Paycheck Buddy vs PayCal+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paycheck Buddy
Estimate your net income by calculating your paycheck after taxes. Adjust your hours to see how your earnings change. Currently supports a limited number of states with more planned for future updates.
- Paycheck calculation
- Income estimation
- Tax deduction calculation
- Hours adjustment
- State-specific calculations
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Calculate your paycheck to estimate your income after tax and how it can change depending on your hours. Currently limited states are available but will have more state added soon. Current States are AK, AL, AR, AZ, MA, RI, FL, NV, SD, TN, TX, WY, with more to come.
PayCal+
This app helps you estimate your weekly earnings by inputting hours and wage. It tracks expenses, savings, and provides visual graphs of your financial data. Choose between a one-time purchase or a subscription for full access.
- Paycheck calculation and estimation
- Expense and extra tracking
- Saved paycheck history
- Financial graphs and charts
- Multiple app themes (Pro)
- Customizable expense categories (Pro)
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Paycheck Calculator An app to calculate your weekly paychecks. An estimate of how much you'll earn. 3 Main Functions: 1. Calculation/Estimate (Basic purchase or Basic subscription required) * Can input hour & wage to get resulting estimation. * Can input manually and even add a loss percentage. * Can add expenses or extras. * The app will automatically calculate how much will remain (or not, whatever you prefer). * Ability to save/archive paycheck for the future. 2. History (Basic purchase or Basic subscription required) * Ability to see all saved paychecks. * Quick view to see total remaining and other info. * Ability to edit paychecks. 3. Graphs/Charts (Pro Purchase or Pro Subscription required) * Using the info from saved paychecks, you can see many graphs. * Total Remaining, Total Expenses, Total Extra, Paychecks, Hours, Loss and Overtime. Beautiful animations throughout! You can use the app free of charge using the 14 day trial. After which you will be able to purchase either the standard or the pro version of the app. You can either do a one time purchase for either one of these, or start a subscription to continue trying the app for longer. For the Standard Features: 1. One time purchase of 2.99 2. 0.99 cents monthly subscription Whichever of these you prefer. Pro Plan: 1.. One time purchase of 5.99 2. Monthly subscription of 1.99 Pro includes: 1. Multiple app themes 2. Beautiful graphs for visual referencing (New graphs and redesign coming soon) 3. Custom Expense list (coming soon) 4. Expense Categories to better organize your expenses 5. Access to all widgets (New widgets coming soon) 6. Subscription analyses (coming soon) I really hope this app can benefit you. Thank you for using PayCal+ Apple Service Agreement https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://epickid976.wordpress.com/paycal-privacy-policy/ [Image taken from flaticon.com] [Screenshots taken from screenshots.pro]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PayCal+ at Free against Paycheck Buddy's $1.99. PayCal+ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Paycheck Buddy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
PayCal+ is free to download; Paycheck Buddy costs $1.99 up front. PayCal+ sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Paycheck Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
PayCal+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paycheck Buddy | PayCal+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Money Calendar App LLC | Jose Blanco |
Customer experience
Paycheck Buddy
PayCal+
In-app purchases
Paycheck Buddy
No in-app purchases
PayCal+
- Basic Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Free TrialFree
- Basic Features Purchase$2.99
- Pro Purchase$5.99
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