Wagebook vs OSAMERU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wagebook
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Payday shouldn’t be a guessing game. Wagebook is a private work calendar for hourly and shift work. Log your hours, see estimated pay for the period, then record what actually arrived. If the numbers don’t match, you’ll see it. Use Wagebook to: • log shifts by hand with your own hourly or per-shift rates • see this month’s hours and estimated pay on a calendar • keep weekly, fortnightly or monthly pay periods that fill in automatically • record what you received and compare it with your estimate • export a CSV, or keep a local backup you control No account. No ads. No cloud login. Your records stay on this iPhone. Wagebook gives personal estimates only. It does not calculate tax, take-home pay, overtime rules or legal entitlements. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
OSAMERU
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Gave up on expense trackers? You can still stop overspending. With OSAMERU, you just log what you spend, and see what's left in each category right away. Dining out: 200 a month. Clothes: 800 a year. Household: 40 a week. For each category, choose an amount and how often it refills. Every time you log spending, what's left goes down right away, so you always know how much you can still spend. WHO IT'S FOR - You've tried expense trackers but never stuck with them - You like the cash envelope method and want it on your iPhone - You want weekly, monthly, yearly and one-time budgets side by side FEATURES - Weekly, monthly, yearly, custom or one-time budgets for each category - Pick the start day (payday on the 25th, a year that starts in April, and so on) - Choose for each category whether leftovers reset or roll over - Log spending with just an amount, and add a date and a note if you like - Edit or delete any entry later - Back up to iCloud and move to a new iPhone - English and Japanese OSAMERU PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) - Unlimited categories (up to 5 in the free version) - History: results for each period and the total difference from your budget - Home Screen widget PRIVACY Your records stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. No account, no ads.
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Verdict
Wagebook and OSAMERU are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Wagebook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and OSAMERU sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Wagebook | OSAMERU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 杭 李 | mami hara |
In-app purchases
Wagebook
- Wagebook Pro$0.991 Month
- Wagebook Pro$4.991 Year
- Wagebook Pro$14.99
OSAMERU
- OSAMERU Pro$3.99





