# Spending Log Pro — user reviews

> 99 indexed App Store user reviews of Spending Log Pro by MoneyBudgie, rated 4.40/5 from 34 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spending-log-pro/id428939317/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spending-log-pro/id428939317.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 27 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3

## What do users think of Spending Log Pro?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 💰 Effective spending tracking and budgeting
- 📊 Clear pie chart visualization of expenses
- 🎯 Customizable categories for personalized tracking
- 🔒 Manual entry provides security (no bank connection)
- 📱 Quick data entry on mobile devices
- ⚡ Fast app performance and smooth operation
- 📈 Helpful for identifying spending patterns
- 💾 CSV export functionality for data analysis
- 🏦 Support for multiple accounts
- 💡 Recurring transaction feature
- 🎨 Clean and attractive design
- 🆓 Good value for money

**Cons**

- ☁️ No iCloud backup or cloud sync capability
- 🔄 No bank account integration (manual entry only)
- 🐛 Crashes when rotating phone to landscape
- 📱 Poor optimization for newer iPhone models
- 🗂️ Cluttered and non-intuitive navigation
- 📊 Display issues with numbers in analysis section
- 🎨 Outdated UI design (looks like iOS 6)
- ❌ Treats transfers between accounts as expenses
- ⚠️ Data loss issues when app disappears
- 🔐 No password protection (initially)
- 📧 Limited email export functionality
- 🧮 Calculation errors and incorrect totals
- 📋 No subcategories support
- 🗓️ Date filter logic issues
- 📢 Ads for other developer products
- 🔄 No multi-device sync capability

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when rotating phone to landscape view
- Calculation errors producing incorrect totals
- Numbers jammed into currency display in analysis section
- Date filter excludes transactions on filter boundary dates
- Transfers between accounts incorrectly counted as expenses
- Account balance not refreshing after changes
- Data loss when app disappears unexpectedly
- Chart category labels fall outside phone frame
- App appears abandoned and not optimized for newer devices
- Poor performance on iPhone XS and newer models

**Most requested features**

- iCloud backup and cloud synchronization
- Multi-device sync across iOS devices
- Calendar integration
- Password protection (was added later as paid feature)
- Subcategories for detailed expense tracking
- Better email export and printing functionality
- More theme options
- Recurring transactions in calendar view
- Multiple currency support
- Category-based filtering in transaction view
- Memo/notes field for transactions
- Improved date range selection options
- Better chart organization and labeling
- Separate transaction lists per account
- Quicken integration
- Reporting by category
- Landscape mode support for graphs

## Newest reviews (15 of 99)

### 4/5 — Great app. Wish it would backup to iCloud

*2021-12-20, version 4.37*

This is the finance app that I find most useful to log my spending. It does not connect to bank accounts so it’s completely manual but this helps me to fully know what’s happening with my money. The app would be hugely improved if I could backup the data to iCloud so that I can use it on other iOS devices and prevent losing all of my data when I buy a new iPhone.

### 2/5 — How to configure email?

*2019-10-11*

Can’t export data through email! How to configure email to export transactions? If I change the phone can I still save the records and import them to my new phone? Please help, thanks.

### 4/5 — App

*2019-07-12*

Like this app very simple. Wish it included a calendar.

**Developer response:** The transaction screen has a calendar view, you can switch from a list of your transactions to seeing them on a calendar using the control just above the transactions.

Glad you like the app !

### 3/5 — Great but needs fixing...

*2019-02-01, version 4.34*

Overall i love this app but I really hate how it includes money transfers between accounts as income or expenditure. So if I move £1000 from my current account to my savings account it says I’ve spent £1000, which I haven’t. It’s hard to therefore accurately compare income vs expenditure. Please fix this! 🙏

### 2/5 — Need to sort reoccurring transactions by date, PLEASE UPDATE APP.

*2017-12-30, version 4.34*

Nice app but the I'm not a big fan of the UI. Could to with the ability to sort the reoccurring transactions to display in date order from 1st of the month down to the end of the month.

To the developer: PLEASE UPDATE TO ALLOW US TO SORT ALL REOCCURRING TRANSACTIONS INTO DATE ORDER. So we can see what bills are due out easier, thanks.

