Comparison

Daily Expense vs BookNoir

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

Head to head
About

Daily Expense

Easily track your daily expenses and income with a user-friendly interface. Visualize your spending habits with intuitive charts and statistics to gain control over your finances. Sync data across devices via iCloud for seamless management.

Highlights
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Monthly and daily statistics
  • Intuitive spending visualization
  • Customizable categories and payees
  • iCloud sync and backup
  • CSV data export
  • Password and Touch ID protection
Features
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DailyExpense is the easiest and most user friendly Personal Finance. Just buy once to share data between iPhone and iPad via iCloud. (One of the upgraded features: iCloud automatic synchronization and backup) It's the easiest way to track your expenses and income when you're on the go. It's fast, elegant and won't get in your way. helps you track your spending quickly and easily. EASY TO USE 1. Select a category & payee 2. Enter and confirm the amount (and a notes, if you want) 3. 2 seconds,And you're done! See Overview of the month in the main screen. Intuitive display: - Monthly statistics - Daily statistics - The percentage of monthly spend - Monthly available balance, etc. Keep track of your expenses with DailyExpense! • How much did you spend at the local coffee shop? • Are you spending too much eating out? • How much did you spend on clothes last month? • Are you blowing too much on your hobbies? === • The possibilities are endless • Simple and intuitive user interface • See your main areas of spending • Easy visualisation of where your money goes • Beautiful and interactive charts • See the history of your spending • Control your expenses with a monthly budget • Unlimited income and expenditure categories • Unlimited payee • iCloud sync and backup data • Search data quickly • Export CSV data • Touch ID • Password lock protection Give it a try today and let us know how DailyExpense helped you get control of your expenses.

About

BookNoir

Features
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Welcome to BookNoir, bookkeeping has never been this easy! • Quickly record expenses and income. • Simple and clear transaction view, showing your finances over recent days, weeks, or months. • Set monthly and yearly budgets and track progress (some features require Pro). • View 14-day/30-day moving transaction curves to understand spending trends. • Generate category pie charts to visualize income and expenses. • View daily and hourly heatmaps to spot spending peaks. • Record debts and other expected transactions, and calculate cash flow for the next several decades (Pro required). Simple bookkeeping, effortless finance management. See your financial future and master your cash flow. Start using BookNoir now! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Daily Expense4 screens
BookNoir4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BookNoir at Free against Daily Expense's $1.99. BookNoir also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Daily Expense's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On 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

BookNoir is free to download; Daily Expense costs $1.99 up front. Daily Expense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BookNoir sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Expense ships an update fortnightly, BookNoir weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Daily Expense versus BookNoir: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily ExpenseBookNoir
Price$1.99Free — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer苑飞 胡晓光 李

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Daily Expense

One-time1
  • Pro Version$2.99
1 purchases

BookNoir

One-time1
  • Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Daily Expense free?
Daily Expense costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is BookNoir free?
BookNoir is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daily Expense or BookNoir have ads?
Neither Daily Expense nor BookNoir shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Expense or BookNoir?
Daily Expense ships an update fortnightly, and BookNoir weekly. Most recently, Daily Expense was updated on November 2, 2026 and BookNoir on October 28, 2026.

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