Comparison

LohnTicker vs Work & Pay

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

Head to head
About

LohnTicker

Features
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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/

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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 β€’ Track shifts, including work across midnight β€’ Use multiple hourly rates within one shift β€’ Add breaks, tips, notes, and different currencies β€’ Plan recurring and future shifts β€’ Review upcoming and past work in a calendar β€’ 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

LohnTicker4 screens
Work & Pay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LohnTicker at none against Work & Pay's 3. Work & Pay's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 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. Work & Pay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. LohnTicker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
LohnTicker versus Work & Pay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLohnTickerWork & Pay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size41 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarvin Damir SehicGustav Gutsche

In-app purchases

None

LohnTicker

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Work & Pay

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

Questions

Is LohnTicker free?
LohnTicker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Work & Pay free?
Work & Pay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LohnTicker or Work & Pay have ads?
Neither LohnTicker nor Work & Pay shows ads.

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