Comparison

Expense manager vs Bean

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Bean

Features
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Bean is an expense tracker built on one idea: your money is nobody's business. There is no account, no bank login, and no tracking. Every expense you log stays on your device, backed up only to your own private iCloud. We never see your data. LOG IT IN SECONDS A big keypad, a category, done. Add a note or a payment method if you want. No forms, no friction. ONE CALM LEDGER Your month at a glance, grouped by day, with a running total up top. Flip between compact and detailed views. Browse any past month. SEE WHERE IT GOES A clear breakdown by category, with a short plain summary of your month written on your device by Apple Intelligence. Nothing is sent to a server. STAY INSIDE THE LINE Set a monthly budget and watch exactly how much is left. SET IT AND FORGET IT Recurring expenses log themselves. Rent, subscriptions, bills. YOURS TO CONTROL Face ID lock, free for everyone. Your currency, with live conversion. One-tap export to CSV or JSON. A gentle daily reminder if you want one. BEAN PRO Insights, budgets, recurring expenses, search, and full history. Yearly with a 7 day free trial, or pay once for lifetime. Private by design. Simple on purpose.

Screenshots

Expense manager4 screens
Bean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expense manager at none against Bean's 2. Expense manager also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Bean's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Bean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per year. Expense manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Expense manager versus Bean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpense managerBean
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (274 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings274 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLarisa Maria BerceAneesha Rama

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

Bean

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Expense manager

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bean

Subscriptions1
  • Bean Pro Yearly7 Days trial$20.001 Year
One-time1
  • Bean Pro Lifetime$40.00

Questions

Is Expense manager free?
Expense manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bean free?
Bean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Expense manager or Bean have ads?
Expense manager shows ads; Bean does not.

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