Pay Timer vs Portfolio Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pay Timer
Track your work hours and automatically calculate your pay. The timer continues to run in the background, allowing you to close the app. Export your work history via email for backup and analysis.
- Work time tracking
- Automatic earnings calculation
- Background timer operation
- Local data saving
- Email export for backup
- History of calculations
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Measure the time you work and calculate your earnings. The timer keeps running even when you close the application. So there is no need to keep it open all the time. You can save a history of calculations locally on your device and email them to yourself for backup and further processing.
Portfolio Lab
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Portfolio Scenario Lab helps you estimate a range of possible portfolio outcomes using Monte Carlo simulation. Instead of showing one fixed projection, the app runs up to 100,000 market scenarios using your assumptions for starting balance, expected annual CAGR, volatility, contributions, withdrawals, inflation, taxes, crash cycles, and time horizon so you understand your true risk/rewards on your investments. Use it to explore questions like: • How much could my portfolio grow over time? • What is my chance of reaching a portfolio goal? • How likely is my retirement portfolio to last? • How much could I withdraw in retirement? • How much would I need to contribute to reach my goal? • How do contributions, withdrawals, inflation, taxes, and volatility affect my outcome? • How much risk am I taking? Key features: • Build Wealth mode for long-term investing • Retirement Withdrawals mode for portfolio survival planning • Monte Carlo simulation with percentile outcomes • Median, mean, best-case, and worst-case results • Goal probability, survival probability, and shortfall risk • Required Monthly Contribution estimate • Sustainable Withdrawal Estimate • Inflation-adjusted “today’s dollars” view • Nominal future-dollar results • Simplified tax estimates and tax impact projection • Maximum drawdown analysis • Drawdown duration and recovery insights • Loss probability and return probability charts • Scenario path charts • Ending value distribution • Extreme crash and recovery cycle stress testing • Save and compare simulations • Optional private iCloud backup and restore • PDF, Excel, CSV, share text, and share card exports with premium unlock • Simple educational explanations for assumptions and limitations Portfolio Scenario Lab is designed to be simple, visual, and easy to understand. It is built for investors who want a clearer picture of possible future outcomes without needing complicated spreadsheet models. Disclaimer: This app is for educational purposes only and does not provide financial, investment, retirement, tax, or legal advice. Simulations are based on user-selected assumptions and may not reflect actual market performance. Tax estimates are simplified and may not reflect your personal tax situation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Portfolio Lab at Free against Pay Timer's $0.99. Portfolio Lab also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 10 months). Pay Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Portfolio Lab is free to download; Pay Timer costs $0.99 up front. Portfolio Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pay Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pay Timer ships an update every 10 months, Portfolio Lab every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pay Timer | Portfolio Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | ANDREW MOSES CHEDID |
In-app purchases
Pay Timer
No in-app purchases
Portfolio Lab
- Premium Lifetime Unlock$4.99
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