Withholding Calc vs Donation Basket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Withholding Calc
Estimate your paycheck's tax withholding with this ad-free tool. Input your gross pay, deductions, filing status, and allowances to see how much goes to the government and how much you keep. Optimize your budget and prepare for tax season.
- Estimate paycheck tax withholding
- Input gross pay and pre-tax deductions
- Specify filing status and allowances
- Advanced view for extra withholding
- Supports 41 states with income tax
- Based on current tax rates
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Tax time is coming again! Will you be ready for it? WithholdingCalc is an ad-free estimator for your pay check. Input your pay check gross pay, pre-tax deductions (insurance, 401k, etc.), filing status, state, and withholding allowances from your W-4 and get an estimate of how much of each of your pay checks is going to the government, and how much is going into your pocket. You can see how to optimize your monthly budget and make sure you've had enough taxes held back for tax time! Want to get even more advanced? Switch over to the advanced view and you can enter extra withholding amounts for both Federal and State taxes, and separate filing status and withholding allowance amounts for your state to get an even more accurate picture of your tax withholding. WithholdingCalc lets you easily manipulate the numbers from your W-4 form to help you get an accurate picture of your budget and how much tax withholding you will have accumulated for tax season. WithholdingCalc is based on current 2018 tax rates for most federal and state tax rates for the 41 states that have income tax plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. We will update Withholding Calc as further tax rate changes come in. WithholdingCalc uses an annualized method for computing taxes for most jurisdictions. This means that the total tax withholding that it computes may be slightly different from what your employer computes. Generally the two numbers will agree to within a few cents. If they don't, please use our contact form to let us know and we'll investigate it! With the updates some of the 2018 tax brackets now in place, we'll be adding in some of the features we've been working on, like the option to compute your pay check based on an hourly pay rate (with or without overtime pay), calculations for places where there are local taxes as well as state taxes, and more accurate options for states like Arizona which use flat percentage options for withholding instead of a withholding allowance amount. The 2018 IRS tax brackets aren't available yet, but we'll be adding them as soon as they are. WithholdingCalc is not endorsed by any taxing authority, including the Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service (They want you to give them too much money :) ).
Donation Basket
Easily support your church, school, or favorite nonprofits with a single account. Make one-time or recurring donations via card, bank transfer, or Apple Pay, and track your giving history.
- Single account for multiple organizations
- One-time and recurring donations
- Multiple payment options
- Track giving history
- Secure payment processing
- Support for various nonprofits
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Donation Basket makes it simple to support your church, school, and favorite nonprofits from one app. Find an organization, tap Donate Now, and your gift goes directly to the cause you choose. ONE ACCOUNT FOR ALL YOUR GIVING Support your parish, your child's school, and the nonprofits you love without creating a new account for each one. Your giving lives in one place. GIVE YOUR WAY • Make a one-time gift or set up recurring donations • Choose the specific fund or campaign you want to support • Pay by card, bank transfer (ACH), or Apple Pay • Add a note with your gift • Optionally add a little extra to your gift SEE YOUR IMPACT The Activity tab shows your full giving history across every organization you support, so you always know where your generosity is going. SECURE BY DESIGN Payments are processed through Stripe, a global leader in secure online payments. Your gift goes straight to the organization's own account, and you receive a receipt for every donation. BUILT FOR COMMUNITIES Donation Basket is trusted by Catholic parishes and schools, K–12 schools, veterans organizations, and community nonprofits. Whether it's Sunday giving, a school fundraiser, or a cause close to your heart, Donation Basket makes generosity effortless. FOR ORGANIZATIONS Run a church, school, or nonprofit? Donation Basket includes online giving forms, donor management, and offline donation entry in one platform. Learn more at donationbasket.com. Download Donation Basket and start giving today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Donation Basket at Free against Withholding Calc's $0.99. Donation Basket also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). Withholding Calc's advantage is chart position (#119 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Donation Basket is free to download; Withholding Calc costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Withholding Calc ships an update every 10 months, Donation Basket every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Withholding Calc | Donation Basket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #119 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Michaelson | Skrillapay Corporation |
Customer experience
Withholding Calc
Donation Basket
Bugs and requests
Withholding Calc
Reported bugs
26 issues- App crashes constantly after entering info and swiping to the second page.
- App crashes every time I turn the page from the start.
- App closes every time you try to change the state.
- None of the information entered shows up in the fields.
- Can't see the input entries with this new grey background!
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- Output data is far from actual.
- App opens but does not accept any inputs.
- App crashes every time I open it after iOS update.
- The gross amount is clear at the top of the screen and does not allow it to work.
- The app graphics are not optimized for iPhone X. The very top of the screen extends into the ‘Notch’, causing the top field to be obstructed by it.
- When adding extra Witholding amounts on the 'Advanced' screen, the amount is added twice on the results screen, both on the "Federal w/h" line, and in the "Extra Federal w/h" line, thus doubling the extra contribution when those two lines are added together in the "Total Federal w/h" line.
- In advanced mode retirement withholding is not taken into account.
- NJ sui/sdi is not calculated
- if you have extra state /or federal withholding it wont show the correct amount in the basic screen, you have to go to to the advanced screen to see the correct amount.
- Federal income tax, is was off by 6 cents, not much but still off.
- California state tax is messed up since the latest update
- Federal and California withholdings are off by a good $150 dollars!
- This app does not deduct the correct federal amount.
- The previous version of the app was more user friendly. The recent update prevents you from changing screen to screen and it is more clunky and not as seem less as the previous version.
- It looks like they changed the format from one screen to a bunch of screens to swipe and now everything lags.
- They redesigned a very nice app and it’s basically a joke now. Absolutely no graphics, a bizarre swipe method and a confusing layout.
- Tax rats aren’t loaded correctly. They don’t match my previous pay stubs. For example, federal with holding is about $100 off.
- All of the tax amounts match, give or take a few cents, however the Paycheck Net is off. The app indicates $35.46 more than my actual Net Pay. Then I discovered it’s because the app does not automatically factor in CA SUI/SDI Tax. It forces me to annotate this for ‘Extra State Withholding’.
- The recent update you loaded is not the current tax tables.
- Since the update on 2/19/2020 this app no longer works.
- App is now broken and vastly inaccurate (at least for IL)!
Requested features
37 requests- Fix app to work correctly
- Return money for broken app
- Update app to keep up with iOS updates
- Fix crashing issues
- Fix app so buttons work
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- Fix federal tax calculation
- Fix input visibility issues
- Add login for saving info
- Add info boxes for fields
- Include local withholding section
- Update for 2020 tax brackets
- Add print option
- Optimize graphics for iPhone X
- Automatically factor in CA SUI/SDI
- Fix gross amount obstruction
- Update tax tables
- Allow users to contact support
- Fix advanced mode retirement withholding
- Fix results screen math error
- Add NYC withholding calculation
- Add SDI deduction
- Add hourly pay calculation
- Calculate NJ SUI/SDI
- Show correct extra withholding amounts
- Improve results screen readability
- Add social security calculations
- Add number of dependencies
- Add head of household filing option
- Add forecasting and what-if scenarios
- Allow saving entered information
- Automatically calculate pay and overtime
- Make app more user-friendly
- Revert to previous design
- Add option to put in hours worked and pay rate
- Add state income tax calculator as separate purchase
- Add more detail to deductions
- Fix large amount error for married filing
Donation Basket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Withholding Calc
No in-app purchases
Donation Basket
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Withholding Calc free?
Is Donation Basket free?
Do Withholding Calc or Donation Basket have ads?
Which is updated more often, Withholding Calc or Donation Basket?
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