Features
Everything ClearSlip does, tab by tab.
Five tabs — Home, Pay, Expenses, Planning and Settings. Here's exactly what each one does, and what's Free versus Pro.
What's supported
Coverage
| Status | |
|---|---|
| ESR payslips (NHS England and Wales) | Supported |
| Scottish NHS payslips (eESS/SSTS) | Not supported yet |
| Pay scale data | England and Wales verified for 2026-27; earlier years shown as published, with the basic pay check running on verified years only |
| Payslip formats | PDF, plus photos and scans (JPEG, PNG, HEIC), shared in from Files, Mail, Dropbox and similar apps |
Pay
Payslips · Scales · Projection
| Feature | What it does | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Payslip reading | Reads ESR payslips on the device: the PDF text first, then on-device text recognition for photos and scans, then manual entry. | Free, up to 3. Pro: unlimited |
| Line-by-line explanation | Explains each payment and deduction — basic pay, supplements, tax, NI, pension, student loan, salary sacrifice. | Free |
| Add-up check | Checks that gross minus deductions equals net, and flags it if it doesn't. | Free |
| Basic pay check | Compares basic pay with the 2026-27 pay scale for the grade held on the pay date, including resident rotations and part-time pay grossed up to full time. | Free |
| Tax code explainer | Explains what your tax code means. | Free |
| Payslip history | Payslips in any tax year. | Free |
| Multiple employers | A second trust, bank work or a locum agency, each with its own timeline, combined for the year. | Pro |
| Parse reports | If a payslip doesn't read right, send a redacted report by email — names, numbers, addresses and the trust removed first, sent only if you choose to. | Free |
| Pay scales | Browse NHS pay scales by year. | Free |
| Pay projection | Estimated take-home at each future pay point or threshold. Can include regular extras from recent payslips (optional, off by default for residents), with salary sacrifice pre-filled. | Pro |
| Resident progression | Projects through training stages using typical end points by specialty (editable), plus any extra years added. Basic pay and FPP only — stops at the end of training. | Pro (part of Projection) |
Expenses
Expenses · CPD
| Feature | What it does | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Expense logging | Work expenses with receipts, by tax year. | Free, uncapped |
| Receipt reading | On iPhones that support Apple Intelligence, receipts are read on the device and shown as "This reads as…" for you to accept or reject — nothing saves without confirmation. | Free |
| Deduction totals | What your logged expenses are worth at your own tax rate. | Pro |
| CPD / study budget | Courses and study leave by tax year, with reimbursement tracking. | Free, uncapped |
| Additional income | Income from outside your payslips, split personal / company-paid. | Free to record |
| Year-end checklist | A personalised checklist for the tax year — what may be claimable, and whether self-assessment may apply. | Pro (progress tracking) |
| CSV export | From the checklist and from Settings. | Free |
Planning
Leave · LTFT · Extra shift · Outgoings
| Feature | What it does | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Leave estimator | Maternity, adoption and Shared Parental Leave pay, month by month, using average earnings worked out from your payslips. | Pro |
| LTFT estimator | Full-time and less-than-full-time pay side by side, with the tax, NI, pension tier and student loan effects. | Pro |
| Extra shift estimate | Likely take-home from an extra shift after tax, NI and student loan. A shift for another employer is treated as a separate employment, with a note that pension tier effects depend on your circumstances. | Pro |
| Fixed outgoings | Main monthly costs — rent or mortgage, utilities, childcare, other. Leave, LTFT and Projection then show "£X left". | Free |
| Pension tier warnings | Flags pay near an NHS pension contribution threshold. | Free |
NHS pension contributions work in tiers, not a sliding scale — crossing a threshold raises the rate on all your pensionable pay, not just the amount above it. ClearSlip flags when you're close to one, so a small pay rise doesn't quietly cost you money.
Settings
Documents & backup
| Feature | What it does | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Document filing | Payslips, receipts and other work documents, such as study leave forms, filed by tax year in a folder you choose — iCloud Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive. | Pro |
| Backup | A full backup in your own folder, so it survives deleting the app. Includes work documents and outgoings. | Pro to create |
| Restore | Restores from a backup. | Free, deliberately — so a lapsed subscriber can always get their records back |
ClearSlip Pro
An annual subscription, through the App Store
ClearSlip Pro is bought and managed entirely through the App Store. There's no ClearSlip account, so purchases are restored through Apple. The app shows the price for your own storefront — we don't repeat it here, so it's never out of date.
Still have questions?
The support page covers what's supported, how receipts are read, and what happens if Pro lapses.
Read the FAQ