Comparison

ExpenseApp ※ vs Stack

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

Head to head
About

ExpenseApp ※

Easily track daily spending by categorizing expenses and adding amounts. View spending patterns through calendar and pie chart visualizations. Offers quick input via widgets and Apple Watch, with passcode protection for privacy.

Highlights
  • Categorize daily expenses
  • Add notes and change dates
  • Editable category lists
  • Calendar and pie chart views
  • Quick input via widgets and Apple Watch
  • Passcode and biometric protection
  • Export data to other apps
Features
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ExpenseApp keeps track of your spending with as little effort as possible. Tap a category, type the amount, done — usually under three seconds. FAST BY DESIGN • Your categories on one screen; tap one to enter an amount • A calculator in the keypad: add, subtract, multiply and divide before saving • Add a note and change the date without leaving the keypad • Today's total always in view YOUR CATEGORIES, YOUR WAY • Create, rename, reorder and delete categories • Pick an icon for each one • Choose a flexible layout or fixed 2 or 3 columns SEE WHERE IT GOES • Records: every month grouped by day, with daily and monthly totals • Calendar: a month at a glance, shaded by how much you spent each day • Charts: spending by category, and a day-by-day breakdown ON YOUR WRIST • Apple Watch app for adding an expense without your phone • Today's total on its own screen, or hidden if you'd rather not show it • Complications: today's total, or a one-tap Add Expense button WIDGETS, CONTROLS AND SIRI • Home Screen widgets: today's and this month's totals, or a grid of your most-used categories • Lock Screen widgets, including one that shows no amounts • Control Centre and Action button shortcuts • "Add an expense in ExpenseApp" and "How much did I spend today in ExpenseApp" PRIVATE, AND YOURS TO KEEP • iCloud sync keeps your iPhone and Apple Watch up to date, in your private iCloud storage • Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode can lock your history • Export any month, or everything, as a CSV file to Files, Mail or anywhere else • No account, no ads, no tracking, nothing sent to us Requires iOS 26. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 26.

About

Stack

Easily track and manage personal finances by categorizing credit and debt across multiple devices. Create separate spaces for different financial situations, share summaries, and use the built-in calculator for complex calculations.

Highlights
  • Categorize credit and debt
  • Create multiple financial spaces
  • Share debt summaries
  • Integrated value calculator
  • Split expenses easily
  • App lock with Face ID/Touch ID
  • Apple Watch app for on-the-go management
Features
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Stack is the fastest debt management app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. It enables you to categorize money you are owed and money you owe, and conveniently track and manage your finances across multiple devices. Stack offers the following features: • Spaces: Create multiple Spaces to categorize your debt. For example, you can create a Space for each friend who owes you money. • Add Entries: Add an entry to a Space with one tap. Give each entry a name, quantity, and value. Use a positive value for money you are owed and a negative value for money you owe. Entries in Spaces can be sorted by date, value, or name. • Remove Debt: Removing debt is also straightforward. Tap on the circle on the left side of a debt entry to remove it. If you accidentally removed an entry, you can restore it later, similar to the Reminders app. • Share Debt: You can choose to share the debt of a Space, which generates a list of all debt and the total sum. You can choose if you want to include entries previously marked as complete, and you can choose to include the date of the entry. The date can also be edited. • Value Calculator: You can use the integrated calculator to perform complex calculations and then transfer them directly to the value field. • Split Sum: With this feature, sharing expenses is easy. Just choose the number of parts you want to split a Space's total into, and Stack will automatically calculate the amount of each part. • App Lock: Stack offers Face ID or Touch ID to lock the app, ensuring that only you can access it. • Apple Watch App: You can view, edit, and add new entries on your Apple Watch. No connection to your iPhone is required. • iCloud Sync: All your data is synced between your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. • Privacy: Your data is stored only on your device and in iCloud. The app does not collect any user data, and the developer has no access to it. • Text Field Sizes: You can adjust the name field and the value field sizes to your preference.

Screenshots

ExpenseApp ※4 screens
Stack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stack at 100% against ExpenseApp ※'s 25%. Stack also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and device support (4 vs 2). ExpenseApp ※'s advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume and ads 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

Stack is free to download; ExpenseApp ※ costs $2.99 up front. Stack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ExpenseApp ※ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ExpenseApp ※ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of ExpenseApp ※'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Stack's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ExpenseApp ※ ships an update weekly, Stack every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ExpenseApp ※ versus Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpenseApp ※Stack
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiReka SoftLeon Boettger

Customer experience

ExpenseApp ※

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Stack

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ExpenseApp ※

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Stack

One-time1
  • Stack+$0.99

Questions

Is ExpenseApp ※ free?
ExpenseApp ※ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stack free?
Stack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ExpenseApp ※ or Stack?
ExpenseApp ※ is rated higher. ExpenseApp ※ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Stack averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do ExpenseApp ※ or Stack have ads?
Neither ExpenseApp ※ nor Stack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ExpenseApp ※ or Stack?
ExpenseApp ※ ships an update weekly, and Stack every 6 weeks. Most recently, ExpenseApp ※ was updated on November 11, 2026 and Stack on November 3, 2026.

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