Keepfully vs Payback Balance Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keepfully
Easily track money and items you lend or borrow. Get a clear overview of personal loans, receive automatic reminders, and organize everything with iCloud Sync and Siri support.
- Track money and objects lent/borrowed
- Organize by person with overview
- Automatic loan reminders
- Archive of returned loans
- iCloud Sync and Siri support
- Widgets and Shortcuts integration
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Keepfully is a simple, powerful app designed to help you keep track of everything you lend or borrow – whether it’s money, books, tools, or just about anything else. Instead of relying on memory or scattered notes, Keepfully gives you a clear overview of your personal loans, helping you stay organized and avoid awkward moments. TRACK MONEY AND OBJECTS Keep track of money and objects you’ve lent to or borrowed from friends, family, or colleagues. Keepfully supports multiple currencies and lets you optionally add a location to each loan – perfect for remembering the context later. PERSONS OVERVIEW See exactly who owes what with the Persons tab, which lists all your saved people along with their loans. Mark favorites for quicker access and display them directly in the iPad’s sidebar. AUTOMATIC REMINDERS Never forget an open loan again. Enable automatic reminders to receive a notification after a customizable amount of time from the loan’s creation date. ARCHIVE The archive stores all returned loans, offering peace of mind and easy reference. Can’t remember if you paid your friend back that $50 from the other night? Just check the archive. SYSTEM INTEGRATION Keepfully is deeply integrated with Apple’s ecosystem. Enjoy seamless iCloud Sync, Widgets, Siri support, and full Shortcuts integration to streamline your experience across devices. PRO FEATURES • Unlimited Loans (2 active loans are free) • Track Object Loans • Reminder Notifications • Customizable Quick Entries (The Pro features require an additional in app purchase.)
Payback Balance Tracker
Easily track debts and balances among friends without needing to exchange money. This app helps everyone know who owes whom, simplifying shared expenses and reimbursements.
- Track balances between friends
- Log what you owe others
- Log what others owe you
- Simplifies shared expenses
- No real money exchange needed
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Need to pay your friend back for dinner, but short on cash? Log what you owe them without exchanging real money. Payback tracks balances between friends, so everybody knows what they owe other people, and what other people owe them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Payback Balance Tracker at none against Keepfully's 1. Payback Balance Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.4). Keepfully's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 10). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Keepfully sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Payback Balance Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Keepfully holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Keepfully ships an update every 3 months, Payback Balance Tracker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keepfully | Payback Balance Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (30 ratings) — better | 3.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Kaessner | Matthew Brennan |
Customer experience
Keepfully
Payback Balance Tracker
In-app purchases
Keepfully
- Keepfully Pro$2.99
Payback Balance Tracker
No in-app purchases







