SSA Mobile Wage Reporting vs SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SSA Mobile Wage Reporting
Report monthly gross wages to the Social Security Administration directly from your smartphone. This free application helps SSI recipients, representative payees, or individuals contributing to an SSI recipient's needs ensure accurate income reporting, preventing potential overpayments or underpayments.
- Report monthly gross wages
- For SSI recipients and representative payees
- Helps prevent improper payments
- Convenient smartphone reporting
- Free to use
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We now offer a free Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Mobile Wage Reporting Application to report monthly wages. This application will allow an SSI recipient, a recipient’s representative payee, or an individual whose income helps an SSI recipient meet their basic needs (like a parent or a spouse) report their gross monthly wages to Social Security Administration from the convenience of their smartphone. Consistent monthly wage reporting helps prevent improper payments, which may cause SSI overpayments and underpayments. Please see our updated Instruction Guide for further details at www.ssa.gov/MKWR-update/mwr-training-fy22.pdf Please contact your local Social Security Administration (SSA) field office to see if you are eligible to use this application. Visit us online at www.ssa.gov for information and a variety of online services. It’s easy to get answers to general questions about Social Security using our mobile-friendly Frequently Asked Questions page. Just go to www.ssa.gov/faq from your mobile device. Follow us on Facebook http://facebook.com/socialsecurity Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/socialsecurity
SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer
This app helps you determine the best age to claim Social Security benefits. By inputting your life expectancy, expected investment returns, and primary insurance amount, it calculates the optimal claiming age to maximize your total lifetime benefit.
- Optimal claiming age calculation
- Lifetime benefit maximization
- Life expectancy input
- Investment return input
- Primary insurance amount input
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The Social Security Optimizer app provides the most optimal age for claiming social security. With easy input from user on the life expectancy, primary insurance amount (monthly benefit at full retirement age) and expected investment return etc., it optimizes the cumulative lifetime benefit and calculates the optimal claiming age to maximize the cumulative lifetime benefit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer at 100% against SSA Mobile Wage Reporting's 7%. SSA Mobile Wage Reporting's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | SSA Mobile Wage Reporting | SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (145 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 7.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Social Security Administration | Jie Shi |
Customer experience
SSA Mobile Wage Reporting
SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer
Bugs and requests
SSA Mobile Wage Reporting
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to submit wages
- Unable to log in or access key features
- Inconsistent behavior and error messages
Requested features
3 requests- Improve app stability and reliability
- Allow seamless wage reporting without issues
- Provide better customer support and troubleshooting
SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SSA Mobile Wage Reporting
No in-app purchases
SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SSA Mobile Wage Reporting free?
Is SocialSecurityBenefitOptimizer free?
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