Ockto vs Pentos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ockto
Effortlessly gather and share your personal and financial data for financial products. Scan a QR code to securely connect to various websites, automatically collect relevant information, and create a financial profile. You decide what to share, and all data is deleted upon closing the app.
- Online data collection
- QR code scanning
- Automated data retrieval
- Personal financial profile creation
- User-controlled data sharing
- Data deletion after use
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Share your data without the hassle An organisation asks you to provide personal or financial data. That can feel like a lot of work. With Ockto, you handle it quickly, safely and in just a few minutes. Download the app and log in with your DigiD or bank to the organisations you want to share your data with. Ockto only collects what’s needed. Nothing more, nothing less. You immediately see a clear overview of your data. You check it, give your consent, and you’re done. Ockto then delivers your data directly to the organisation that needs it. Safe, accurate and fully compliant. Ockto stores nothing and logs you out automatically. This allows the organisation to assess your application right away. So you quickly know where you stand. How it works You receive a QR-code or link from the organisation you want to share your data with. Scan the code with the Ockto app or click the link to get started right away. Ockto guides you step by step through the right sources. You log in yourself using familiar environments, such as your bank or DigiD. Do you have a partner? They can log in as well to add their data. Within minutes, everything is ready. You stay in control. Why Ockto Share data directly from the source No more manual entry Fewer errors and missing information Faster processing of your application Safe and in your control You decide if and when to share your data. Nothing happens without your consent. Ockto does not store your data. After use, everything is automatically deleted. We operate in line with applicable laws and regulations and are supervised by the AFM. Your data is in safe hands. Why the app needs access to your camera You often start from a website on your laptop or desktop. A QR-code creates a secure connection with the app. That’s why Ockto uses your camera: only to scan the QR-code. Want to know more? Find answers to frequently asked questions at www.ockto.eu/faq
Pentos
Manage your money with a private, offline envelope budgeting system. Assign funds to categories, track spending, and view financial reports. Your data stays on your device, offering complete control and security.
- Envelope budgeting system
- Offline functionality
- Private and secure data handling
- Transaction splitting and reconciliation
- Customizable rules for imports
- Scheduled transactions and goals
- Net worth and cash flow reports
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Give every unit of money a job. Pentos brings classic envelope budgeting to a modern ledger: assign what you have to category envelopes each month, spend against them, and watch what's left roll forward. You buy it once. It works entirely offline. Nothing about your money ever leaves your iPhone. WHY ENVELOPES Budgets fail when they're forecasts. Envelope budgeting only deals in money you already have: fund Groceries, fund Rent, and when an envelope runs dry, the shortfall is charged back against next month, so the numbers stay honest. Categories can carry their debt forward instead if you prefer. YOUR LEDGER, COMPLETE - Accounts with running and cleared balances, on- or off-budget - Fast entry with payee autocomplete, split transactions, and transfers that stay mirrored across both accounts - Statement reconciliation that locks rows once they match your bank - Search, rich filters, #tags, bulk edit, and a flag on anything still uncategorized RULES THAT DO THE TYPING Teach Pentos once: rules rename messy payees, set categories, and run on every import. Apply a new rule back through history in one tap. Payee merge tidies duplicates and never touches a reconciled row. SCHEDULES AND GOALS Scheduled transactions post themselves, or wait for your OK, and never drift: Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 31. Give any envelope a target: a fixed amount, a save-by date, a share of income, and more. Then fund every goal in one tap. TWO WAYS TO BUDGET Strict envelopes, or a lighter tracking mode that simply shows what you saved or overspent each month. Switch any budget file between the two at any time without losing data. SEE WHERE IT GOES Net worth, cash flow, spending breakdowns, comparisons, and a calendar heat map, plus a dashboard you arrange yourself from saved report cards. A privacy switch redacts every amount when someone is looking over your shoulder. UNDO ANYTHING The undo arrow takes it back: edits, bulk changes, deletions. Hold it for a labeled history. Shake to undo works too. BRING YOUR BANK WITH YOU Import CSV, OFX/QFX, or QIF statements. Pentos learns each account's column layout, catches duplicates automatically, and re-importing the same file is always safe. PAY ONCE, KEEP IT FOREVER Pentos is not a service. There is no subscription, no account to create, and no server your budget depends on. Buy it once and it keeps working. LEAVE WHENEVER YOU LIKE One tap exports your entire budget as a portable backup file you can restore on any iPhone running Pentos, or as plain CSV for spreadsheets. It's your data, and you can take it with you anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pentos makes no network connections. No analytics, no telemetry, no cloud. Its privacy label reads "Data Not Collected" because there is nothing to collect. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pentosbudget.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ockto at Free against Pentos's $2.99. Ockto also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 2). Pentos's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On rating, 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
Ockto is free to download; Pentos costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ockto against 5.0 for Pentos. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ockto has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ockto ships an update fortnightly, Pentos every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ockto | Pentos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ockto B.V. | Nadir Saleh |
Customer experience
Ockto
Pentos
In-app purchases
Ockto
No in-app purchases
Pentos
No in-app purchases









