Salary Counter
Salary Counter is a free iOS utility that calculates and displays earnings in real-time based on a user-defined hourly wage.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the cognitive friction of manual income tracking by providing a persistent, second-by-second visualization of earnings.
For Hourly workers, contractors, and individuals interested in tracking real-time earnings or comparing daily expenditure against income.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates and displays earnings per second based on a user-defined hourly wage.
Maintains the counter state while the app is closed or the device is powered off.
Compares daily spending against accumulated earnings to track net financial status.
How much does it cost?
Salary Counter is distributed as a free utility with no visible in-app purchases or subscription tiers.
Velocity
Dormant developmentShow more...
The app has remained entirely stagnant for 4,238 days. There is no evidence of active development, feature updates, or maintenance cycles. The project appears to be abandoned, as no new builds have been deployed to the store in over a decade.
Who built it?
Dominic Barra
3 apps tracked · Finance
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IsI NotebookUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads mixed. Users appreciate real-time earnings visualization provides immediate gratification for users tracking their residual income streams.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Real-time earnings visualization provides immediate gratification for users tracking their residual income streams
- Lack of historical data entry prevents users from accurately calculating earnings from a specific start date
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Competitive landscape for Salary Counter
How's the Finance market?
Salary Counter holds a 4.0-star rating across 3 total ratings. The lack of updates since 2015 places it outside the competitive landscape of modern, cloud-integrated financial tracking tools.
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Key takeaways for Salary Counter
Where is it heading?
The market for financial utilities is consolidating around apps that offer cloud-sync and automated income tracking. Salary Counter remains a static, legacy tool, and its lack of updates suggests it will continue to lose relevance unless the core engine is modernized.
- The 11-year development gap prevents the app from adopting modern iOS features, which limits its long-term viability against active financial trackers.
- User feedback consistently requests annual salary inputs, indicating that the current hourly-only model is insufficient for professional financial tracking needs.
The SWOT
- Background persistence maintains counter state across power cycles
- Modernize input methods to support annual salary figures
Next best moves
Rebuild core engine because the app has not been updated since 2015 → ensure compatibility with current iOS standards
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's greatest weakness, its 11-year development silence, is also its primary differentiator…
Read the full takeBottom line
Salary Counter provides a persistent, real-time earnings visualization, but the 11-year development silence prevents it from serving as a reliable financial tool. Modernizing the input methods to support annual salary figures would unlock value for the contractor segment.
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- [1] App Store
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