-28, version 1.5.13*

I’m an infrequent user, covered in my son’s vomit, trying to book sick leave.

This app asks you to log in, setup pin, and biometrics. Fine if it happened once— but every time? Subsequent visits ask for biometrics to show you the login page and I repeat the enrolment again. I’m in sign up purgatory.

Will use the web app in future.

### 5/5 — Easy as to manage leave

*2026-01-11, version 1.5.13*

Great intuitive App

### 2/5 — Great app when it works

*2025-10-07, version 1.5.13*

When the app lets me login it’s great. However our entire workplace constantly has issues with the app. From having to reset passwords and then once done saying the password is incorrect to constantly having to login through the web and set up your pin every time you want to go into the app. Too many bugs that simply shouldn’t be a problem

### 3/5 — Meh

*2025-09-30, version 1.5.13*

Basic uses better options out there.

### 1/5 — Leave

*2025-08-31, version 1.5.13*

It’s not go a leave requests.  Having been ill off work you can’t go back and select the day off your were sick!  Rather odd.

### 5/5 — Great app to use as an employee

*2025-08-24, version 1.5.13*

As I work various short shifts weekly, it is an excellent tool to keep track and simple to use.

### 1/5 — Terrible take UX

*2025-06-18, version 1.5.13*

An infrequently used app that constantly resets the login information requiring logging in again in web view and to set up biometrics every single time I use it. I can’t believe it requires you to MANUALLY CHECK THE DAYS AND HOURS ALIGN. It’s an app, just calculate it for me?!?! Trash.

### 2/5 — I wish my work used another service

*2025-06-06, version 1.5.13*

Why don’t employees have access to the web portal? I really hate this product design decision of forcing us to use the mobile app. I feel “dumbed down”, certainly not “smartened up”.

## Frequently asked questions about Smartly

### What does the Smartly app do?

The Smartly app allows employees to access their payroll information. You can view your payslips, apply for leave, and submit your timesheets directly through the app. It's designed to simplify these common HR tasks for employees.

### How do I get started with the Smartly app?

To use the Smartly app, your employer must first set you up in their Smartly payroll system. You will then receive an email to create your password. Once your account is set up, you can log in and access all features.

### Can I view my past payslips?

Yes, the app allows you to view your payslips for up to three months. You can also email yourself a PDF version of your payslip for your records.

### How does leave management work in the app?

You can apply for various types of leave directly through the app. It also shows your upcoming leave, leave history, and current leave balances. Managers can approve or decline leave requests for their team members.

### Is the Smartly app free to use?

The Smartly app is free for employees to use. The cost is associated with the business using the Smartly payroll system to manage their employees.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.0.1 — 2026-07-22

This update includes minor bug fixes and stability improvements for a smoother, more reliable experience.

### 2.0.0 — 2026-05-12

Managing leave and timesheets just got easier.

- Separate employee and approver comments for clearer communication
- More accurate leave duration and balance calculations
- Employees can edit or remove submitted timesheet entries
- Managers can approve or decline individual timesheet entries

### 1.5.13 — 2024-08-29

We’ve fixed some minor bugs and made enhancements to the Smartly app.

### 1.5.11 — 2024-03-21

We've resolved an issue where managers couldn't view their employees' leave balances when adding or editing leave on behalf, along with some other minor fixes.

### 1.5.10 — 2023-12-05

We've updated our sick leave calculations so leave hours and days automatically adjust for employees on standard hours when editing.

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## More apps by SmartPayroll

- [SmartPayroll](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartpayroll/id975779689)

All apps by SmartPayroll: https://appshunter.io/developer/975779688

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