SmartPayroll vs CubicPayroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartPayroll
Automate payroll for small to medium New Zealand businesses. This secure system handles employee payments, deductions, and tax filings, saving time and reducing hassle. The mobile app allows for easy pay run approvals and due date tracking.
- Automated payroll processing
- Direct employee wage payments
- Deduction management (PAYE, KiwiSaver)
- Tax filing with Inland Revenue
- Pay run due date tracking
- Mobile pay run approval
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SmartPayroll is an easy to use and cost-effective online payroll / wages system for small-to-medium sized New Zealand businesses. Its highly secure payroll processing saves you time, money and hassle by automating your payroll tasks. SmartPayroll pays your employees’ wages directly to their bank accounts, deducts PAYE, KiwiSaver and all other deductions, and then files the necessary schedules and returns with the Inland Revenue Department for you. Easy. SmartPayroll Mobile will let you: - See when your employees' next pay run is due - Approve a pay run that that has been processed via the SmartPayroll website
CubicPayroll
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Cubic Payroll makes time tracking and payroll simple, accurate, and fast—wherever work happens. Employees can clock in/out with location or selfie verification, submit timesheets with optional overtime, and review work history in a clean, mobile-first dashboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CubicPayroll at weekly against SmartPayroll's every 3 months. SmartPayroll's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmartPayroll ships an update every 3 months, CubicPayroll weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartPayroll | CubicPayroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartPayroll | Michael Spencer Quinto |
In-app purchases
SmartPayroll
No in-app purchases
CubicPayroll
No in-app purchases
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