Payday Away: The Countdown App
Benjamin DosSantos
Payday Away counts down to your next paycheck, right on your Home Screen. Pick up your phone and there it is: 5 days to go. Setup takes a minute. Tell it how often you’re paid and when, add your take-home pay if you like, and your countdown is ready. No bank login, no account. WIDGETS FOR EVERY SCREEN • Small, medium and large widgets for your Home Screen • Lock Screen widgets: a ring, a rectangle, and a line above the clock • StandBy, for your nightstand • Works with tinted and clear Home Screens • Each widget can have its own look, count and label EIGHT LOOKS, ALL YOURS • Organic, Mint Bill, Midnight, Paper, Receipt, Neon, Sunset and Glass • Glass follows your iPhone’s light and dark appearance • Solid, gradient or pattern backgrounds in any color, or one of your photos • Eight patterns, each in the colors and opacity you choose • Five numeral styles, a number size, an accent color and a badge icon • Write your own label, or hide it and let the countdown fill the widget • Save up to 12 looks and use them on any widget COUNT IT YOUR WAY • Days, days and hours, sleeps, percent of the pay period, or dollars earned so far YOUR SCHEDULE, HANDLED • Weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly, including the last day of the month • A payday that lands on a weekend or a US bank holiday moves to the business day before or after, or keeps its date: your choice • A calendar with every payday, a year back and a year ahead • Your next paydays on Home, with any that moved marked PAYDAY, CELEBRATED • Confetti and a PAID stamp on the big day, and a button to share the good news • Optional alerts the night before and the morning of, at the times you choose PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Hide your amounts, and widgets show $•,••• instead • No bank login, no account and no tracking. Your schedule and pay stay on your iPhone. Plus four app icons to choose from.