Comparison

Pay Timer vs Guard Online

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

Guard Online

Manage your finances on the go with this mobile banking application. Easily check balances, transfer funds, view transaction history, and pay bills directly from your smartphone or tablet.

Highlights
  • Check account balances
  • Transfer money
  • View account activity
  • Pay bills
  • Access accounts anywhere
Features
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With SCNG FCU’s mobile app, you can access your accounts wherever you are! We make it easy to check balances, transfer money, view your account activity, pay bills, and so much more – right from the palm of your hand! We love having our members stop by our branches; but now, with our mobile app, we come to you!

Screenshots

Pay Timer4 screens
Guard Online4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Guard Online at Free against Pay Timer's $0.99. Guard Online also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Pay Timer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and rating (5.0 vs 3.8). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Guard Online is free to download; Pay Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pay Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guard Online has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pay Timer's written reviews are positive against 57% of Guard Online's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pay Timer ships an update every 10 months, Guard Online monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pay Timer versus Guard Online: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPay TimerGuard Online
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB120 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasSC National Guard FCU

Customer experience

Pay Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Guard Online

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Pay Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Guard Online

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pay Timer free?
Pay Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guard Online free?
Guard Online is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pay Timer or Guard Online?
Pay Timer is rated higher. Pay Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Guard Online averages 3.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Pay Timer or Guard Online have ads?
Neither Pay Timer nor Guard Online shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pay Timer or Guard Online?
Pay Timer ships an update every 10 months, and Guard Online monthly. Most recently, Pay Timer was updated on October 26, 2026 and Guard Online on October 24, 2026.

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