Comparison

Overtime Live vs Work & Pay

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

Head to head
About

Overtime Live

Track your earnings in real-time directly on your iPhone Lock Screen. This app visualizes your pay, overtime, and take-home pay after estimated taxes. It helps manage complex pay structures and plan your schedule.

Highlights
  • Live earnings on Lock Screen
  • Real-time pay calculation
  • Take-home pay estimator
  • Overtime and unsocial hours tracking
  • Rota planning and calendar sync
  • Shift insights and goal tracking
  • Data export (CSV)
Features
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Know exactly what every shift is worth. Watch your pay tick up live on your Lock Screen, plan your work schedule in seconds and see your take-home pay before you say yes to overtime. Built by a shift worker, for shift workers. Free, no subscription, no sign-up. YOUR EARNINGS, LIVE ON THE LOCK SCREEN The moment you start a shift, a Live Activity shows your pay ticking up and the time left, without opening the app. On iPhone 14 Pro and later it appears in the Dynamic Island too. WATCH YOUR PAY TICK UP Enter your hourly rate and Overtime Live counts your earnings up second by second, with overtime tracked separately from regular hours. KNOW YOUR REAL TAKE-HOME PAY See past the gross figure. The What-If calculator compares hours, rate and estimated take-home pay before you accept a shift, and the Take Home Pay card estimates what you actually keep after tax. Set your pay period to weekly, biweekly, monthly or a custom date and track every payday. BUILT FOR SHIFT WORK Handle the pay that office apps ignore: overtime multipliers like time and a half and double time, shift differentials, on-call days with separate callback pay, flat-rate sleep-ins, shifts with no set end that count up until you finish, and custom rates for any arrangement. Split a shift across different rates or an unpaid break and track comp time. Add expenses and receipt photos to any shift. PLAN YOUR SCHEDULE IN SECONDS Pick a popular rotation such as DuPont, Pitman or 4 on 4 off, or build your own and fill in weeks or months ahead. Save your usual shifts as templates, set reminders and see everything in month, week, day, agenda or full-screen calendar views. Overlap warnings, schedule export and iPhone calendar sync included. INSIGHTS, STATS & GOALS Explore a 12-month hours and earnings heatmap, track totals and averages, set a yearly goal and unlock achievements as your shifts add up. On compatible iPhones, optional Apple Intelligence creates a short personalized briefing on-device. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY Your shift, pay and goal data stays on your device. Optional iCloud backup uses your personal iCloud account and keeps earlier copies automatically, so you can restore if you need to. Export your hours and pay history as CSV or a monthly PDF for taxes or bookkeeping. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL ONE-TIME PRO UNLOCK Shift tracking, live earnings, your schedule calendar, stats and iCloud backup are free. Your first 30 days include every Pro feature. After that, a one-time Pro purchase removes ads, adds the Apple Watch app and lifts the limits on What-If calculations, exports, expenses and pay period tracking. No subscription. WHO IT'S FOR Nurses, CNAs and caregivers. Police, EMTs and firefighters. Retail, restaurant and warehouse workers. Security, delivery drivers and gig workers. Anyone paid by the hour who wants to see what their time is really worth. Available in English, German, Spanish and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Download Overtime Live and make every hour count.

About

Work & Pay

Features
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Know what every shift is really worth. Work & Pay is a private hours, shift, and wage tracker for hourly workers, students, and freelancers. Track one-off or recurring shifts, changing hourly rates, paid and unpaid breaks, tips, and multiple jobs without an account or spreadsheet. TRACK HOURS AND PAY • Track shifts, including work across midnight • Use multiple hourly rates within one shift • Add breaks, tips, notes, and different currencies • Plan recurring and future shifts • Review upcoming and past work in a calendar • Optionally sync shifts with Apple Calendar UNDERSTAND YOUR EARNINGS Work & Pay calculates worked and paid time, base pay, tips, total earnings, average hourly wage, and effective earnings per hour. Different currencies always remain separate. The core tracking features stay free. Premium adds detailed statistics and optional travel and cost tracking, helping you understand what you really earn after expenses and invested time. Your data stays locally on your device. No account is required. Work & Pay also supports Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, regional formats, and VoiceOver-friendly controls. __ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Overtime Live4 screens
Work & Pay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Work & Pay at none against Overtime Live's shown. Overtime Live's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Overtime Live sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Work & Pay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Overtime Live versus Work & Pay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOvertime LiveWork & Pay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndy MesaGustav Gutsche

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Overtime Live

One-time1
  • Overtime Live Pro$1.99
3 purchases

Work & Pay

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Overtime Live free?
Overtime Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Work & Pay free?
Work & Pay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Overtime Live or Work & Pay have ads?
Overtime Live shows ads; Work & Pay does not.

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