Booster NZ vs Smartly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Booster NZ
Manage your KiwiSaver, investments, and daily spending all in one place. Track your wealth, link bank accounts, and access smart financial tools and educational resources to improve your money management.
- KiwiSaver account management
- Investment tracking
- Daily spending management
- Link bank accounts
- Financial snapshot
- Budgeting tools
- Educational resources
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Manage your KiwiSaver account, track your wealth and more with the Booster NZ app. And for those who want to save and spend better there’s Savvy, also in the Booster app. Elevate your finances with Booster NZ and Savvy. Take control of your finances with the Booster NZ app, your one-stop solution for managing your KiwiSaver account, SuperScheme, investments and daily spending. Download now for a bird's-eye view of your finances, helping you to take control anywhere, anytime. And get Savvy in the Booster NZ app – Savvy’s the investment account with a sweet return, linked to a debit card and smart app for your day-to-day spending, with no card or monthly account fees*. Savvy, it’s your money, smarter. Booster NZ: Unified account management: View and manage your KiwiSaver account, SuperScheme, investments and daily expenses with Booster in one place. See your KiwiSaver account balance, make contributions and track government contributions, as well as keep an eye on your fund’s performance. Whether you're at home or on the move, get on-the-go money management and stay in control of your finances. Financial snapshot: Link your bank accounts, add details of your shares, property and other investments to get a complete view of your money. Smart financial tools and educational resources: Access free tools like the mybudgetpal to get a better understanding of your spending habits. Learn about managing your money with our comprehensive resource library, including videos and articles. Savvy: Take your savings to the next level. Savvy puts you in control of your money, learning how you spend and helping you save better with a suite of powerful tools. With Savvy, you can get more out of your money. Track where your money is going, with the convenience of a smart money app, spend with the convenience of a Mastercard debit card and get paid competitive returns on every dollar in your account. The Booster Savvy Scheme (‘Savvy’) is not a bank account and Booster is not a registered bank. Savvy is a managed fund and Booster Investment Management Limited is the manager and issuer of Savvy. Savvy’s Product Disclosure Statement and other important information about Savvy (including a comparison highlighting some of the differences between Savvy and a bank account) is available at boostersavvy.co.nz. *Some other fees, such as international transaction fees and card replacement fees, may apply. Booster Investment Management Limited is the manager and issuer of the Booster KiwiSaver Scheme (‘Scheme’). The Scheme’s product disclosure statements are available at booster.co.nz Who we are We’re a Kiwi financial services company founded in 1998. We’re committed to helping New Zealanders make sense of money. Our app is just one step on that journey. Follow us Web: www.booster.co.nz Facebook: www.facebook.com/boostermoneynz/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/booster-nz More info When you download any app provided by Booster, you agree to the Booster terms and conditions and any changes to these terms and conditions without notification. Feedback? Want to help to make the Booster NZ app better? Please tell us what you like or how we could improve by: • emailing us at info@booster.co.nz • sending feedback through the app. Check out our FAQs: www.booster.co.nz/app-faqs Fix problems with our troubleshooting guide: www.booster.co.nz/troubleshooting
Smartly
This app allows employees to manage their payroll information, including viewing payslips, applying for leave, and submitting timesheets. Employers must set up employee accounts for access. It simplifies payroll management for both employees and businesses.
- View payslips
- Apply for leave
- Submit timesheets
- Track leave balances
- Assign hours to jobs
- Email PDF payslips
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Smartly at free against Booster NZ's free with in-app purchases. Smartly also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 1). Booster NZ's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 32%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Booster NZ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smartly has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Booster NZ's written reviews are positive against 32% of Smartly's.
Booster NZ ships an update every 3 weeks, Smartly monthly. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Booster NZ | Smartly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better | 31.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Booster Financial Services Ltd | SmartPayroll |
Customer experience
Booster NZ
Smartly
Bugs and requests
Booster NZ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Smartly
Reported bugs
39 issues- Notifications don't work
- App size increased
- Biometrics enrollment repeated
- Password reset issues
- Login button unresponsive
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- 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
Requested features
10 requests- 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
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- 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
In-app purchases
Booster NZ
No in-app purchases
Smartly
No in-app purchases








