A+ Payroll vs Surf Payroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A+ Payroll
This business tool allows clients to efficiently report employee hours, including new hires, terminations, and active staff, directly to their payroll company. It supports managing multiple businesses and locations within a single client account.
- Report new hire hours
- Report terminated employee hours
- Report active employee hours
- Support for multiple businesses
- Support for multiple locations
- Direct reporting to payroll company
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Clients can use this app to report new hire, terminate or active employee’s hours to payroll company. Supporting multiple businesses and locations per client
Surf Payroll
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SURF Payroll makes payroll simple for businesses, employees, and CPAs. Business owners: Run payroll, manage employees and benefits, review expenses, and access paystubs. CPAs: Manage clients, onboard companies, jump into client accounts, track deadlines, create reminders, and sync calendars. Employees: View paystubs, manage your profile, submit expenses, and stay updated. Securely access your account with 2FA, Face ID, Touch ID, and SURF App PIN. One app. One SURF experience. Note: 1. A Surf account is required to use the app. Employers/CPAs must be active Surf customers to sign in. 2. Employees can access the app only if their Employer/CPA uses Surf and has provided them with portal access. Download Surf and simplify your payroll experience today.
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Verdict
A+ Payroll and Surf Payroll are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
A+ Payroll ships an update every 2 weeks, Surf Payroll every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A+ Payroll | Surf Payroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Zakariya | Jaya Peddineni |
In-app purchases
A+ Payroll
No in-app purchases
Surf Payroll
No in-app purchases
