PocketSmith Sidekick vs Monacker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketSmith Sidekick
Manage your finances on the go with this companion app. Track spending, view account balances, and categorize transactions from your bank, credit card, and investments. Organize financial documents and customize your dashboard for personalized insights.
- Track spending activity
- View and categorize transactions
- Add notes and labels to transactions
- View all account balances
- Organize financial documents
- Customize mobile dashboard
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PocketSmith Sidekick works alongside the web app so you can check your budgets, balances and spending - wherever you are! This mobile app makes staying on top of your PocketSmith account a breeze. See all your bank, credit card, investment and loan accounts in one place without needing to use different apps. Bank Feeds keep PocketSmith automatically updated, so you can see where your money is going. You need a PocketSmith web account to use the mobile app. Learn more and sign up at pocketsmith.com. APP FEATURES - Stay on top of your spending activity - View, categorize and edit your transactions on-the-go - Add notes and labels to your spending to record your memories - View all your account balances at a glance - Organize household documents like receipts and warranties by attaching them as images and documents to transactions - Customize your mobile dashboard to see the insights that matter to you We're constantly improving the app to help you make better money decisions. --- Also available POCKETSMITH PLANS Premium - monthly $14.49 - Bank feeds - Automatic and manual transaction importing - Automatic categorization - Unlimited budgets - 10 accounts - 10 years' projection Super - monthly $28.49 - Bank feeds - Automatic and manual transaction importing - Automatic categorization - Unlimited budgets - Unlimited accounts - 30 years' projection Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription.
Monacker
Manually track income and expenses with a fast, intuitive interface. Quickly enter transactions, import/export data, and sync securely via iCloud. Customize categories and enjoy a completely ad-free experience.
- Fast transaction entry
- Import/export CSV data
- iCloud sync for data safety
- Customizable categories
- Ad-free experience
- Quick app loading
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Enjoy manually tracking your income and expenses with a simple, quick, liquid glass interface. Enter transactions in less than 5 seconds with a highly optimized transaction entry that shows you similar previous transactions to quickly autofill your transaction description and category Features: * 100% free forever. Tips are optional and always appreciated :) * No ads, no popups, no prompts to review the app, no data collection, no analytics. I created this app for myself and I don't enjoy being bothered so I'm not going to bother anyone else. If I ever stop working on this app, I will open source it * Export all your transactions to csv format in less than 2 seconds. You own your data * Import your existing transactions in csv format. All that's necessary is 5 columns: Description, Category, Amount, Type (Expense/Income), and Date (ISO 8601 format). You can optionally add Color and Icon columns to further customize your categories * All your transactions are synced to your iCloud. With CloudKit integration, all your transactions are safe even if you break your phone * Customize your categories to your liking. If the in-app customization is not sufficient, you can export the colors and icons in your csv file, and import it back in to see your changes. The icons are SF Symbols * Enter transactions fast, seriously fast * Extremely fast app loading. From a cold start, the app is fully loaded and interactable in 0.48 seconds even with my 7600 transactions * Convenience buttons for deleting all your transactions and unused categories so you can export your data, modify it as you wish, delete your data, then import everything again How this app came to be: I've been manually tracking my income and expenses for 10 years now. I've previously manually tracked in a spreadsheet and tried other apps, but I've consistently had gripes with them. I have always wanted to make my dream money tracking app, and the appeal of liquid glass finally pushed me to learn iOS app development to create this. I have tried for a few years to build this but always gave up because the mountain of learning app development was extremely daunting and I kept getting stuck. Now I'm just happy that I have something I can give to the world that I will use myself, and I hope others can use it too. How I recommend people track their money: * The best time to start tracking all your transactions was yesterday * Ensure you have notifications every time you get paid, and for every single transaction that occurs on any of your credit/debit cards and bank accounts * Every time a transaction occurs, track it as soon as possible. I'll usually be tracking my transaction in the checkout line to make sure I don't forget to do so * Feel every monetary transaction so you don't get complacent with money FAQ: Q: How should I categorize an expense that may fit multiple categories? A: Personally I'll just group things into whatever fits best, so I'll generally use "Groceries" for a Costco run, but if I'm buying more decorations or something I may log it as "Household". You can always manually enter multiple transactions for something you pay for. Things even out Q: Can you add xyz way to visualize the data? A: I made the csv export as painless as possible so people can use other better tools for visualizing their transactions. Q: Can you add budgeting features? A: Not currently planned but if enough people email me I might add it :) Q: How can I support you? A: Tip Jar :) Email: alexpyginapps@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monacker at 100% against PocketSmith Sidekick's 35%. Monacker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). PocketSmith Sidekick's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 10) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. PocketSmith Sidekick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month and Monacker sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Monacker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PocketSmith Sidekick has 53 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of PocketSmith Sidekick's written reviews are positive against 100% of Monacker's.
PocketSmith Sidekick ships an update every 6 weeks, Monacker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PocketSmith Sidekick | Monacker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PocketSmith | Alexander Pygin |
Customer experience
PocketSmith Sidekick
Monacker
Bugs and requests
PocketSmith Sidekick
Reported bugs
5 issues- Transactions not syncing properly
- Duplicate transactions appearing
- Categorization issues and inconsistencies
- App crashes and freezes
- Incompatibility with certain bank accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Google login option
- Ability to manually add transactions
- Custom date ranges for budgets
- Receipt scanning and attachment
- More detailed transaction history and reporting
Monacker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PocketSmith Sidekick
- Premium$10.991 Month
- Super$18.991 Month
Monacker
- Survival Tip$0.99
- Struggle Tip$1.99
- Stability tip$4.99
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- Security Tip$9.99
- Independence Tip$19.99
- Freedom Tip$49.99
- Abundance Tip$99.99
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