Salary Tracker vs LohnTicker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Salary Tracker
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Salary Tracker is an income-first tracker for people who work multiple jobs, freelance gigs, or any mix of hourly, daily, and monthly pay. Designed for clarity over complexity, it shows your real take-home picture β gross, allowances, deductions, expenses, and what's actually left β across day, week, month, quarter, and year. KEY FEATURES β’ Multiple workplaces β Set up jobs with hourly, daily, or monthly pay. Each workplace has its own rate, overtime rules, allowances, deductions, icon, and color. β’ Smart shift logging β Add shifts via calendar grid or timeline. Templates from history make repeat schedules effortless. β’ Income breakdown β Gross income, monthly allowances, and deductions line by line. Net take-home is calculated automatically. β’ Lightweight expense tracking β Date, amount, category, note. Recurring monthly expenses generated automatically. β’ Period reports β Week, month, quarter, and year views show income, expenses, and remaining cash. Export CSV or PDF. β’ Multiple users β Profiles each keep separate data. β’ 9 languages. Privacy first β all data stays on your device. No account, no sign-in. JAPAN TAKE-HOME PLUS (Optional in-app purchase) Detailed take-home estimates based on the 2025β2026 (什ε7γ»8) tax and insurance rules: β’ NEW: An estimated take-home card right inside your month, quarter, and year reports β built from what you actually earned. β’ NEW: Multiple jobs done right. Mark your main (η²ζ¬) job; side (δΉζ¬) jobs are handled correctly. Social insurance and resident tax are counted once, and you can see each job's contribution with the report filter. β’ Pension (Nenkin / εηεΉ΄ι) and health insurance with prefecture-specific rates β’ Employment insurance (ιη¨δΏιΊ) and the new child-rearing support levy β’ Income tax withholding (η²ζ¬ / δΉζ¬) with 2025/2026 salary and basic deductions β’ Resident tax (auto, manual notice, or hybrid) with adjustment credit β’ Dependent categories β general, specific (19β22), and elderly (70+); domestic and overseas β’ Custom health rate override; use this month's income as the gross input Available as a $0.99/month auto-renewing subscription or a $9.99 lifetime one-time purchase. Results are estimates and do not replace official payslips, employer payroll, the tax office, or professional advice. WHO IT'S FOR β’ Baito (γ’γ«γγ€γ) and part-time workers across multiple jobs β’ Haken (ζ΄Ύι£) dispatched workers tracking variable hours β’ Salaried employees who want a clearer picture of net pay β’ Freelancers managing irregular income β’ Anyone working in Japan who wants to understand their payslip PRIVACY AND DATA Your salary, shift, expense, and tax-input data is stored locally on your device only. The app requires no account and does not transmit personal data. Japan Take-home Plus uses RevenueCat for purchase validation, which receives only an anonymous purchase identifier and receipt β no salary or income data leaves the device. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Japan Take-home Plus Monthly is an auto-renewing subscription billed at $0.99/month (or local equivalent). It renews automatically until canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel at Settings β Apple ID β Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://haiphamash.github.io/salary-tracker-pages/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
LohnTicker
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LohnTicker shows you what you are earning right now. Clock in and watch your pay grow live, with the tax-free premiums for Sunday, public holiday and night work already included. Built for shift work in care, production, logistics and hospitality. HOW IT WORKS β’ Clock in and out, also with Siri or a Shortcut; enter breaks by hand or let the app estimate the statutory minimum rest break. β’ Live ticker with running gross and estimated net pay. β’ Sunday, holiday and night premiums per Β§ 3b of the German Income Tax Act, calculated tax-free. β’ Expected monthly net that you put together yourself: show or hide planned shifts, vacation, sick leave, bonus and reimbursements. β’ Daily and monthly overview of what adds up and what comes off. HONEST NUMBERS LohnTicker uses the official 2026 figures (income tax per the German Federal Ministry of Finance calculation scheme, social contributions, Β§ 3b). The net figure in the ticker is an estimate for the live feel, not a replacement for your payslip. Always check your numbers against your employer's statement. SHIFT ROSTER Plan your shifts ahead. Build the roster for a whole month from your templates, as a fixed week or a rolling rotation (week by week too), or extend your most recently planned rhythm in one step. Turn a planned shift into a logged one with a tap. Export the plan to your Apple Calendar and get reminders. The planned-versus-actual view shows where you worked longer or shorter than planned. TOOLS β’ Vacation: record vacation days with the continued daily earnings; flows into your monthly result on an hourly wage. You decide how many hours a day of absence counts towards your monthly target. β’ Sick leave: record sick leave periods with continued pay; the app derives the paid working days, with a note about the six-week limit. No health data; flows into your monthly result on an hourly wage. β’ Bonus and special payment: record bonuses and Christmas pay, treated as a non-recurring payment (difference method) and charged social contributions under the one-time-payment rule. β’ Travel expenses and per diems, domestic and abroad. β’ Commute costs: business trips and the German commuter allowance. β’ Gross-to-net calculator and pension-payment handling. ON EVERY DEVICE β’ Apple Watch with live ticker and complication. β’ Live Activity and Dynamic Island during your shift. β’ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. β’ iPhone and iPad; on Apple silicon Macs it runs as the iPad app. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything stays on your device and, when you are signed in to iCloud, encrypted in your private iCloud. No servers of our own, no tracking, no sharing. Without iCloud everything stays local. FREE AND PREMIUM Free gives you the live ticker, also on Apple Watch and as a widget, plus the daily and monthly dashboard for the current and previous month, the working time check under the German Working Hours Act, the roster, the vacation and sick-leave tools, the calculators, the export of your own data and the Β§ 3b calculation with your paid premium rates. Premium unlocks the yearly views including the annual statement for your tax return, the Β§ 3b fine-tuned rates (core night and high public holidays), additional jobs, costing an extra shift, and the travel, commute and bonus tools. The subscription keeps your calculations current every year: new tax and social-security values, public holidays and travel allowances. The lifetime purchase receives the same updates permanently with a single payment. LohnTicker is not a substitute for tax advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LohnTicker at none against Salary Tracker's 2. LohnTicker also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). Salary Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Salary Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LohnTicker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Salary Tracker ships an update every 10 days, LohnTicker daily. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salary Tracker | LohnTicker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PHAM SUNG HAI | Marvin Damir Sehic |
In-app purchases
Salary Tracker
- Japan Take-home Plus$0.991 Month
- Japan Take-home Plus β Lifetime$9.99
LohnTicker
No in-app purchases
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