Comparison

Bobby vs Expense Offline

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

Head to head
About

Bobby

Effortlessly track your recurring expenses and manage all your subscriptions in one place. Get timely notifications for upcoming bills to avoid late fees and maintain better control over your monthly spending.

Highlights
  • Add custom and pre-defined subscriptions
  • View all subscriptions at a glance
  • Track monthly spending on subscriptions
  • Receive bill due date notifications
  • Prevent late payment fees
  • Avoid insufficient funds
Features
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Bobby is the easiest way to get insights in your fixed costs. Manage your subscriptions and get notified when a bill is due. EASILY ADD SUBSCRIPTIONS Adding subscriptions is easy, choose from hundreds of existing subscriptions or create your own custom subscriptions. Enter all contract details to get the most out of Bobby, or use Bobby as a quick way to calculate your monthly payment for you. YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT A GLANCE Bobby provides a clear overview of all your subscriptions and upcoming bills. This way you'll always know the amount of money spent on subscriptions, which helps you to control your monthly spendings. GET NOTIFIED Bobby also notifies you when a bill is due, so you'll never have to deal with late payment fees you didn't know about again. Besides that, it prevents you from having insufficient funds on your account on the day a payment is due.

About

Expense Offline

Features
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Expense Offline is an expense tracker that treats your spending with the care of a beautifully typeset page. Log an expense in seconds on a custom keypad, watch your month total update in elegant serif type, and see exactly where your money went — all without an account, a bank connection, or your data ever leaving your device. DESIGNED TO BE FELT • A warm, paper-like canvas with real ink-and-paper typography • Fluid, springy animations and liquid-glass controls • Custom Metal-rendered effects — entries dissolve like ink when deleted • A dark "Ink" mode that's as considered as the light one EFFORTLESS LOGGING • Amount-first entry: open, type, tap a category, done • Optional note and place for context, never required • Edit or delete any expense with a tap or a swipe • A gentle daily reminder at the time you choose (optional) CLEAR INSIGHTS • Month by month review of your spending • Category breakdown with clean, readable proportions • Day-by-day pulse of the month and your largest expenses • Change versus last month, at a glance PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% offline — no account, no sync, no tracking, no ads • No banking connections, ever • Your currency and country formatting, your rules • Erase everything at any time FREE AND UNLIMITED PLANS Expense Offline is free for your first 100 expenses. Expense Offline Unlimited removes the limit for below subscriptions: Subscription | Subscription Period | Price for the Subscription -------------------------------------------------------------- Expense Offline Monthly Unlimited | 1 Month | $2.99 Expense Offline Yearly Unlimited | 1 Year | $19.99 Cancel your subscription anytime through your App Store account. Made for people who'd rather understand their spending in ten quiet seconds a day than hand their bank password to a server farm. Privacy Policy: https://www.mindzbase.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.mindzbase.com/terms-of-use Support URL : https://www.mindzbase.com/contactus

Screenshots

Bobby4 screens
Expense Offline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bobby at 14.0 against Expense Offline's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Bobby sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Expense Offline sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bobby versus Expense Offline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBobbyExpense Offline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYummygumSG APPs

Bugs and requests

Bobby

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Notifications don't work
  • Crashes on launch
  • Everything disappears
  • Unreliable and broken
  • Glitchy, doesn't work well
Show 5 more
  • Notifications are not working
  • Notifications randomly stop working
  • Notifications come at wrong times
  • Subscription data disappeared
  • iCloud sync issues

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add widgets
  • Allow editing of subscription details
  • Separate monthly and annual subscriptions
  • Add ability to mark subscriptions as paid
  • Add categories/folders for subscriptions
Show 6 more
  • Allow custom icons for subscriptions
  • Add ability to hide/pause subscriptions
  • Improve notification system
  • Add Apple Watch app
  • Improve currency conversion
  • Add ability to export data

Expense Offline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bobby

One-time6
  • Unlock Subscription Limit$0.99
  • Visual Pack$0.99
  • Security Pack$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Unlock Category Limit$0.99
  • All-in-one Pack$1.99
  • All-in-one Pack v2$2.99
2 purchases

Expense Offline

Subscriptions2
  • Expense Offline Monthly Unlimited$2.991 Month
  • Expense Offline Yearly Unlimited$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Bobby free?
Bobby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expense Offline free?
Expense Offline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bobby or Expense Offline have ads?
Neither Bobby nor Expense Offline shows ads.

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