HowardSimon vs PRG
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HowardSimon
Access payroll and HR information on the go. This app makes complex business administration tasks simple for employees and employers. Requires existing customer login credentials.
- Payroll access
- 401(k) information
- HR management
- Mobile access
- Business connectivity
- Simplified administration
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The HowardSimon mobile app provides you and your employees with the benefit of accessing your payroll and HR information from your mobile device allowing you to stay connected to your business from anywhere, at any time, whenever is convenient for you. With the use of Smartphones, Tablets, and Laptops the employee of today is no longer a stationary worker and is often working on the go making mobile tools that access their important payroll and HR information no longer a luxury, but a necessity. With this in mind we have taken the same extraordinarily reliable and adaptable Payroll and HR technology your business is already using and made it accessible to you on the go. In today’s complex world we are proud to make the most challenging business administration tasks beautifully simple. To use the HowardSimon mobile app, your company must already be a HowardSimon customer with an authorized login credentials. A valid Username and Password are required to access the application.
PRG
This app offers employers and employees flexible access to payroll, benefits, time, attendance, and HR information. Stay connected to your employment details anytime, anywhere with secure, encrypted transactions and multi-factor authentication.
- Access payroll and benefits
- View time and attendance
- Access HR information
- View personal information
- Access pay history
- Encrypted transactions
- 2-factor authentication
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The PRG mobile app provides employers and its employees greater flexibility to access payroll, benefits, time, and attendance, and HR information. Stay connected anytime, anywhere. This app can be used by registered PRG HCM users. Current features include employee ability to: · View personal information · Access pay history Security · Mobile app transactions are encrypted · Are user ID and password are encrypted · Login session will be timed out from inactivity · 2-factor authentication · Accounts will be locked after excessive failed login
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PRG at 4.0 against HowardSimon's 3.0. HowardSimon's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1). 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.
PRG holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HowardSimon has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HowardSimon ships an update every 5 weeks, PRG monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HowardSimon | PRG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (22 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HowardSimon | Encompass Human Capital LLC |
Customer experience
HowardSimon
PRG
In-app purchases
HowardSimon
No in-app purchases
PRG
No in-app purchases
