Comparison

LohnTicker vs Count My Shift

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. 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, hours, next shift, remaining vacation and time account. β€’ Live ticker with gross and estimated net pay, also as a Live Activity and in the Dynamic Island. β€’ Your Today screen with tiles and charts, freely arranged. β€’ Record breaks or have them estimated under the German Working Hours Act, round clock times to fixed steps. β€’ Reminder at the work place: a notification with a button, no clocking unless you tap (Premium). β€’ A net pay goal and your next payday with a reminder (Premium). ROSTER β€’ Plan a month from templates, as a fixed week or a rotation, 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 and other absences such as child sick or training. β€’ Roster import from a subscribed calendar and an alarm before every shift (Premium). β€’ Take working times and absences over from the time statement, as a PDF, photo or scan (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. β€’ Hourly wage or fixed salary, minijob, Midijob, working student, apprenticeship and further types of employment. β€’ Time account and a working time check under the Working Hours Act. β€’ Staff meals as a non-cash benefit and deductions from net pay. β€’ Your own fine-tuned rates for the night core and high holidays, TVΓΆD tariff template (Premium). β€’ Allowances and plus hours with rules, a pay rise with effective date (Premium). β€’ Additional jobs with combined contributions and a combined history, minijob, 20-hour and 70-day limits at a glance (Premium). HISTORY β€’ Your month with hours per premium type, target and actual hours, for this 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 over the year, net per hour by kind of shift, bonus and Christmas pay (Premium). β€’ Travel expenses with tax-free allowances, business trips and the commuter allowance (Premium). TOOLS, EVEN WITHOUT SETUP β€’ Gross to net, tax class comparison, hourly wage with minimum wage, pay rise, overtime, company car, vacation entitlement, pension payments, employer costs. β€’ With a job: calculate a shift. Cost an extra shift and your net bonus (Premium). ON EVERY DEVICE β€’ iPhone, iPad and Mac with Apple silicon, Apple Watch with break, double tap and 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 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 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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Count My Shift

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A little clarity after every shift. Count My Shift is a personal tip and shift-income notebook for servers, bartenders and other tipped workers. Record your hours, wages, cash and card tips, and tip-out. See what you earned and keep your shift history in one place. Track income in multiple currencies and see combined totals in your chosen reporting currency. LOG YOUR SHIFTS β€’ Record paid hours, hourly wages, cash tips, card tips and tip-out. β€’ See tips kept, wages and total earnings for each shift. β€’ Add notes, edit records and keep track of payments you actually received. UNDERSTAND YOUR EARNINGS β€’ Review weekly, monthly and yearly summaries. β€’ See your average earnings per paid hour. β€’ Browse and filter your shift history. β€’ Choose the start of your pay week. β€’ Choose a currency for each job and see combined totals in your reporting currency. KEEP YOUR RECORDS WITH YOU β€’ Use your notebook offline. β€’ Sync through your private iCloud account when iCloud is available. β€’ Export shifts as CSV and create backup files. β€’ Set optional reminders to log your shifts. START FREE. ADD PLUS WHEN YOU NEED IT. The free app supports one active job, shift history, basic summaries, iCloud sync, backup and CSV export. Count My Shift Plus is an optional one-time in-app purchase that adds multiple active jobs and job comparisons. No subscription. YOUR NOTEBOOK IS YOUR BUSINESS No separate app account is required. Optional usage analytics starts only if you choose to enable it. Your job names, notes, hours worked and income amounts are not sent to analytics. Use Count My Shift on iPhone and iPad, with layouts adapted for portrait and landscape on iPad. The initial currency follows your device’s region. Choose your reporting currency in Settings; it also becomes the default for new jobs. Saved records and CSV exports keep their original amounts and currencies. Totals in one currency keep that currency. Mixed-currency summaries use published exchange rates on or before each shift date. Converted totals are estimates; bank and tax amounts may differ. Downloaded rates work offline; missing rates need an internet connection. Earnings are before taxes and other deductions. This is a personal record-keeping app, not payroll, tax filing or a bank connection.

Screenshots

LohnTicker4 screens
Count My Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Count My Shift at 17.0 against LohnTicker's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. LohnTicker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Count My Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
LohnTicker versus Count My Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLohnTickerCount My Shift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size46 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarvin Damir SehicAldo Leka

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LohnTicker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$22.99
1 purchases

Count My Shift

One-time1
  • Count My Shift Plus$11.99

Questions

Is LohnTicker free?
LohnTicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Count My Shift free?
Count My Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LohnTicker or Count My Shift have ads?
Neither LohnTicker nor Count My Shift shows ads.

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