Comparison

Cash Flow Planner vs Better Writer

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

Head to head
About

Cash Flow Planner

This personal finance app helps you track income and expenses with ease. You can record one-time and recurring transactions, create custom categories, and set budgets and income targets. Get a clear overview of your finances and manage your money effectively.

Highlights
  • Track income and expenses
  • Record recurring transactions
  • Create custom categories
  • Set budgets for expenses
  • Set income targets
  • iCloud data sync
Features
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Cash Flow Planner is a simple personal finance app that helps you track your income and expenses, plan ahead, and stay in control of your finances. Features: • Add one-time and recurring transactions • Organize transactions using custom categories • Create budgets for your expenses • Set income targets • Explore and filter transactions • Track trends with charts • Securely sync and back up your data with iCloud Start using Cash Flow Planner today and take control of your hard-earned money.

About

Better Writer

Features
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Better Writer is a daily reading and writing habit app built around one simple idea: the best way to remember what you read is to write about it later. Every day, you read a short curated text, a few minutes, chosen for you based on your interests. Two days later, the app asks you to write about it from memory. Not a summary. Not a quiz. Just your own thoughts, in your own words, about what stuck. That two-day gap is the whole point. There's a concept in cognitive science called the spacing effect. When you revisit an idea after a delay, your brain has to work harder to reconstruct it. That effort — that productive struggle — transforms passive consumption into genuine understanding. You don't just remember the idea better. You make it yours. HOW IT WORKS - Day 1: Read a short, AI-curated passage. A few minutes. No scrolling, no choosing. - Day 3: Write about it from memory. A personalized prompt connects the reading to your own life. - Repeat: Cycles overlap, so you're always reading something new and writing about something past. That's the whole app. Show up, and ideas compound. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT No blank page. The writing prompt is personal — it's never "summarize this." It invites you to connect the reading to your own perspective, your own experience. No generic content. Readings are sourced from real articles and matched to your interests. The more you use the app, the better it gets at knowing what you want to think about. No account required. No email, no password, no name. Your account is completely anonymous. No ads, no analytics. No friction. One task per day. When you're done, you're done. WHAT YOU GET - Daily curated readings that grow with your habit (Week 1 starts short; each week goes a little longer) - Personalized writing prompts that connect your reading to your life - Streak tracking and progress stats (words read, words written, activity calendar) - A log of every reading and writing you've completed - Bonus modes: read or write freely on-demand once your daily cycle is complete - Daily reminders — gentle, not nagging FOR PEOPLE WHO - Read a lot but feel like they retain little - Want to write regularly but freeze at a blank page - Are looking for a low-effort, high-return daily habit - Value ideas and want a practice that takes ideas seriously This isn't about producing polished essays. It's about thinking on paper. The only metric that matters is whether you showed up. Read. Remember. Write.

Screenshots

Cash Flow Planner4 screens
Better Writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cash Flow Planner at 17.4 against Better Writer's 26.2. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cash Flow Planner versus Better Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCash Flow PlannerBetter Writer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (305 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings305 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 27 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik WegenerKEBO SOFWARE S A S

Bugs and requests

Cash Flow Planner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Text unreadable in dark mode
  • Font disappears when adding/changing categories
  • Math drops cents to lower dollar amount
  • Filter feature does not show relevant transactions

Requested features

16 requests
  • Option to adjust background color
  • Reports by week or month
  • Analytical tools (pie charts, graphs)
  • Print document option
  • Ability to adjust font color
Show 11 more
  • Notes feature for categories
  • Recurring expenses with weekly/bi-monthly option
  • Ability to click on categories for breakdown
  • Carry balances forward monthly
  • Trend reports
  • Ability to split expenses across categories
  • More options or icons
  • Homepage shows budget to the penny
  • Alert on abnormal expenses
  • Vendor info
  • Comparison of expenses to last month

Better Writer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cash Flow Planner

No in-app purchases

None

Better Writer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cash Flow Planner free?
Cash Flow Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Better Writer free?
Better Writer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cash Flow Planner or Better Writer have ads?
Neither Cash Flow Planner nor Better Writer shows ads.

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