Comparison

VA Disability Pay vs MyTspGuide

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

Head to head
About

VA Disability Pay

This app helps military personnel estimate their Veterans Affairs (VA) disability pay and calculate their combined disability rating. It provides an estimation of benefits without requiring personal information or login.

Highlights
  • Estimate VA disability pay
  • Calculate combined disability rating
  • Inform about disability benefits
  • No login required
  • No personal information needed
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VA Disability Pay is an application intended to assist military personnel from all branches of the military service by informing them of their disability benefits. VA Disability Pay gives assistance by calculating an estimation of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability pay. It also calculates an overall disability rating based on your combined individual disability ratings. No affiliation with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. No login required. No personally identifying information to enter. No demographic tracking of who you are. No spam. Lynnfield LLC is disabled-veteran owned.

About

MyTspGuide

This app offers guidance for federal employees to manage their Thrift Savings Plan investments. It provides information on market events, allocation recommendations, and step-by-step instructions for fund transfers. Users can also track changes within their TSP accounts.

Highlights
  • Free TSP investment advice
  • Market event information
  • Allocation recommendations
  • Fund transfer instructions
  • TSP account change tracking
Features
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My TSP Guide provides free advice and guidance to federal employees on how to actively monitor and manage their Thrift Savings Plan investments. We provide information and details of events that impact their investments, as well as specific allocation recommendations and step-by-step instructions to help federal employees get their money moved quickly. My TSP Guide also allows users to track the changes made to their Thrift Savings Plan.

Screenshots

VA Disability Pay4 screens
MyTspGuide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VA Disability Pay at 4.8 against MyTspGuide's 4.0. VA Disability Pay also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 1). MyTspGuide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. VA Disability Pay sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MyTspGuide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VA Disability Pay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VA Disability Pay has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VA Disability Pay versus MyTspGuide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVA Disability PayMyTspGuide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLYNNFIELD LLCScott Grimes

Customer experience

VA Disability Pay

All ratings11,144 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative21.4%

MyTspGuide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

VA Disability Pay

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not opening after recent update
  • Keyboard covers disability percentage options
  • Inaccurate payment calculations in some cases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Special Monthly Compensation (SMC)
  • Implement profile management to track multiple users
  • Improve user onboarding and provide clear instructions
  • Add back pay prediction feature
  • Expand disability categories beyond just percentages

MyTspGuide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VA Disability Pay

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

MyTspGuide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VA Disability Pay free?
VA Disability Pay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyTspGuide free?
MyTspGuide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VA Disability Pay or MyTspGuide?
VA Disability Pay is rated higher. VA Disability Pay averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while MyTspGuide averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VA Disability Pay or MyTspGuide have ads?
Neither VA Disability Pay nor MyTspGuide shows ads.

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