### 4/5 — Wow

*2016-09-17, version 4.21*

Happen to see a previous review (wow, glad confidence isnt lost in support of the banking sector). I find this app wonderful nonetheless & have been using over/about 3yrs. Its keep track of transaction separate from my bank and keep it so to reconcile (maybe its an accounting thing) which the previous review seem to miss. In a world where so much control is given up to others. The app give me control over My banking transactions in one place especially with all the quick paying options available to me while I shop & play. 

PS for us European users (or generally) it could be better by allowing multiple currency setup of accounts & transaction. Badly in need of Euro account set-up and have to use a separate app.

### 4/5 — Great

*2016-03-30, version 4.01*

I have accumulated over 4 years' worth of transactions on this app, and find it really useful for keeping an eye on spends across my accounts. Perfect for the control lovers out there! I can't give it 5 stars because I do agree with other reviews that the revised user interface is somewhat detrimental to the experience. Nevertheless I will continue to use, as the csv export function to excel gives me the ability to cut and play with the data as I please, regardless of the app interface.

### 3/5 — More complicated interface

*2016-03-28, version 4.01*

I really loved this app until its recent update. It was very functional and easy to use. However, with the new update, the interface is really complex and not user-intuitive at all. I would urge the developers to go back to the drawing board on this one and re-do the UI.

### 5/5 — Good!

*2015-09-06, version 3.1*

Great way of tracking spending & saving! Very happy with this little app! :)

### 2/5 — App

*2015-08-23, version 3.1*

Looks the part
But does not seem to be able to add up correctly 
Gives different totals and adds on things that do not exist 
I put £3 in but it changed it to £6 for some reason the only way I could get £3 was to put £1.50

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2015-04-23, version 3.1*

Brilliant app which is helping me keep track of money and savings whilst saving for a new home

### 5/5 — Good buy

*2015-03-15, version 3.1*

I am really pleased with this app, helps me keep track of the money I am spending.

### 5/5 — Just what the money Doctor ordered

*2015-02-11, version 3.1*

This is the best app of it's kind. I would recommend to anyone needing to keep on budget.

### 3/5 — Great apart from a couple of issues

*2015-02-03, version 3.1*

'Almost' perfect BUT crashes when you turn the phone sideways when viewing graphs (instructions say you get more info when rotating screen) and the interface could do with a bit of an update(still looks like iOS 6 app). On my iPhone 6 everything looks chunky. You should give it a modern look and maybe reduce the font size so more can fit on the screen.

### 4/5 — Spending log

*2014-12-21*

Love the app but it disappeared after a year and all my data is gone.  Anyone have any thoughts?

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Needs Updating

*2018-11-06, version 4.34*

It seems like developers have abandoned this app. It needs updating/optimising for iPhone XS.

### 1/5 — 100 things to change

*2017-12-15*

But let’s start from the very 1st things: subcategories, icons, budgets (fir categories and subcategories)

### 1/5 — Don't waste your money

*2016-08-18, version 4.21*

It is a useless app. Lacks features you'd expect - every transaction must be entered manually. Just use a mobile banking app - they have plenty more features than this poor quality, thrown-together app.

### 1/5 — Very basic

*2015-08-15, version 3.1*

I bought this app because the reviews sounded great, but quite frankly... It doesn't do anything that all the free finance apps already do. If can't even sync with your bank or credit cards so you literally have to input and record every last penny to make and spend. Not worth it!

### 1/5 — Not user friendly

*2015-02-02*

I keep getting lost just trying to find certain screens of the app that should be quick to find. With design as the creator you might think your app is wonderful because you know where everything is. However the progression and navigation for first time users just makes it totally unappealing. Guess it's time to try something else. Do not recommend.

### 1/5 — Don't get it

*2014-07-17, version 3.1*

As soon as I got the app I had know idea how to use it. So I tried to click the info button but it didn't seem to make it better. It's to complicated. I have wasted my money

### 1/5 — Totally crap!

*2013-08-29, version 2.9*

I've tried all the spending apps and just like this one they're all crap. Devs try to be smart by including useless features. Keep it simple. And it surprises me that Apple approve these apps when they have so many bugs!  DO NOT DOWNLOAD this or any other spending app. My advice? Use an Excel spreadsheet...

### 1/5 — Utterly frustrating

*2013-01-23*

I wonder if the people who put this up for one of the best in UK, even used it before they rated it. Where should I start? The user Interface is not user-friendly. The progression through the app is not logical. For example, it takes one click to adjust a "time period" which you might want to do only once, but it takes three clicks to get to your expenditure chart. I find the interface to be ugly, but I guess that's subjective to my aesthetic preferences. The font is obnoxious it barely fits in the buttons, just looks really bad. I've seen better designed free apps, but I guess it is not a question of money but a question of good taste. I haven't looked for a better app yet, so don't have a recommendation, I just know that this app is a waste of time and money.

