Payback vs Back Yard Preview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Payback
Discover local deals and discounts in your community. Save money at restaurants, shops, and attractions while supporting local businesses and schools. Simply show your phone screen at participating merchants to redeem offers.
- Local discounts and savings
- Support for local businesses
- Fundraising for schools
- Mobile coupon redemption
- Community-focused deals
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Small towns, big savings... Payback Mobile helps people in small towns save money...while raising money for local schools...and promoting area businesses. Great local savings at your favorite restaurants, retail stores, attractions, day spas, grocery stores and more! Simply present your cell phone screen to area merchants and enjoy the fantastic Payback savings! Payback has proudly supported the communities of Vancouver/Clark County, Wash and Boulder County, CO since 2001 and is expanding in 2017 to other small towns near you! Have questions? Contact us at info@paybackmobile.com.
Back Yard Preview
Preview fireworks from your device before purchasing. Scan products in-store to watch high-definition demonstration videos. Save your favorites and share them with friends.
- In-store product scanning
- High-definition video previews
- Save favorite videos
- Share videos with friends
- Anytime preview access
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The World-Class Fireworks Back Yard Preview app lets you preview your favorite fireworks from your screen before you buy – any time you want. Just scan a World-Class fireworks product in any store that carries them and a hi-def product demonstration video will play. You can even save videos as favorites for later or share with friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Back Yard Preview at 2.8 against Payback's 1.3. Back Yard Preview also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 7%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 95 months). Payback's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Back Yard Preview holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Payback has 91 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Payback's written reviews are positive against 40% of Back Yard Preview's.
Payback ships an update every 95 months, Back Yard Preview every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Payback | Back Yard Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (91 ratings) | 2.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 95 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Payback - Mobile | Jakes Fireworks |
Customer experience
Payback
Back Yard Preview
In-app purchases
Payback
No in-app purchases
Back Yard Preview
No in-app purchases
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