Payentry vs PayDayPortal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Payentry
Access your employee information, view pay history and paystub details, and manage time and attendance. Clock in and out using a tablet kiosk with facial recognition to prevent fraud. View tax forms and personal employment details.
- View pay history and paystub details
- Time and attendance management
- Tablet kiosk clock-in/out
- Facial recognition for time tracking
- View tax forms (W-2, 1099-M, 1095-C)
- Access personal employment information
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The Payentry mobile app offers individuals access to their employee information, and provides employers with a cutting edge time and attendance solution for employees to clock in and out on a tablet in their workplace on the kiosk clock. Individuals can view all of their employee information in one place. Pay history is available by year, and paystub details are displayed in a graph so individuals can see the allocation of their pay check. When enabled by their employer, individuals can clock in and out using the Time Mgmt capabilities and view their tax forms, such as 1099-M, W-2, and 1095-C. Individuals can view their contact, status & position, accruals, direct deposits, and deductions. When using the kiosk clock at a business location, individuals can clock in and out for their work shifts. Using a clock ID and facial recognition, the Payentry kiosk clock helps businesses reduce wage and hour fraud. Individuals are able to send a note to their manager and clock in and out of different departments and jobs when applicable. Once an individual has saved a time punch, they’ll immediately see a large message indicating success.
PayDayPortal
This app automates daily earnings processing, including tips, time, and attendance. It allows employees to get paid the same day they work by calculating and disbursing tips, commissions, and service charges.
- Automated daily earnings processing
- TIPS, commission, and service charge calculation
- Time and attendance management
- Same-day payday for employees
- Wage management
- Employee earnings tracking
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New - One Stop – PayDayPortal App Automated processing of PayDay for daily earnings, TIPS, Time/Attendance and Wage Management Software as a Service, which calculates, allocates and pays out TIPS, Commissions, Service Charges, and manages your hours worked and give employees the power to create a payday the same day they work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Payentry at 2.7 against PayDayPortal's 1.9. Payentry also leads on ratings volume (629 vs 187). PayDayPortal's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (28% vs 13%). 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.
Payentry holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 629 and 187 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Payentry's written reviews are positive against 28% of PayDayPortal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Payentry ships an update every 3 months, PayDayPortal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Payentry | PayDayPortal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (629 ratings) — better | 1.9 (187 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 28.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 629 — better | 187 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MPAY Inc. | Gratuity LLC |
Customer experience
Payentry
PayDayPortal
User reviews
Payentry
From 629 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good
- 🚀 Worlds really well
- 👍 Legit
- 👍 Payroll app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Crashes
- 🐛 Doesn't work
- 🐛 Locks up
- 🐛 Outdated
PayDayPortal
From 187 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Transparent service
- 👍 Helpful support (Anika mentioned)
- 👍 Accurate earnings tracking
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent logouts
- 🐛 Difficulty logging in
- 🐛 Username recovery issues
- 🐛 App freezes on launch
- 🐛 Redirects to settings
Bugs and requests
Payentry
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent login issues
- App crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent functionality
- Compatibility problems
Requested features
6 requests- Print pay stubs
- Allow employees to update their own info
- Show hourly rate
- Show YTD info
- Allow scheduling of time off
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- Improve formatting and layout
PayDayPortal
Reported bugs
24 issues- App freezes when opening
- App forces opening settings
- Login issues
- Update required loop with no update available
- Cannot recover username
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- App freezes and doesn't advance to login
- Verification code not received
- Server not responding errors
- No data available when cashing out
- Account disabled
- Cannot log in or reset password due to forgotten username
- App won't load, says update required, no update available
- App randomly logs out and cannot log back in
- App doesn't recognize employee ID or birthday for setup
- No option to transfer funds
- App is slow and constantly on edge
- Tips not loaded on daily basis
- App signs out regularly and struggles to sign back in
- Tips are not accurate, discrepancies in amounts
- "Keep me logged in" feature is ineffective
- App is a web-app baked into a browser
- Keychain doesn't save credentials
- No Face ID support
- Lost details after last update
Requested features
5 requests- Simple way to find username
- Option to see full tip pooling amounts
- Better notification settings
- Dark mode option
- Face ID login support
In-app purchases
Payentry
No in-app purchases
PayDayPortal
No in-app purchases
