Comparison

MoneyStats vs Expenser

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

Head to head
About

MoneyStats

Take full control of your personal finances by tracking income and expenses, creating budgets, and managing multiple bank accounts. Analyze your spending with charts and graphs, set savings goals, and generate financial reports. Securely manage your money with features like data synchronization and access locks.

Highlights
  • Track income and expenses
  • Create and manage budgets
  • Categorize transactions
  • Financial charts and graphs
  • Set savings goals
  • Import/export data (CSV, QIF, TXT)
  • Multi-device synchronization
Features
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Your budget, your finances, your plan! Control your income and expenses and save cash! With MoneyStats you have full control of your personal finances, your budget and your income and expenses! Create financial overviews, evaluate, track and manage your money! Keep an eye on your budget, manage your money and various bank accounts, categorize expenditures, discover new ways to save money, load current and historical exchange rates, manage your finances on different devices, automatically categorize your transactions, create recurring income and expenses, import from external data sources such as CSV-files and analyze your current and future finances! MoneyStats is more than just a money app! Features: - Manage transactions and bank accounts - Bank connection for your payment accounts (only in selected countries) - Create budgets and track your expenses and income - Categorize your transactions - Your finances in charts and graphs - Financial forecasts & reviews - Manage different currencies - Get current and historical exchange rates - Set savings goals for your small and big investments - Discover ways to save money - Create account statements and other useful reports - Synchronization for all your devices - Share your data with family and friends - Easy-to-use, intuitive navigation, tags for your categories and more - Import and export data sources, such as CSV, QIF and TXT files - Many cool designs (incl. Dark Mode for all iOS 13 devices) - Your financial data is well-secured and your privacy is paramount Here are some sample questions you will be able to answer with MoneyStats: - How much income was generated last month? - What are my monthly gas costs? - What is my annual profit? - When will I be able to buy my own home? - How much money can I spend on clothes this month? - What is the current exchange rate of a specific currency? - What was my highest electricity bill? - In which quarter did I make the biggest profit? - What percentage do I spend on food? - What is my average insurance cost? Data protection: Your privacy is very important to me! I do not ask you for any personal information. And you don't need to register in order to use this app. By default, your data is only stored on your devices, giving you complete control of all your sensitive information. For additional protection, you can setup access locks which prevents unauthorized users from accessing your financial data. You can find further details in my privacy policy: https://ttdeveloped.com/en/apps-2/moneystats/privacy-policy/ and the terms of use here: https://ttdeveloped.com/en/apps-2/moneystats/terms-of-use/. Download and try for free: All essential functions of this app are free! With MoneyStats Pro you can create unlimited transactions without ads and unlock many more features for a one-time fee! Other in-app purchases such as data synchronization, exchange rates or reports can be purchased additionally. As an optional subscription model, we now also offer bank connection for your payment accounts (only available in selected countries). This feature allows you to connect your bank directly to the app and automatically import your latest transactions. Support: I've tried to make MoneyStats as intuitive and helpful as possible and I continue to make improvements and add new features. I look forward to all feedback, suggestions and questions and I will respond to your email as soon as possible. With your help, MoneyStats will be even more awesome!

About

Expenser

This app allows you to privately track your daily expenses, recurring bills, and shared spending. Log transactions quickly with categories, notes, and receipt photos. Gain insights into your spending habits with customizable breakdowns and trends.

Highlights
  • Fast expense logging
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Optional Face ID lock
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Spending insights and trends
  • Customizable categories and merchants
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Shared ledgers
Features
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Expenser is a private, fast expense tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Track everyday purchases, recurring expenses, household budgets, and shared spending without advertising or third-party tracking. KEY FEATURES • FAST EXPENSE LOGGING Record transactions in seconds with categories, merchants, payment methods, notes, tags, dates, and receipt photos. • SIRI & SHORTCUTS Say, “Hey Siri, log an expense in Expenser for $100 at Starbucks.” Use the Add Expense action to build your own Shortcuts automations. Expenser saves the amount in the currency selected in Settings. • FACE ID LOCK Protect Expenser with Face ID when you leave the app. • APPLE WATCH COMPANION Log expenses from your wrist, review recent transactions, and monitor daily spending in the Apple Watch app. • SPENDING INSIGHTS Understand where your money goes with category and merchant breakdowns, trends, and flexible date filters. • CUSTOM CATEGORIES AND MERCHANTS Personalize your ledger with custom categories, colors, symbols, merchants, and payment methods. • PRIVATE ICLOUD SYNC Keep your data synchronized through your Apple iCloud account using CloudKit. Expenser has no advertising SDKs and does not track you across apps or websites. FaceID is the cherry on top of the spending cake. • SHARED LEDGERS Invite family members or collaborators to a ledger using Apple CloudKit Sharing. • RECEIPTS, BACKUPS, AND WISE IMPORT Attach receipt images, create portable JSON backups, or optionally connect Wise to import recent account activity directly from your device. Track your everyday spending with Expenser.

Screenshots

MoneyStats4 screens
Expenser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expenser at none against MoneyStats's 11. Expenser also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). MoneyStats's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MoneyStats sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Expenser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Expenser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MoneyStats has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of MoneyStats's written reviews are positive against 100% of Expenser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoneyStats ships an update every 10 days, Expenser every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MoneyStats versus Expenser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoneyStatsExpenser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom TennstedtVictoria Esposito

Customer experience

MoneyStats

All ratings1,026 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews603 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.5%

Expenser

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MoneyStats

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Sync option disappears after initial setup
  • Transactions not loading on other devices after sync
  • Transactions resetting after syncing
  • Expense/income entries duplicating amounts
  • Inability to link banks in the US

Requested features

9 requests
  • Allow $0 entry for future payments with unknown amounts
  • Add support for iPad multitasking
  • Implement split-view option on iPad
  • Add ability to group categories and roll them up
  • Bring back toggle between current period and month when viewing budgets
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  • Implement Apple Watch support
  • Add support for loans, mortgages and credit cards
  • Implement ability to create budgets based on hashtags (sub-categories)
  • Add option to roll over leftover money to the following month

Expenser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

MoneyStats

Subscriptions4
  • Single bank connection7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Multi bank connection$3.991 Month
  • Single bank connection7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Multi bank connection$44.991 Year
One-time7
  • MoneyStats Data-Sync$2.99
  • MoneyStats Categories$2.99
  • MoneyStats Reports$2.99
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  • MoneyStats Exchange Rates$2.99
  • MoneyStats Pro$4.49
  • MoneyStats Special Offer$5.99
  • MoneyStats Complete Packe$7.99
None

Expenser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MoneyStats free?
MoneyStats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expenser free?
Expenser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MoneyStats or Expenser?
Expenser is rated higher. MoneyStats averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Expenser averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MoneyStats or Expenser have ads?
Neither MoneyStats nor Expenser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoneyStats or Expenser?
MoneyStats ships an update every 10 days, and Expenser every 9 days. Most recently, MoneyStats was updated on October 29, 2026 and Expenser on October 24, 2026.

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