Comparison

BuyBye vs Clockmargin

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

Head to head
About

BuyBye

This app helps you curb impulse spending by showing the real cost of purchases in terms of work hours. It offers features to pause buying decisions and block shopping apps, encouraging intentional spending and savings tracking.

Highlights
  • Visualize purchase cost in work hours
  • Cooldown period for impulse buys
  • Block shopping apps
  • Savings tracking
  • 100 Envelope Savings Challenge
  • Milestone rewards
Features
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Budgeting is better with your pig. Meet Penny, your money buddy in BuyBye. She earns rewards when you make better money choices, helping budgeting feel more fun, motivating, and a little less overwhelming. BuyBye is the budgeting app that shows you the real cost of your spending. Not just in dollars, but in hours of your life. Most budgeting apps track your money. BuyBye helps you decide how to use it. Use BuyBye to: -Set a monthly budget and see what’s left to spend -Track income, expenses, savings, bills, and no-buy days -Use the Worth It? Analyzer to see what purchases cost in work time -See what your money could become if you invested it instead -Pause impulse buys with Cooldown -Temporarily block shopping apps with Shop Block using Apple’s built-in controls -Create savings goals for travel, an emergency fund, or anything else -Try the 100 Envelope Savings Challenge -Earn rewards with Penny as you build better money habits Subscription Information: Some features in BuyBye require an active subscription. This includes adding income and savings to your BuyBye budget. Subscription terms and pricing are available in the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

About

Clockmargin

Features
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Calculates worked hours, unpaid breaks, overtime, double time, night and weekend differentials, tips, and projected gross pay. Built for a focused job instead of a recurring subscription, Clockmargin includes: - Shift Builder - Pay Rules - Gross Forecast - Paycheck Check Everything works locally with no account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, and no developer-operated backend. Your work stays on your device until you explicitly export or share it. One purchase includes every version 1.0 feature. There are no in-app purchases or locked tiers. Pay results are estimates and are not payroll, tax, or legal advice.

Screenshots

BuyBye4 screens
Clockmargin1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BuyBye at Free against Clockmargin's $0.99. Clockmargin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

BuyBye is free to download; Clockmargin costs $0.99 up front. BuyBye sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Clockmargin asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BuyBye versus Clockmargin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuyByeClockmargin
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuyBye Inc.Robert Corbin

Bugs and requests

BuyBye

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Too many pop-ups

Clockmargin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

BuyBye

Subscriptions10
  • BuyBye Weekly Plan$3.997 Days
  • BuyBye Monthly Plan3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • BuyBye Quarterly Plan$9.993 Months
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  • BuyBye Yearly Plan (7-day trial)7 Days trial$19.997 Days
  • BuyBye Yearly Winback7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$26.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • BuyBye Lifetime$29.99
None

Clockmargin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BuyBye free?
BuyBye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clockmargin free?
Clockmargin costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BuyBye or Clockmargin have ads?
BuyBye shows ads; Clockmargin does not.

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