# Smart Spend: Cost Analyzer — user reviews > 37 indexed App Store user reviews of Smart Spend by Scicotherapy Labs LLC, rated 4.74/5 from 257 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-spend-cost-analyzer/id1464471112/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-spend-cost-analyzer/id1464471112.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 218 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Smart Spend? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💡 Original take on budgeting - 💡 Risk of purchase indicator - 💡 Annual expenses tracking - 💡 Brilliant cash pool idea - 💡 Prioritize purchases (needs, loves, likes, wants) - 💡 Gamification of budgeting (trivia) - 👍 Easier to use than others - 🎨 Beautiful design - 👍 Straightforward and simple - 👍 No sign-in/account creation required - 👍 Great customer service - 👍 Actually helpful for saving - 👍 Gets you thinking about purchases - 👍 Emphasizes saving - 👍 Prevents unnecessary purchases - 👍 One of the best budgeting apps - 💡 Add more themes for app look - 👍 Just what I needed - 👍 Very good - 👍 Brilliant app with better offerings - 👍 Free app without ads - 🔒 Respect for privacy (no email/account setup) - 👍 Developers open to feedback - 👍 Excellent app - 👍 Great for analyzing spending - 💡 Real income feature (savings/bills excluded) - 💡 Feature to list desired purchases for analysis - 👍 Great, fun app - 👍 Amazing app and customer service - 👍 Founder responsive and polite - 👍 Incorporating into daily habits - 👍 Helps with budgeting - 👍 Almost perfect - 👍 Amazing, easy to use for millennials - 👍 Constantly adding new features - 👍 Helpful for teen users - 👍 Caters to teens and adults - 💡 Visualizes purchases as work hours - 💡 Impulse control mechanism - 💡 Practical tool for general purchases - 💡 Financial literacy foundation - 👍 User-friendly **Cons** - ❌ Missing country currency - 🐛 App crashes after update - ❌ Cannot edit/delete previous entries - ❌ No option for weekly expenses (e.g., groceries) - ❌ Cannot edit bill information (only delete and re-enter) - 🐛 Hourly income glitch after update **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes immediately upon opening after update - Hourly income input glitch, defaults to $45 - Cannot edit/delete previous entries - Cannot edit bill information, only delete and re-enter **Most requested features** - Visualize cash pool growth - Add additional income sources (bonus, etc.) - Ability to change savings by numbers, not just percentage - Show difference when adding a purchase to see remaining spendable amount - Add more themes/color options - Watch compatibility for quick transactions and basic overview - Option for weekly expense entries - Ability to edit bill information directly ## Newest reviews (12 of 37) ### 5/5 — Well done *2021-10-10, version 3.0.10* Well done, developers! ### 5/5 — One of the best *2021-10-04, version 3.0.10* I love it. I wonder if you guys can add more themes to change the look of the app Like Red Orange Purple Etc ### 5/5 — Just what I needed 2021 *2020-12-30, version 2.3.13* Perfect. ### 5/5 — Nhan xet *2020-10-27, version 2.3.12* Very good ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2020-10-25, version 2.3.11* Fab app with far better offerings than other free and paid for apps that are similar. The only thing missing is watch compatibility - it would be the best if you could add transactions quickly using the watch and see whether they were worth it, even just a very basic version would be cool, regardless, I use it every day and I save money as a result. ### 5/5 — Loving it so far! *2020-10-25, version 2.3.11* Just started out setting it up & tracking my expenses. It was very easy to setup. So far this has been the most useful app for me to budget and get a handle on my expenses by analyzing the impact of each purchase on my budget. It is extremely insightful! I greatly appreciate that this is a free app without ads!!! I also appreciate the respect for privacy of our data by not requesting email or account setup. The developers seem to be very open to feedback & responsive to suggestions. Look forward to continuing to learn & use this app. Awesome so far & kudos to the developers! ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2020-10-22, version 2.3.11* Excellent app ### 5/5 — LOCOOGROCKA *2020-10-15, version 2.3.9* please add Russian language ### 5/5 — But how to reset the money monthly *2020-10-13, version 2.3.9* I can’t find it since start fresh button is have 3 clean purchase ### 5/5 — Great app for analyzing spending *2020-09-17, version 2.3.6* This is by far my favorite app to track, analyze and control my spending, while preserving savings. I like the real income feature where your savings and bills are excluded from your monthly income, with the remaining amount being your true monthly discretionary income. I also like the feature where you can keep a list of items that you would like to purchase but don’t need. You can use the app to analyze whether the item is worth the cost based on the loss taken in terms of hourly, weekly and monthly income. Just a great, fun app that I have been using on a daily basis! ### 5/5 — Amazing app and customer service *2020-05-18, version 2.3* This app is amazing and I am enjoying using it. I recently contacted Smart Spend regarding questions with the income portion of the app. I received a response quicker than I expected from the Founder (in less than 2 hours). He