Comparison

Earner vs Paykeep

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

Head to head
About

Earner

Features
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Earner helps shift, hourly, and tipped workers track work, estimate take-home pay, plan bills, and see what is safe to spend before payday. No spreadsheets, no payday guesswork: just your schedule, paycheck, expenses, and goals in one clear place. Built for: - Hourly, shift, tipped, overtime, and irregular-income workers - Fixed-salary workers who want a clearer view of their month - Anyone balancing bills, expenses, savings goals, and spending money between paydays Features: - Track shifts, hours, overtime, tips, and estimated earnings - See your pay build in real time while you work - Estimate taxes, deductions, net pay, and pay periods before payday - Plan recurring bills, everyday expenses, and savings goals - See what is safe to spend after bills and goals are accounted for - Set up schedule patterns and reusable templates for regular or changing work - Try what-if scenarios before taking extra shifts or changing plans - Review charts and summaries that make your money easier to understand Open Earner before, during, or after a shift and turn your work into a clearer payday plan. Earner Premium is optional and handled through App Store subscriptions. Available durations, local prices, and trial offers are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://jesperandersson.com/earner/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Paykeep

Features
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Paykeep gives you two numbers that matter: what is safe to spend this month, and what is still to come out of your accounts. Both are calculated from your real pay stubs, not a hopeful guess. Tap in each pay stub as it arrives. Paykeep averages what your months really paid and helps you budget off a steady share of that, say 70%. It deliberately expects less than your average, so a surprise can only ever be a good one. A steady salary gets the same honest plan, and pay that moves around, overtime, tips, shift differentials, invoices, is exactly what the math was built for. Your month runs payday to payday, and every bill knows its day. At any moment you can see what has already gone out, what is still to come, and what that leaves you. WHAT IT DOES - One steady number to live on: everything above it is a bonus - Always know what has come out this month, and what is still to pay - Months run payday to payday, so the bills reset the day you are paid - Optional weekend and bank holiday rule: pay that is due on a Saturday arrives the working day before, and bills leave the working day after, the way your bank really moves money - Pay stubs pre-fill from the last one: entry is a check, not a chore - Variable bills like groceries and electricity learn from what they actually cost - Bills sit on the accounts they leave from, and a shared joint account is tracked without touching your own totals - Group yearly expenses like tax, insurance and the service into one savings pot with one monthly amount, and the pot pays each bill when it lands - Savings pots and loans on honest bars: the goal, the plan, and the truth - A plain-words summary that reads your month back to you SET UP ONCE Ten or fifteen minutes, one sitting: your last few pay stubs, the bills, any loans, your savings. After that, about two minutes a month. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no server, no analytics. Your figures stay on your phone and in your own iCloud, and nowhere else. Paykeep cannot see your pay. ONE MONTH FREE Every plan starts with one month free: time to add as many pay stubs as you like, old ones included, and live with the prediction. After the trial, Paykeep Pro keeps the app working for 2.99 a month or 24.99 a year, cancel any time. Without Pro everything you entered stays safely visible, read-only. Paykeep is a planning tool, not financial advice. Every figure is an estimate built from your own pay stubs. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://brambleapps.com/paykeep/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Earner4 screens
Paykeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Paykeep at every 3 days against Earner's every 10 days. Paykeep also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Earner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Paykeep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.39 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Earner ships an update every 10 days, Paykeep every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Earner versus Paykeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarnerPaykeep
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.415.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size154 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJESPER JAN ALFRED ANDERSSONRuth McCarthy

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Earner

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • Buy me a Coffee$0.99
  • Buy me a Lunch$2.99
  • Buy me a Afternoon Snack$4.99
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  • Buy me a Full Meal$9.99
2 purchases

Paykeep

Subscriptions2
  • Paykeep Pro Monthly1 Month trial$3.391 Month
  • Paykeep Pro Yearly1 Month trial$26.491 Year

Questions

Is Earner free?
Earner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paykeep free?
Paykeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Earner or Paykeep have ads?
Neither Earner nor Paykeep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Earner or Paykeep?
Earner ships an update every 10 days, and Paykeep every 3 days. Most recently, Earner was updated on October 6, 2026 and Paykeep on October 16, 2026.

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