### 1/5 — At least it's quick and simple...

*2012-03-01, version 1.9*

Easy to input expenses and nice that you can create your own categories. 

Unfortunately it's not very intuitive. Navigation between the screens doesn't flow well. And some of the screens are kind of unnecessary. There should be a settings page to eliminate the need for some of the screens and replace them with more pertinent information.  A whole screen for time periods and accounts?  Kinda useless. 

It would also be nice to be able to add notes to the transactions. Especially useful for miscellaneous categories (other) and for expenses that don't fall into any real category. 

Did I mention there should be a settings page?  That way you could also define a reoccurring time period to reference. 

What's with the charts. The categories chart labels all fall outside of the frame of my phone. I have to rotate to see two, then rotate again to see the other two. That's right. Only a label for the top 4 not every one of the categories. And I paid an extra 99 cents for that.  Hurting. 

Lastly it looks very plain and boring. I like it even less after writing this review. 

It's a little better than using the calculator and notes I guess

### 1/5 — Very nice App

*2011-12-12*

This is the one your looking for peoples, fully customisable and a breeze to use. As mentioned by other users all this excellent app needs is password protected access, hopefully that will come in future updates and then I will award a 5th star. Nice work devs

Edit to my original review:
Wow thanks for the update devs !! The main issue with this app was the lack of password entry, which in all honesty taking what data this app stores into consideration, should of been included from initial release. The update has arrived and the devs have the audacity to charge a further payment for this feature !! Absolutely outrageous !! That should be free and is a disgusting way to squeeze more money out of people. Do not, I repeat, do not buy this app until the devs reverse this disgusting rip off. Free and inclusive password protection please guys, do the right thing. (dropped back to one star due to racketeering)

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Just what I need!!

*2020-05-06*

This application is what I've been looking for exactly. There is, however, one tiny problem: in the analysis section, the amount of money (number) is jammed into the currency, thus the amount of money displayed is not readable. Hope you can fix it soon.
THANKS!!

### 5/5 — Fab fab fab

*2020-01-08, version 4.36*

Great little app. I used to keep an Excel spreadsheet- but this is so much less effort and so quick. Also provides easy analysis of where my cash goes in the form of pie chart etc. A godsend and helping me so much. 

It doesn’t connect to your bank account- but I think that’s much better from a security point of view and my bank (a very security conscious Swedish private bank) agrees. 

So easy to use - even for an old dinosaur like me. A big thank you to whoever designed it.

### 5/5 — Perfect for monthly budgeting

*2019-01-20, version 4.34*

Exactly what I was looking for to keep track of my monthly expenditure across categories that are 100% editable. So my key incomes and more importantly expenditure can be tracked with a neat pie chart view too

### 5/5 — Fab

*2018-05-17, version 4.34*

Love this app I can keep total track of what I am spending and where.  For a small business this is essential love it

### 5/5 — Helped me so much

*2018-01-16, version 4.34*

I use this everyday, the last few yrs have been very difficult money wishes and this has helped me stay on track and get control back, thank you

### 5/5 — Bueno

*2017-04-24*

Bueno!!!

### 5/5 — Themes

*2017-03-24, version 4.33*

Please could you add more themes? Your app is really good but lacks some nice themes

### 5/5 — 2 year now

*2017-01-19, version 4.32*

A brilliant app for keeping track on my spending. 
As a pensioner I need to keep track on money both in and out of my account and this app has been brilliant. It take a bit of getting use to, but it worth.

### 5/5 — Excellent App

*2016-03-24, version 4.00*

Easy to use, great tools, brilliant to transfer data to an excel sheet for manipulation. No ads, no gimmicks, easy simple data storage. 

Five stars all the way through and I hope the developer continues to update this app. 

Thanks a bunch!

### 5/5 — If you need to keep track of finances, look no further

*2016-03-19, version 4.00*

I love this app and use it everyday to keep track of my finances, however it would be helpful to know how much money I'll have in the future so it would be better to have recurring transactions added into the transaction calendar. That aside, this app is essential for anyone keeping track of their finances and the update really makes it easy to navigate around.

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