Comparison

SpendDiary vs Grocery Record

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

Head to head
About

SpendDiary

Features
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You can easily manage all your daily expenses and spends during your business trips. Many times the receipts get torn or lost. Just click the photo of the receipt and add it to the app then you don't have to manually store the receipts of your business spends. Request for the reimbursement of all your business trip expenses. If you are a business owner and have to keep receipts in the long run for taxation purpose, you can store it in the app and email them. Expenses will be exported in the PDF format and will be attached to the mail. You can send unlimited emails of your spends using SpendDiary's premium feature. Features Categories There are different categories of the expenses which helps you to categorize your expenses easily. Track Your Expenses and Trips You can add and manage your Expenses and all the spends during your business trips You can categorize your expenses into different categories like Hotel, Medical, Food etc. Reimbursement Request You can send the request for the reimbursement for which you have paid earlier. All the selected expense/trips will be exported in the pdf and will be sent through Emails. Unlimited Emails of Expense Reports Using SpendDiary's premium feature you can send multiple Emails of your Expense Reports.

About

Grocery Record

Effortlessly monitor your grocery expenses with this intuitive application. Scan receipts, categorize purchases, and visualize your spending habits over time to identify potential savings.

Highlights
  • Scan grocery receipts
  • Organize purchases by category
  • Visualize spending over time
  • Track category spending
  • Manual purchase entry
  • Customizable categories and colors
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Keep track of your grocery spending in a simple, easy to understand format. Find out where you can save money! - Scan your grocery receipts - Organise purchases into categories - See at a glance how you've spent your money over the past week, two weeks or month - Track your spending in each category over time - Drill down through categories to see what purchases are your biggest contributors to spending Extra features include - The option to enter purchases manually. - Fully customizable categories and colors. - Home Screen widgets

Screenshots

SpendDiary4 screens
Grocery Record3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SpendDiary at none against Grocery Record's shown. SpendDiary also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. SpendDiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grocery Record sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SpendDiary versus Grocery Record: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpendDiaryGrocery Record
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEpicomm Technologies LtdThrown Toys Software

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpendDiary

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Grocery Record

One-time1
  • Ad Removal$2.99

Questions

Is SpendDiary free?
SpendDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grocery Record free?
Grocery Record is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpendDiary or Grocery Record have ads?
Grocery Record shows ads; SpendDiary does not.
Which is updated more often, SpendDiary or Grocery Record?
SpendDiary ships an update every 2 months, and Grocery Record every 2 months. Most recently, SpendDiary was updated on September 14, 2026 and Grocery Record on June 1, 2026.

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