was polite and he answered all my questions. He informed me of a few pointers about effectively using the app. Kudos to him for providing a great app and excellent customer service! ### 5/5 — Just starting out *2020-02-09, version 2.0.11* Just down loaded the app, looking forward to incorporating it in my daily spending habits. I’ll post a real review once I start utilizing it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Deleted the app while signing up *2022-01-29, version 3.1.3* I was entering the amount I get paid and could not find my country’s currency on the app. Now I’m going to go look for an app that does have it. ### 1/5 — App crashes *2022-01-03, version 3.1.1* After the recent update, the app crashes as soon as I try to open it. Not working anymore! ### 1/5 — Jer *2020-10-21, version 2.3.11* Appli disponible qu’en une seule langue, pas pratique pour ceux qui ne parle pas anglais ! ### 1/5 — На айпад не идет *2020-10-15, version 2.3.9* Размер экрана маленький ### 3/5 — Almost what I’m looking for. *2021-07-30, version 3.0.9* Looks great so far but I would like to know what the difference is when you add a purchase, this way I know what I have left to spend. It just gives a total amount spent per day, or week, whichever way you have it set up. It would be perfect if that feature was added. ### 3/5 — Helps with budgeting *2020-01-02, version 1.11* This app is nice, but I haven’t been able to edit/delete previous entries. It would be nice if some expenses could be entered weekly, such as groceries. I shop for groceries weekly, currently there doesn’t seem to be an option for that. Otherwise, it’s pretty straight forward. ### 4/5 — Hourly Income Glitch *2020-01-14, version 2.0.3* After this new update, I every time I try to change my income, hourly, i end up closing the app and it’s always $45. I definitely don’t get paid that. I don’t know if it’s a glitch or what, but other than this, the app is amazing. ### 4/5 — Almost Perfect *2019-12-17, version 1.11* After I use this app for a little longer, I will write a full review. My only critique so far is in the “bills” section. It’s a bit annoying to not be able to go in and edit the information you put in for your “bills”; you can only delete the entire bill and re-type the correct info. ### 4/5 — Helpful app for teen users! *2019-06-15, version 1.6* Versatile app! This app is great to help me budget out my allowance, which is something I haven’t been able to do before now. It’s refreshing to see an app that caters to teens AND adults. ### 5/5 — Good app *2024-03-04, version 6.0* Really nice app, im waiting for more update and optimize for the app ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic app! *2023-03-03, version 5.2.1* Just downloaded a bunch of budgeting apps and this surprisingly as so much on offer. It’s an original take on budgeting that would suit many. I love some of the features: - Tells you the risk of a possible purchase - allows you to add annual expenses: I’m not aware of another app that does this - the cash pool is a brilliant idea, as some of my income is not regular, so I can put extra bits here. I would love to see this visualised at some point, watching an actual pool get bigger- just an idea! - allows you to prioritise purchases into “needs” “loves” “likes” and “wants” - brilliant idea - I haven’t tried out the trivia feature, but gamification of budgeting is definitely a win! To be honest, I’m really surprised there aren’t similar apps out there, as this seems to be a much needed app at such a good price for the premium features. Thank you creators! ### 5/5 — Highly Recommend *2022-11-27, version 5.1.5* This app is by far easier to use than any budgeting app I’ve tried. Beautiful design. Definitely recommend ### 5/5 — good app but need Chinese！ *2022-06-27, version 3.2.3* can u support Chinese？it‘s very necessary🥹 ### 5/5 — Great App *2022-04-23, version 3.2.2* Straight forward, no sign in or account creations, so simple and easy to use. I have one comment I wish the developers will add. is additional income like bonus or any other source of income which can be changed monthly like purchases or different expenses & the ability to change the savings by numbers not only percentage. You guys deserve more than 5 Stars. ### 5/5 — Great Customer Service! *2022-04-08* Thanks Eric for always answering my questions and listening to my suggestions! And kindly specified that some of the features are available already. I just needed to update the app (my bad :/ ). If you need an app to help you decide whether something is worth spending or to keep within your budget limits. This app can help you with this and even show you an overview of your spendings. ### 5/5 — Actually Helpful *2022-01-03, version 3.1.0* Saving a lot with this app! ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2022-01-03, version 3.1.0* Easy to use and really gets you thing about purchasing something. Highly recommend this app. ### 5/5 — Easy and smart to use *2022-01-03, version 3.1.0* It’s super easy to use with smart design : exactly what I need. However, the only thing I would like to have is to have a function where we can lock our app before entering the app to protect our data ### 5/5 — My favorite budgeting app *2021-12-19, version 3.0.11* Really great app that emphasizes saving and preventing unnecessary purchases. My favorite budgeting app I’ve ever used. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*