How much does Payrollguru cost?

Payrollguru by Payrollguru, Inc. is $4.99 up front on the US App Store, with no in-app purchases and no free tier. Its Google Play price is not in our data. The same developer's free app, Paycheck Lite : Mobile Payroll, is a separate listing with its own price and features. WorkLogs44 is free to download, and Pro is $2.99 a week or $29.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial.

Does Payrollguru calculate employer taxes like FUTA and SUTA?

Its listing does not say so. Payrollguru lists federal and state withholding, Social Security, Medicare, and State Unemployment and State Disability Insurance where applicable, without saying whether those last two are employee or employer amounts. Employer FICA match, FUTA, and employer SUTA are not stated. WorkLogs44 lists the 6.2% Social Security match, the 1.45% Medicare match, FUTA at 0.6%, and SUTA at the rate and wage base you enter.

Is Payroll Guru on Google Play the same app as Payrollguru?

Yes. Google Play lists it as Payroll Guru by Payrollguru, Inc., and the App Store spells it as one word, Payrollguru. It is a different app from Paycheck Lite : Mobile Payroll, the developer's free edition. On Google Play it has a 3.2 rating from 191 reviews.

Which app works offline without an account?

WorkLogs44 says it works completely offline with no account required, and all calculations stay on your device. Payrollguru's listing does not say whether it needs a connection or an account, or where saved profiles are kept. Its App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected.

WorkLogs44 vs Payrollguru

Q: Does Payrollguru use the 2020 W-4?

Its description says each profile holds marital status and allowances, which are the terms from the pre-2020 W-4. The steps on the 2020-and-later form are not stated. WorkLogs44 takes both the pre-2020 and post-2020 forms, with filing status, dependents, and additional withholding.

Q: How accurate is Payrollguru?

The developer calls it a pretty accurate assessment of applicable payroll taxes, and version 4.6 from January 2026 says the app was updated for 2026. In the US reviews we sampled, reviewers from 2011 to 2025 call it accurate, and several say it lands within a few dollars of their real paychecks. Other reviewers say its tax figures were wrong or out of date, mostly in 2012 to 2014, with a few as recent as 2023 to 2025. WorkLogs44 describes its results as estimates and has no US App Store ratings yet.

Disclosure: WorkLogs44 is our app. This comparison is written honestly, including the places where Payrollguru is the better fit. Ratings and pricing are from the US App Store and Google Play as of September 2026.

Quick answer

Payrollguru by Payrollguru, Inc., listed on Google Play as Payroll Guru, works out net pay and payroll taxes from gross wages for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It has been on the App Store since 2011, runs on iPhone, iPad, and Android, and costs $4.99 up front on the US App Store. The catch is that its listing covers the employee’s paycheck and doesn’t state any employer taxes.

Payroll Calculator: WorkLogs44 by EHM Tech LLC runs a full payroll for a team, with take-home pay for each employee plus the employer’s FICA match, FUTA, and SUTA. It’s free to download, with Pro at $2.99 a week or $29.99 a year after a 7-day free trial.

If you want paycheck estimates for a single $4.99 and no subscription, pick Payrollguru. If you pay people and need to see what the whole payroll costs you as the employer, pick WorkLogs44.

Side-by-side

Feature comparison as of September 2026, based on each app’s US App Store listing, description, and privacy label. Ratings are US store totals.
Feature	Payroll Calculator: WorkLogs44	Payrollguru
Platforms	iOS + Android	iOS + Android
US App Store rating	No ratings yet	3.2 (39 ratings)
Last updated	August 2026	January 2026
Free-tier limits	Not stated	No free tier; paid up front
Paid plans	Pro, $2.99 a week or $29.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial	$4.99 one time on the US App Store; no in-app purchases
Employee paycheck, gross to net	Yes, take-home for each employee	Yes
Payroll run for a whole team	Yes, with gross wages, take-home, and employer taxes	Not stated
Federal income tax withholding	Yes	Yes
State coverage	State income tax for all 50 states plus DC	Payroll taxes for all 50 states and DC, with state withholding
Social Security and Medicare	Yes, plus Additional Medicare Tax	Yes; wage-base cap and Additional Medicare Tax not stated
State Disability Insurance	Not stated	Yes, where applicable
Employer FICA match, FUTA, SUTA	Yes; SUTA rate and wage base are user-entered	Not stated
W-4 inputs	Pre-2020 and 2020-and-later forms, with filing status, dependents, and extra withholding	Marital status and allowances; 2020-and-later steps not stated
Tax year stated	Not stated	2026, per the January 2026 update
Pay periods	8, from daily to yearly	Saved in each profile; options not stated
Hourly and salary	Yes	Yes
Overtime	Yes, custom multipliers	Yes, overtime and double time
Tips, commissions, bonuses	Yes, plus reimbursements	Not stated
Deductions	Pre-tax 401(k), HSA, and FSAs; after-tax Roth plans, union dues, and garnishments	Up to 8, pre-tax or after-tax, as a fixed amount or a percentage of gross
Year-to-date wages	Tracked per employee, so Social Security and FUTA stop at their caps	Entered by hand
Multiple employees / profiles	Yes, separate saved payrolls	Yes, unlimited profiles, one per employee or group
Pie-chart breakdown	Not stated	Yes
Export	Not stated	Paycheck details by email; no file format stated
Ads	No	No
Account required	No	Not stated
Data stays on device	Yes, with no account	Not stated
Offline use	Yes	Not stated
Privacy label	Data Not Linked to You: Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics; no data used to track you	Data Not Collected

