Comparison

Payoff vs Harbor

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

Head to head
About

Payoff

Features
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Pay off what you owe, one month at a time. Payoff turns your debts into a plan you can actually follow: what to pay, on which debt, this month. Tick each one off as you pay it, and watch the debt-free date come closer. THIS MONTH'S PLAN Every month, Payoff works out exactly what to put on each debt. Log a payment in two taps โ€” the minimum, the planned amount, or the lot โ€” and the plan updates itself. SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAVING Your plan against paying minimums only, side by side: the years and the interest you avoid. Drag the extra-payment slider to see what another $50 a month would do. EVERY STRATEGY, COMPARED Avalanche, Snowball, Hybrid, Cash-flow first and Promo deadline โ€” for 0% and intro rates. Best plan for me runs all of them on your actual debts and tells you which wins, and why. PROGRESS WORTH WATCHING How much you've paid off, your debt-free countdown, whether you're ahead of plan, and every payment you've logged. Each debt gets its own progress bar. NEVER MISS A DUE DATE Reminders a few days before each debt is due, at a time you pick. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget with your debt-free countdown, so your progress is there without opening the app. WORTH SHARING Turn your debt-free date into a card for Stories, or celebrate a debt you've cleared. Hide the amounts if you'd rather not show the numbers. YOURS, AND PRIVATE No account, no ads, no analytics. Your debts never leave your phone. Lock the app with Face ID, pick from 16 currencies, and switch to dark mode. FREE, OR PREMIUM Free for three debts, with Avalanche and Snowball, this month's plan, payment logging, progress, the minimums comparison, share cards, the widget, currencies, dark mode and Face ID. Payoff Premium is a one-time purchase for unlimited debts, Best plan for me, the other three strategies, custom order, the extra-payment simulator, due-date reminders and CSV export. No subscription.

About

Harbor

Features
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Harbor is for people who avoid looking at what they owe -- not because they don't care, but because looking feels like being judged. Open it and nothing bad happens. No score, no ranking, no red numbers, no lecture about what you should have done differently. Just the real total, and a quiet place to sit with it. You add what you owe by hand: the name, the balance, and -- if you know them -- the interest rate and the minimum payment. No bank linking, no account, no sign-up. Nothing you type here leaves this phone. WHAT'S INSIDE -- Your real total, right now, in your own currency (23 to choose from) -- A weekly check-in that takes under a minute: tap how it feels (heavy / okay / a bit lighter -- there is no wrong answer), update a balance if you know it, done -- "Since your last check-in" -- the interest that quietly added up while you were away. Information, not a scolding, and deliberately capped so it never becomes a frightening number -- A clear-by date: enter a rate and a monthly payment and Harbor estimates the month each debt finishes -- Progress counted from what you actually brought down, so entering a forgotten balance later can't erase it -- A history chart of your total over time -- Optional Face ID or passcode lock, because debt is something people hide from the people closest to them, not just from themselves -- An optional weekly reminder. One quiet nudge, nothing more -- Light, dark, or automatic appearance, in 15 languages WHAT HARBOR NEVER DOES -- No streaks. A missed week is never drawn as a broken chain -- No payoff strategy, no snowball-versus-avalanche coaching, no financial advice. This is not a coach. It's a mirror -- No bank connection, no account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind Harbor doesn't sell your data because it never collects any. Everything you enter stays on this device, and it is still there -- quiet, honest, and never judging you -- whenever you are ready to look again.

Screenshots

Payoff4 screens
Harbor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Harbor at none against Payoff's 1. Harbor also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Payoff's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Payoff sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Harbor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Payoff ships an update every 5 months, Harbor weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Payoff versus Harbor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPayoffHarbor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandeep MysoreEren Tutgun

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Payoff

One-time1
  • Payoff Premium$2.99
None

Harbor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Payoff free?
Payoff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harbor free?
Harbor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Payoff or Harbor have ads?
Neither Payoff nor Harbor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Payoff or Harbor?
Payoff ships an update every 5 months, and Harbor weekly. Most recently, Payoff was updated on October 5, 2026 and Harbor on October 6, 2026.

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