Comparison

Joint Expense vs Setlmint

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

Head to head
About

Joint Expense

Manage group expenses with flexibility. Record shared costs, track money collected in advance, and generate detailed reports to settle balances. Ideal for trips, parties, or shared living situations.

Highlights
  • Record individual and shared expenses
  • Create a money bank for advance collection
  • Specify unequal participant dues
  • Combine different expense types
  • Generate detailed email reports
  • Duplicate existing events
Features
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If you are looking for an app to manage group expenses and need require a high degree of flexibility then this app is for you. Basic assumption of the calculation is that all expenses will be shared equally unless specified otherwise by providing different dues for a particular expense. A unique feature of the app is that in addition to the expense made by individuals for other group members, you can record money collected in advance from the group members and make expenses out of the collected money. Both expense types can be combined into a single event and are considered during report generation. Track expenses Individual paying for other members of the group Key Features: • Record individual but shared expenses made by participants within an event (“Individual – Shared”) • Create a “Money Bank” in advance (if needed) • Create money contribution entries with equal or unequal amount from participants • Specify different dues from each participant on per expense basis • Combine both “Individual – Shared” and “Money Bank” expenses in a single event for extra flexibility • Generate a report detailing the transactions needed to even out the contribution of each participant towards an event • Generate a detailed email report with email addresses (if available) of the participants auto populated • Create a contact within the app by entering details manually or picking contact information from the iOS address book • View a report detailing each participant’s contribution at any time during the event, which helps to understand the disparity (if any) in contributions • Duplicate easily, an existing event without its expenses. Useful when starting a new event with same set of participants or when a participant joins or leaves an event Following are some of the situations where this app can be used: • Track shared expenses between friends when on an outing or trip together • Tracking expenses for co-hosted/joint party with friends • Track common expenses with a room-mates • Situations where expenses are shared between multiple parties • You can even use the app to record your personal expenses If you are looking for an easy to use, well designed and flexible expense sharing app then look no further. Note: The app does numerical calculations, which are prone to minor inaccuracies due to numbers that are not perfectly divisible and rounding.

About

Setlmint

Streamline your bill management by receiving, capturing, and approving invoices. This app facilitates a smooth payment process according to your organization's approval structure.

Highlights
  • Receive invoices from vendors
  • Capture invoices via camera
  • Approve invoices based on matrix
  • Release payments
  • Digital bill management
Features
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Setlmint allows our customers to receive invoices from vendors, capture invoices using camera, approve invoices as per the configured approval matrix and release payments for the same.

Screenshots

Joint Expense4 screens
Setlmint3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Setlmint at none against Joint Expense's 1. Joint Expense's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Joint Expense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Setlmint asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Joint Expense versus Setlmint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoint ExpenseSetlmint
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVishal ChaudhrySetlmint Technology Private Limited

Customer experience

Joint Expense

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Setlmint

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Joint Expense

One-time1
  • Unlimited Expenses$1.99
None

Setlmint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Joint Expense free?
Joint Expense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Setlmint free?
Setlmint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Joint Expense or Setlmint have ads?
Neither Joint Expense nor Setlmint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Joint Expense or Setlmint?
Joint Expense ships an update every 6 weeks, and Setlmint every 6 weeks. Most recently, Joint Expense was updated on September 22, 2026 and Setlmint on September 24, 2026.

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