Where Payrollguru wins

You pay once and you are done. Payrollguru is $4.99 up front on the US App Store, and neither the App Store nor Google Play lists an in-app purchase. There’s no subscription to keep track of or cancel. WorkLogs44 is free to download, but its Pro plan is $2.99 a week or $29.99 a year after the 7-day free trial.

On the App Store since 2011, and it names its tax year. Payrollguru arrived on the App Store in May 2011. Its latest update, version 4.6 from January 2026, reads “App updated for year 2026.” WorkLogs44’s listing doesn’t say which tax year its tables use.

Reviewers say the math holds up. Reviews from 2011 to 2025 call it accurate, and several say it lands within a few dollars of their real paychecks. Reviewers also flag problems: others say its tax figures were wrong or behind, though most of those complaints date from 2012 to 2014.

A few lines WorkLogs44 does not list. Payrollguru’s list of calculated taxes includes State Disability Insurance and State Unemployment “where applicable”. WorkLogs44’s listing doesn’t mention SDI.

Payrollguru can also email paycheck details to an employee, an employer, or a payroll service, and it shows each paycheck as a pie chart of where the gross pay went. WorkLogs44’s listing states no export or sharing. Payrollguru’s deductions, up to 8, each carry their own federal and state tax switches, so you set which taxes apply to each one.

A small download with a clean privacy label. Payrollguru is 1.4 MB and runs on iOS 13.2 or later. WorkLogs44 is 55.7 MB and needs iOS 15.0. Payrollguru’s App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected”, while WorkLogs44’s lists Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data, and Diagnostics as data not linked to you.

Where WorkLogs44 wins

It shows the employer’s side of the bill. Payrollguru’s listing is built around the employee’s paycheck. Employer FICA match, FUTA, and employer SUTA are not stated. WorkLogs44 adds the Social Security match at 6.2% (capped at the federal wage base), the Medicare match at 1.45%, FUTA at 0.6% with an override for credit-reduction states, and SUTA at your state’s rate and wage base. Benefits and workers’ comp go on top as flat amounts or percentages of gross.

Payrollguru saves a profile per employee, but its listing doesn’t state a payroll run across the whole team. WorkLogs44 totals one, with gross wages, take-home for each employee, and employer taxes.

Current W-4 inputs, and YTD it keeps for you. Payrollguru’s profiles hold marital status and allowances, which are the pre-2020 W-4 terms. The steps on the 2020-and-later form are not stated. WorkLogs44 takes either form, with filing status, dependents, and additional withholding.

Payrollguru has you type in year-to-date gross. WorkLogs44 tracks it per employee so Social Security and FUTA stop at their caps, and it includes the Additional Medicare Tax. Reviewers say Payrollguru has slipped here before: several said its Social Security or Medicare figures were off in 2012 and 2013, and one reviewer in February 2023 said it missed the Social Security maximum.

More kinds of pay. WorkLogs44 covers 8 pay frequencies from daily to yearly, overtime with custom multipliers, and tips, commissions, bonuses, and reimbursements. Payrollguru covers hourly and salary pay with overtime and double time, but bonus pay is not stated. One reviewer wrote in 2025 that they would give it five stars if it added a section for bonuses.

Pricing

Payroll Calculator: WorkLogs44 by EHM Tech LLC is free to download. Pro is $2.99 a week or $29.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial. The store page doesn’t spell out what the free edition covers or what Pro adds.
Payrollguru by Payrollguru, Inc. is $4.99 up front on the US App Store, with no free tier and no in-app purchases. Its Google Play price is not in our data. The same developer also publishes a separate free app, Paycheck Lite : Mobile Payroll, which we compare on its own page.

Payrollguru’s one-time $4.99 costs less than a single year of WorkLogs44 Pro at $29.99.

Which one should you pick?

Pick Payrollguru if you’d rather pay once than subscribe, you mostly estimate employee paychecks, you want State Disability Insurance on the list or paycheck details emailed from the app, or your iPhone or iPad runs iOS 13.2 through 14.

Pick WorkLogs44 if you’re the employer and need the full cost of a payroll with FICA match, FUTA, and SUTA, your employees file the 2020-and-later W-4, you want year-to-date caps tracked for you, or you pay tips, commissions, or bonuses.

Want to check the employer side before you download anything? Our free employer cost calculator and W-4 paycheck withholding calculator run in the browser, with nothing to download. For the rest of the field, see our roundup of the best payroll calculator apps.