Comparison

PSAware vs DutyPay

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

Head to head
About

PSAware

This app offers real-time situational awareness for public safety agencies. It connects with existing Computer Aided Dispatch systems to provide critical information.

Highlights
  • Real-time situational awareness
  • Public safety platform
  • CAD system integration
  • Situational data visualization
Features
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Southern Software's PSAware provides Southern Software Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) customers with a real-time situational awareness platform for public safety.

About

DutyPay

This app helps public safety workers track their complex work schedules, project their paychecks, and manage overtime. It accounts for unique shift patterns and pay rules specific to firefighters, EMS, and police.

Highlights
  • Track complex public safety rotations
  • Project future paychecks
  • Manage overtime and holiday pay
  • Track shift trades with coworkers
  • Year-end income projection
  • Notifications for schedule deviations
Features
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DutyPay is the shift calendar and paycheck projection tool built for public safety workers — firefighters, EMS, police, and corrections officers — by firefighters. Track your rotation. Pick up extra shifts and trade with coworkers. See how every shift, trade, and overtime hour affects your paycheck before it lands. DutyPay shows you exactly what your next check will be, what you've earned year-to-date, and what your year-end income is on pace to be. Built for the schedules that don't fit into normal apps: • 24/48, 48/96, Pitman, 4/10, and other public safety rotations • Kelly days, work period overtime (FLSA §7(k)), holiday pay, and shift differentials • Time trades with coworkers, with both legs tracked end to end • Picked-up shifts, PTO, sick time, and other deviations from your normal schedule What DutyPay does that a regular calendar can't: • Projects your paycheck before it arrives, using your real rate and overtime rules • Flags when an extra shift will tip you into overtime • Shows your effective hourly rate after OT and differentials • Year-end income projection with federal tax bracket awareness • Notifications the day before any shift outside your normal rotation Free, forever. No ads. No upsell. No selling your data. Built by Florida firefighters on the principle that the people who keep cities safe deserve tools that actually understand their work. From the team behind PensionForge, the FRS retirement planning tool.

Screenshots

PSAware3 screens
DutyPay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DutyPay at 100% against PSAware's 22%. DutyPay also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). PSAware's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DutyPay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PSAware has 35 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of PSAware's written reviews are positive against 100% of DutyPay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PSAware ships an update fortnightly, DutyPay weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PSAware versus DutyPay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPSAwareDutyPay
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (35 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSouthern Software, Inc.PensionForge LLC

Customer experience

PSAware

All ratings35 ratings
Positive22.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative74.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive21.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative65.6%

DutyPay

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PSAware

No in-app purchases

None

DutyPay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PSAware free?
PSAware is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DutyPay free?
DutyPay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PSAware or DutyPay?
DutyPay is rated higher. PSAware averages 2.1 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while DutyPay averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do PSAware or DutyPay have ads?
Neither PSAware nor DutyPay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PSAware or DutyPay?
PSAware ships an update fortnightly, and DutyPay weekly. Most recently, PSAware was updated on October 16, 2026 and DutyPay on October 14, 2026.

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