Comparison

MoneyStats vs Purchases List

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, budget, and income. Track expenses, manage bank accounts, and discover ways to save money. Analyze your finances with charts, graphs, and forecasts for better financial planning.

Highlights
  • Manage transactions and bank accounts
  • Create budgets and track income/expenses
  • Categorize transactions
  • Financial forecasts and reviews
  • Manage different currencies and exchange rates
  • Set savings goals
  • Import and export data
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

Purchases List

Track daily expenses with personalized groups, limits, and notes. Organize data into archives, export to PDF, and secure with biometric authentication. Syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Personalized expense groups with limits
  • Detailed transaction logging
  • Home screen widgets for quick overview
  • Data archiving and organization
  • Searchable transactions
  • PDF data export
  • Biometric data protection
Features
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Purchases is a simple app to help you track all your daily expenses. - Create groups as you like, personalize them with icons, emoji and colors. Define a limit to the group, so you can easily see the precentage you reached. - Create the transaction defining a description, the money spent or received, where it happened and, if needed, a note. - Add widgets to your homescreen to see your expenses in a glance. - Organize all your data in archives, so you can start over and mantaining old records. - Search categories and transactions directly from the home of your device. - Export your data to a PDF document, then save it to your device or print it to store it in your home. - Protect your data with FaceID or TouchID. - Data are sync with your devices with iCloud. - Simple and intuitive design. - Customizable color options. - Purchase is supporting Universal Purchase, so once you buy it you can download it in your other devices. • Icons made by www.freepik.com from www.flaticon.com • Icons made by www.icon54.com from www.flaticon.com

Screenshots

MoneyStats4 screens
Purchases List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: MoneyStats at 86 against Purchases List's 4. Purchases List's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.49) and device support (5 vs 3). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

MoneyStats costs $4.49 and Purchases List $0.99 up front. MoneyStats sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Purchases List sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MoneyStats against 4.8 for Purchases List. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MoneyStats has 86 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of MoneyStats's written reviews are positive against 78% of Purchases List's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoneyStats ships an update every 10 days, Purchases List every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MoneyStats versus Purchases List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoneyStatsPurchases List
Price$4.49$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (86 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings86 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom TennstedtAndrea Dellai

Customer experience

MoneyStats

All ratings86 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.4%

Purchases List

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

10 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-time6
  • MoneyStats Data-Sync$2.99
  • MoneyStats Categories$2.99
  • MoneyStats Reports$2.99
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  • MoneyStats Exchange Rates$2.99
  • MoneyStats Special Offer$4.99
  • MoneyStats Complete Package$4.99
4 purchases

Purchases List

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$3.99
Show 1 more
  • ExtraLarge Tip$5.99

Questions

Is MoneyStats free?
MoneyStats costs $4.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Purchases List free?
Purchases List costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MoneyStats or Purchases List?
MoneyStats is rated higher. MoneyStats averages 4.8 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Purchases List averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do MoneyStats or Purchases List have ads?
Neither MoneyStats nor Purchases List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoneyStats or Purchases List?
MoneyStats ships an update every 10 days, and Purchases List every 2 weeks. Most recently, MoneyStats was updated on October 29, 2026 and Purchases List on October 29, 2026.

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