Comparison

CostDiary vs Expense+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CostDiary

Track daily expenses and record life events with text and stickers. Visualize spending with charts, manage budgets, and secure your data with password protection and iCloud backup. Supports multiple accounts and currencies.

Highlights
  • Daily expense tracking
  • Diary/journal with stickers
  • Spending visualization (charts)
  • Budget management
  • Multi-account and multi-currency support
  • iCloud data backup
  • Password protection
Features
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CostDiary is not only a daily spending tracker but also a diary app. You can easily track your daily expenses and record your daily life with text and stickers. # DIARY/JOURNAL * Ability to insert stickers and icons into diary * Ability to adjust text color and text size and background color. * Ability to pick background image for your diary # ACCOUNTING * Multi-account support. * Multi-currency support. * Visualize your spendings via line chart and pie chart. * Budget management. * Ability to adjust text styles, themes, icons and colors. * Ability to add a memo, photo or location for each transaction. * Backup data via iCloud. No worry about data loss. * Password protection. * Support creating recurring transactions. Terms of Use: https://DiaryForest.com/terms-of-use/

About

Expense+

This offline money tracker prioritizes security and ease of use with fast bookkeeping and multi-ledger support. It offers detailed revenue and expenditure analysis, asset trend tracking, and multi-currency management without advertisements.

Highlights
  • Offline data storage
  • Fast bookkeeping with integrated calculator
  • Multi-ledger and multi-account support
  • Revenue and expenditure analysis
  • Asset trend tracking
  • Multi-currency management
  • No advertising
Features
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Make room for a clearer picture of your money. Expense+ brings everyday spending, budgets and accounts together in a clean, colorful app. Record an expense in moments, see where your money goes and keep separate books for home, work or travel. Everyday record keeping works offline, with your financial records stored on your device. No ads, no distractions. QUICK TO RECORD • Enter expenses and income with a built-in calculator. • Add categories, members, notes and photos for the details that matter. • Record transfers between accounts and set up recurring entries. ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Keep separate books for different parts of your life. • Track cash, bank and credit-card accounts in multiple currencies. • Choose a reporting currency for each book while keeping account and transaction currencies. • Find past entries with search and filters, or browse by day in the calendar. UNDERSTAND YOUR SPENDING • Set weekly, monthly and yearly budgets. • Explore income, expense, asset and net-worth reports over your chosen dates. • Review spending by category, member or account. MADE FOR EVERYDAY USE • See today's spending in the iPhone widget. • Record expenses and check spending, budgets and recent history on Apple Watch. • Back up and restore with iCloud, and export records to Excel. • Make it yours with colorful icons, themes and appearance settings. Core record keeping works offline. Purchases, iCloud and connected features require the relevant services and connectivity. OPTIONAL PREMIUM Start with the free, ad-free version. Some features and higher limits require Premium, available as an auto-renewing annual subscription or a one-time permanent purchase. See the app for current prices and included features. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Eligible purchases can be restored in the app. SUPPORT Open Settings → Contact / Feedback in Expense+. Terms of use: https://money.wwwalterhk.workers.dev/expenseplus/en/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy policy: https://money.wwwalterhk.workers.dev/expenseplus/en/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

CostDiary4 screens
Expense+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Expense+ at 5.0 against CostDiary's 3.0. Expense+ also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CostDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Expense+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Expense+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CostDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, Expense+ every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CostDiary versus Expense+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCostDiaryExpense+
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiunJiue LiouSze Kwok Cheung

Customer experience

CostDiary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral14.0%
Negative17.5%

Expense+

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CostDiary

Subscriptions2
  • PRO plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • PRO plan (Yearly)14 Days trial$7.991 Year
3 purchases

Expense+

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Renew$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Yearly Subscribe$5.99
  • Permanent Purchase$29.99

Questions

Is CostDiary free?
CostDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expense+ free?
Expense+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CostDiary or Expense+?
Expense+ is rated higher. CostDiary averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Expense+ averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CostDiary or Expense+ have ads?
Neither CostDiary nor Expense+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CostDiary or Expense+?
CostDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, and Expense+ every 2 days. Most recently, CostDiary was updated on November 7, 2026 and Expense+ on November 3, 2026.

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