SpendDiary vs ShoppySpends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpendDiary
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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.
ShoppySpends
Effortlessly manage your grocery shopping and track your spending. Create shareable lists, scan receipts to add items quickly, and visualize your financial habits with detailed statistics. Syncs seamlessly via iCloud.
- Shareable grocery lists
- Receipt scanning for item entry
- Weekly and monthly spending statistics
- iCloud synchronization
- Widgets and Siri Shortcuts integration
- Multi-currency support
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Plan groceries faster and spend smarter. Build shareable lists, scan receipts to prefill items, and see weekly/monthly stats—all synced with iCloud. Why ShoppySpends: • Quick Add: type, hit return, keep going • Receipt Scan: fast on‑device extraction (edit before saving) • Spending Stats: weekly & yearly charts, multi‑currency • Share Lists: collaborate via iCloud • Widgets + Shortcuts: complete items, add via Siri Premium (free): Unlimited lists & items, sharing, yearly analytics, all widgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: SpendDiary at 3 against ShoppySpends's 1. SpendDiary also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SpendDiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ShoppySpends sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SpendDiary ships an update every 2 months, ShoppySpends every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpendDiary | ShoppySpends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Epicomm Technologies Ltd | Marko Malesevic |
In-app purchases
SpendDiary
- Premium$0.99
ShoppySpends
- Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month









