Your Spending vs Ledger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Your Spending
This app helps you manage your expenses and upcoming payments with a clear overview of your financial situation. It allows you to track bills, identify spending patterns, and avoid late fees without linking bank accounts.
- Automated upcoming payments display
- 12-month spending forecast
- Avoid late payment fees
- Identify expensive months
- No bank account linking required
- Select currency symbol
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Your Spending app gives you a better way to manage your spending, and so much more. My name’s Marc Jarman, as a direct result of using the Your Spending app myself, not only did I discover complete clarity of my own spending situation, but over a 12 month period, I also found $15,000 in reduced yearly spending, (needless spending) and also lost 15kg (33lb) excess weight too. I first started Your Spending in 2018 because I was always asking myself these types of questions, "What payments have I got coming out (this week, this month, next month)?" With the ‘Automated Upcoming Payments Display’ you only have to open the app to be shown not only what payments you have coming out this week, but you can also see your entire spending for the next 12 months, as a result of a simple, one-time calendar entry that takes only 10 seconds to complete. Make late payment fees a thing of the past, with Your Spending app you'll always know when your car registration's due, when your electricity or phone bill's due, any bill or payment for that matter. With a simple tap you can now see well in advance which months of the year are more expensive for you than others. Another positive to Your Spending app is that you don’t link your bank accounts to it, you want your bank accounts to mirror the evolving spending situation you map out in the app, the $15,000 reduced yearly spending I found didn't all happen straight away, those changes happened over a 12 month period, one expense at a time. And lastly, one of the new features in Your Spending app is the 'Select Your Currency Symbol', if you're in the UK or Europe, you can now select either £ or € to display your spending. Download Your Spending app now and get started.
Ledger
This app helps you manage your money based on your pay cycle, not just monthly. It tracks income, expenses, and savings to show you what's available before your next payday, offering a clear financial overview without complex budgeting.
- Pay cycle planning (weekly, fortnightly, monthly)
- Multiple income stream management
- Recurring and one-off expense tracking
- Custom allocation pockets for savings
- Privacy-focused with no bank connections
- Clear financial overview before payday
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Life doesn't follow a monthly schedule. Rent, groceries, subscriptions, payment plans and unexpected expenses rarely line up neatly. Ledger is designed around your pay cycle, helping you see what's coming in, what's due, what's being set aside and what's left before your next payday. Whether you're paid weekly, fortnightly or monthly, Ledger brings your income, expenses, savings and future commitments into one clear plan, without the complexity of a traditional monthly budget. Plan around your pay cycle • Build your plan around weekly, fortnightly or monthly pay cycles • Add salary, hourly, casual and variable income • Set custom base, penalty, overtime, weekend, evening, public holiday or fixed hourly rates • Log hours against each rate and see your estimated gross pay update • Manage multiple income streams in one place • Link taxable incoming adjustments, such as bonuses, to the income stream they were paid with • View Australian tax estimates for each taxable income stream and taxable incoming adjustment Estimated tax only. Not financial or tax advice. Stay ahead of expenses • Track recurring and one-off expenses • See bills, subscriptions and payment plans in the pay cycle they belong to • Mark expenses as paid or defer them when plans change • Set reminders for upcoming payments and choose when Ledger notifies you • Review daily reminders in Inbox and open payment details directly • Keep future payments visible before they catch you off guard Organise what you're setting aside • Set aside money in custom allocation pockets • Create Savings pockets with optional target amounts and dates • Plan regular contributions, add extra savings and track withdrawals or adjustments • Adjust a planned contribution for one pay cycle without changing the regular plan • Optionally track spending within each allocation while keeping the focus on your wider plan • See how expenses, allocations and savings affect what you'll have left Designed for clarity Ledger is a pay-cycle planning space for understanding what's coming in, what's due, what's being set aside and what remains before payday. There is no need to connect your bank or turn every purchase into a transaction to categorise. Ledger keeps the focus on the bigger picture, so you can plan ahead without adding more financial noise. Terms of Use: https://useledger.co/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://useledger.co/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ledger at 5.0 against Your Spending's 3.7. Ledger also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Your Spending's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Your Spending sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Ledger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ledger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Your Spending's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ledger's.
Your Spending ships an update every 2 months, Ledger every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Your Spending | Ledger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Jarman | MATTHEW S DAIS |
Customer experience
Your Spending
Ledger
In-app purchases
Your Spending
- Your Income / Net Position$1.99
- Your Weight / Waistline$7.99
Ledger
- Ledger Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Ledger Pro Annual$29.991 Year









