Comparison

Paystub Generator vs ActiveWork Employee

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

Head to head
About

Paystub Generator

Effortlessly create professional pay stubs and payslips in seconds. This app handles all payroll calculations, including net pay, taxes, and deductions, and exports them as a PDF. It's ideal for small businesses, freelancers, and employers needing accurate and private payroll documents.

Highlights
  • Instant pay stub creation
  • Automatic payroll calculations
  • Professional PDF export
  • Customizable templates and design
  • Employee management
  • Multi-currency and multi-language support
  • 100% offline and private
Features
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Pay Stub Generator is a paystub maker. Create a pay stub, paystub, or payslip in seconds β€” no account, no sign-up, 100% offline. Enter hours or a salary, add the earnings and deduction lines you use, and gross pay, net pay, and year-to-date totals update on your device. Export a PDF you can print, save, or share. This is the pay stub you create, for an employee or for yourself. It is not a portal that opens a stub your employer already sent. WHY THIS PAYSTUB GENERATOR β€’ A pay stub or payslip, ready in seconds β€’ You set every deduction; net pay and YTD stay on the device β€’ Professional PDF β€” print, save, or share the paystub β€’ 5 templates plus fonts, colors, logo, and page size (A4, Letter, Legal) β€’ Save employees so the next pay stub is faster β€’ Month-to-date and year-to-date reports β€’ Any currency β€’ No account and no cloud. The pay stub stays on your device USE IT FOR β€’ Pay stubs and payslips for staff β€’ A paycheck stub or salary slip for yourself β€’ Replacing a missing pay stub β€’ A simple payroll PDF for a small business or freelance job FREE VS PREMIUM Free: 1 payslip and 1 employee, with full PDF export, every template, and design tools. Premium unlocks unlimited pay stubs and unlimited employees. Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. These features require an active subscription. It renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your device subscription settings. Download the paystub generator and make the next pay stub without an account. HOW A PAY STUB GETS MADE Start with the company name, address, and logo. Add the employee name, job, and an optional employee number. Choose the pay period and the pay date. Enter hours or a salary. Add each earning line yourself: regular hours, a rate, a salary, a bonus, or an overtime amount you type. Add each deduction line yourself, as a flat amount or a percentage. Gross pay, net pay, and year-to-date update on the device before the PDF exists. WHAT THE PAY STUB PDF CAN SHOW A pay stub can show the business, the employee, the period, the pay date, and a stub number. It can show every earning and every deduction under the name you give it. It can show gross pay, net pay, month-to-date, and year-to-date. It can show a note or a footer you write. The amounts on the pay stub are the amounts you enter. The paystub maker does not look up a government tax table. TEMPLATES AND THE NEXT PAY STUB Five pay stub templates. Change the font, the colors, the logo, and the layout. Paper size is A4, Letter, or Legal. Preview the pay stub, then print it, save it, or share it. Save the employee so the next pay stub already has the name. Month-to-date sits next to year-to-date. A PAY STUB WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT No sign-up and no cloud copy. Companies, employees, and numbers stay on the device. Make a pay stub when a paper copy is missing, when a small team is not on a payroll portal, or when you need a payslip PDF the same day. Any currency works. The free pay stub is one slip and one employee, with the full PDF and every template. Premium removes the cap on pay stubs and employees. KEEP THE RECORD Store a pay stub for each period you care about. Reprint it later from the device, or share the same PDF again. A contractor, a freelancer, and a small employer use the same paystub maker. The words on the document are pay stub, paystub, and payslip. The PDF is created on the device, offline, with no account. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ActiveWork Employee

Features
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Here's the text with the bars removed: ActiveWork is the employee app for teams that run on ActiveWork. Clock in, track your pay, and manage your time offβ€”right from your phone. TIME CLOCK Clock in and out in a single tap. ActiveWork knows when you're at your assigned work location, so your hours are captured accurately and your attendance stays in sync automatically. PAYSLIPS View every payslip, organized by year. Open any pay period to see the full breakdown of earnings and deductions, and download a PDF copy whenever you need one. LEAVE File a leave request in seconds and track its approval status as it moves along. Your leave history lives in one place, so you always know where you stand. YOUR PROFILE Everything that matters about your employment, in one view: your role and employment type, contract details, and your government ID numbersβ€”kept private and revealed only when you tap to show them. BUILT FOR WORK - A clean, fast interface designed for everyday use - Light and dark mode - Secure sign-in tied to your employer's workspace - Your data scoped to you, and only you ActiveWork is for employees whose company already uses ActiveWork for payroll and HR. Sign in with the workspace and account your employer provides to get started.

Screenshots

Paystub Generator4 screens
ActiveWork Employee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ActiveWork Employee at none against Paystub Generator's 3. ActiveWork Employee also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Paystub Generator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. ActiveWork Employee asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Paystub Generator versus ActiveWork Employee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaystub GeneratorActiveWork Employee
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size37 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodeCrossActiveSystems Software Inc

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Paystub Generator

Subscriptions3
  • Paycheck Maker Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Premium$5.991 Month
  • Premium$49.991 Year
None

ActiveWork Employee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paystub Generator free?
Paystub Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ActiveWork Employee free?
ActiveWork Employee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paystub Generator or ActiveWork Employee have ads?
Neither Paystub Generator nor ActiveWork Employee shows ads.

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