Comparison

Pay Timer vs Portfolio Lab

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Work time tracking
  • Automatic earnings calculation
  • Background timer operation
  • Local data saving
  • Email export for backup
  • History of calculations
Features
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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.

About

Portfolio Lab

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Pay Timer4 screens
Portfolio Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pay Timer versus Portfolio Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPay TimerPortfolio Lab
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasANDREW MOSES CHEDID

In-app purchases

None

Pay Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Portfolio Lab

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Pay Timer free?
Pay Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Portfolio Lab free?
Portfolio Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pay Timer or Portfolio Lab have ads?
Portfolio Lab shows ads; Pay Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Pay Timer or Portfolio Lab?
Pay Timer ships an update every 10 months, and Portfolio Lab every 10 days. Most recently, Pay Timer was updated on September 29, 2026 and Portfolio Lab on September 22, 2026.

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