Comparison

Salary Tracker vs LohnTicker

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

Head to head
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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 2025–2026 (δ»€ε’Œ7・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 (甲欄) job; side (乙欄) 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 / εŽšη”ŸεΉ΄ι‡‘) and health insurance with prefecture-specific rates β€’ Employment insurance (雇用保険) and the new child-rearing support levy β€’ Income tax withholding (甲欄 / 乙欄) with 2025/2026 salary and basic deductions β€’ Resident tax (auto, manual notice, or hybrid) with adjustment credit β€’ Dependent categories β€” general, specific (19–22), 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‚’γƒ«γƒγ‚€γƒˆ) and part-time workers across multiple jobs β€’ Haken (派遣) 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/

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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. Everything you use for free today stays free. Anything that belongs to Premium is marked β€œ(Premium)”. CLOCKING IN AND LIVE TICKER β€’ Clock in and out in the app, with the widget, in Control Center, on Apple Watch or with Siri. Siri also tells you your earnings, net pay and next shift. β€’ Live ticker with gross and estimated net pay, also as a Live Activity and in the Dynamic Island. β€’ Record breaks or have them estimated under the German Working Hours Act. β€’ Tips per shift, also on the watch. β€’ A net pay goal and your next payday (Premium). ROSTER β€’ Plan a month from templates, as a fixed week or a rotation, with short codes and colors, share it or transfer it to your calendar. β€’ Vacation, also half days and hours, with carry-over and an entitlement calculator, plus paid public holidays. β€’ Sick leave with continued pay, child sick, unpaid and paid leave, training and time off in lieu. β€’ Roster import from a subscribed calendar and an alarm before every shift (Premium). β€’ Vacation planner with bridge days and school holidays (Premium). β€’ Standby, on-call duty and hours per station (Premium). HONEST NUMBERS β€’ Wage tax per the official 2026 scheme of the Federal Ministry of Finance, social contributions shown separately. β€’ Β§ 3b with the rates or fixed hourly amounts your employer really pays and the night premium from your start time. β€’ Hourly wage or fixed salary, minijob, Midijob, working student, apprenticeship, short-term employment, household minijob and work with a full old-age pension. β€’ Starting or leaving mid-month, a tax allowance from the tax office, trainer and volunteer allowances, the factor method and company pensions. β€’ Time account with payouts and a working time check under the German Working Hours Act, also for night work and Sundays. β€’ Your own fine-tuned rates for the night core and high holidays, TVΓΆD tariff template (Premium). β€’ Allowances with rules for days, times and overtime, a pay rise with effective date in the forecast (Premium). β€’ Additional jobs with combined social contributions, minijob limit, 20-hour rule and 70-day limit at a glance (Premium). HISTORY β€’ Your month with hours per premium type, target and actual hours, for the current and the previous month. β€’ Monthly record as a PDF, every past month, yearly overview, Wrapped and an annual statement for your tax return (Premium). β€’ Tips analysis over the year, bonus and Christmas pay (Premium). β€’ Travel expenses with tax-free allowances, also abroad, business trips and the commuter allowance (Premium). CALCULATORS β€’ Gross to net, cost a single shift, pay rise, overtime, company car, pension payments. β€’ Run the numbers on an extra shift: what it brings in net across the whole month (Premium). ON EVERY DEVICE β€’ iPhone and iPad, on Apple silicon Macs as the iPad app, Apple Watch with complication. β€’ In German, English, Turkish, Polish, Russian and Arabic. Translations are unreviewed; the German text prevails. β€’ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. More widgets and a countdown on the watch (Premium). β€’ Five color themes for free. More color themes, app icons, your own Today layout and a color per job (Premium). YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything stays on your device and, with iCloud, encrypted in your private iCloud. No servers of our own, no tracking, no sharing. Backup, also automatic, and export are free. PREMIUM As a monthly or yearly subscription or once as Lifetime. Your purchase funds the yearly maintenance of the official values for everyone. If Premium ends, all your data stays. LohnTicker is an estimation and planning aid and does not replace your payslip or tax advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Salary Tracker4 screens
LohnTicker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LohnTicker at none against Salary Tracker's 2. LohnTicker also leads on update cadence (every 2 days 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

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

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salary Tracker ships an update every 10 days, LohnTicker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Salary Tracker versus LohnTicker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalary TrackerLohnTicker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB41 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPHAM SUNG HAIMarvin Damir Sehic

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Salary Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Japan Take-home Plus$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Japan Take-home Plus β€” Lifetime$9.99
None

LohnTicker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Salary Tracker free?
Salary Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LohnTicker free?
LohnTicker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Salary Tracker or LohnTicker have ads?
Neither Salary Tracker nor LohnTicker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Salary Tracker or LohnTicker?
Salary Tracker ships an update every 10 days, and LohnTicker every 2 days. Most recently, Salary Tracker was updated on October 10, 2026 and LohnTicker on October 9, 2026.

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