Expense manager vs Cats Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Expense manager
This app helps you manage and track your daily expenses with an intuitive interface. It offers features like financial calendars, customizable categories, and reminders to help you stay on top of your spending and bills.
- Intuitive expense, income, and balance charts
- Financial calendar for monthly spending overview
- Customizable expense and income categories
- Integrated calculator for summing transactions
- Customizable reminders for bills
- PIN code protection for data security
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Application that helps you manage and track your daily expenses. Designed to be simple and intuitive, this expense tracker app will help you manage, report and always be aware of what is happening in your own wallet. A great budget manager tool for everyone who is concerned about their spending. Closely manage your expenses with ease & take advantage of custom reminders so that you will never be late with your monthly bills. Key features: - intuitive navigation with summarized expense, income & balance charts - financial calendar - monthly expense & income distribution at a glance - track and manage your every day expenses - customizable expense and income categories - make them best fit your financial life - integrated calculator - great when you have multiple transactions that need to be summed up - reminders - daily, weekly and monthly - a great help for repeating/recurrent payments. - summarized expense, income and balance charts grouped by week, month, year or even custom time range - category grouped reports - PIN code protection - secure and reliable you can rest assure that your data is safe from prying eyes - data backup & restore - multiple currencies available - choose your preferred currency/money - adjustable currency/money display format - possibility to choose the first day of week (Monday or Sunday) - data reset functionality You don't have to stop spending, you just have to track, understand and make future smart decisions. Enjoy it! Find out more & follow us on: http://expensecalendar.com/ https://www.facebook.com/expensecalendar
Cats Box
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Discover the ease of financial management with Cat Box - where simplicity meets efficiency. Our app strips away the complexities of finance, offering just the essential features you need for tracking your daily spending. With an intuitive interface and no steep learning curve, you'll find managing your money is as simple as opening a box. Embrace minimalism and clarity with Cat Box, and make financial tracking a breeze! Add new spending and income, then visualize in charts! You can also export your data into standard JSON or CSV for sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cats Box at none against Expense manager's shown. Expense manager's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Expense manager ships an update every 2 weeks, Cats Box every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Expense manager | Cats Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (275 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 275 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Larisa Maria Berce | ZIWEI CHEN |
Bugs and requests
Expense manager
Reported bugs
4 issues- Backup feature not working
- Incorrect date entries
- Crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to edit/delete entries
- Recurring expense/income options
- Export data to CSV/PDF
- Sync across devices
- More currency support
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- Improved reporting and analytics
Cats Box
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Expense manager
No in-app purchases
Cats Box
No in-app purchases








