Comparison

Work & Pay vs Earnly

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

Head to head
About

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

About

Earnly

Features
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See what every minute you work is worth. Earnly is the hours, pay and tip tracker for people paid by the hour: servers, baristas, bartenders, cashiers, couriers, retail and warehouse staff, security guards, caregivers and students with a part-time job. Tap Start when your shift begins and watch your earnings climb in real time. No ads, no subscription, no servers. YOUR PAYCHECK AT A GLANCE • The big number: what you've earned this pay period • Today's earnings, hours worked and a countdown to payday • Weekly, biweekly, twice-a-month or monthly pay periods CLOCK IN WITH ONE TAP • Live timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with Break and End buttons • Start or stop straight from an interactive widget • Forgot to hit Start? Add shifts manually: start, end, paid or unpaid breaks, overnight shifts TIPS, DONE RIGHT • Cash and card tips tracked separately • Tip-out as a fixed amount or a percentage • See your real hourly rate with tips included WIDGETS & REMINDERS • Home and Lock Screen widgets: period earnings, today, payday countdown, goal ring • "Forgot to clock out?" reminder • Payday morning notice and an optional weekly summary All notifications are local, generated on your iPhone. FREE • 1 job • Live timer and manual shifts • Cash and card tips, tip-out • Pay period summary • Widgets and notifications EARNLY PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Multiple jobs • Overtime, night, weekend and holiday pay rules, with editable presets for the US, Canada, UK, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Korea and Türkiye • Estimated take-home pay based on your own deduction percentage • Weekly, monthly and yearly reports and charts, including your real hourly earnings with tips • PDF and CSV timesheet export • iCloud sync between your devices • Earnings goals with a progress ring • Themes, accent colors and alternative app icons • Export shifts to Calendar YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • No account, no sign-up • No ads, no tracking • Your shifts stay on your iPhone, and in your own private iCloud if you turn on sync • Purchases are processed by Apple Good to know: Earnly helps you keep your own records. Pay presets are starting points you can edit, not legal advice. Take-home pay is an estimate based on the percentage you enter, not a tax or payroll calculation. Always compare with your official pay stub. Questions or ideas? https://sbkokesmer-earnly.netlify.app/support/

Screenshots

Work & Pay4 screens
Earnly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Work & Pay and Earnly 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Work & Pay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Earnly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Work & Pay versus Earnly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork & PayEarnly
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGustav Gutschesalih berkay kokesmer

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Work & Pay

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

Earnly

One-time1
  • Earnly Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Work & Pay free?
Work & Pay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Earnly free?
Earnly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Work & Pay or Earnly have ads?
Neither Work & Pay nor Earnly shows ads.

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