Comparison

Gem vs Spndmate

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

Head to head
About

Gem

Track your spending, manage budgets, and organize your finances with this comprehensive money management tool. It offers detailed budgeting options, expense organization by category, and bill tracking. Automate entries with Apple Pay and import/export data for a complete financial overview.

Highlights
  • Budgeting (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Expense organization by category
  • Bill tracking and reminders
  • Savings goals and income tracking
  • Apple Pay integration for instant recording
  • CSV import/export
  • Customizable categories with icons
Features
Currently charting
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Log expenses and stay on budget. No subscription. In-app purchases are tips :) BUDGET - Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly - Average & daily spending, breakdown by category - Compare against same day last month - Rearrange your budgets, and other lists - Explore your costs and salary over time ORGANIZE - By category, budget, wallet, account, tag… - Customize category colors & icons (500+ from Apple) - Favorite accounts, custom sorting, merge categories - Add attachments and receipts BILLS - Repeat: day, week, month, year - View paid & upcoming subscriptions MONEY TOOLS - Savings goals, income, transfers, balance - Multiple currencies, exchange rates - Calculator & journal view WALLET SYNC & AUTOMATIONS - Instant recording when paying in store with Apple Pay (requires setup) - Auto-organize expensesbased on merchant names - App shortcuts and “Send to Gem” in share sheet - Import CSV files, sub-categories, notes. Import into specific wallet. Skip duplicates when importing - Export everything MORE - Customize the way your create entries - Widgets. Lock Screen shortcut - Daily iCloud backup - Daily reminders - Custom main screen, list layouts, app menu and theme - Insights in search results PREVIEW FEATURES May not work as expected :) - Type “Rent” → it’s categorized in “Household” - Detect receipt prices from attachments Need help? Have a suggestion? Email me at human@shelftwo.com. Terms & privacy: shelftwo.com/gem/terms

About

Spndmate

Effortlessly track your spending by digitizing text receipts and automatically adding expenses to your spreadsheet. Gain insights into your financial habits and build lasting positive financial behaviors.

Highlights
  • Digitize text receipts
  • Automate spreadsheet expense entries
  • AI-powered expense insights
  • Track spending habits
  • Set in-app reminders
  • Build healthy financial habits
Features
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Hi I'm Spndmate! Ever feel guilty after spending? Me too. I'll make editing your spreadsheet and getting insights from it easy. Look back an year from now with new habits and no regrets. Forgot the day you went to the pottery place for a date? I know. Forgot how much gas costs when you last got a full tank? I know. Want to automate adding expenses to your spreadsheet? I gotchu. I'm your best friend that actually remembers and cares about you and your spending. Although, we are only compatible if you want to track expenses the classic and traditional way on a spreadsheet like all the 80s Millionaire-Dads do. Under the hood, for those curious, I'm an agent powered by an LLM that has access to tools that add, edit, delete and fetch expenses from your spreadsheet. I was created by a 20s-something-year-old college graduate who got their first job and wanted to start adulthood by tracking expenses the classic way on a spreadsheet. But they were too lazy to sit at the computer on google sheets, open the credit card iPhone app in the other hand, mentally categorize the expense and type it manually. They also don't like the expense-tracking apps on the market as they are too focused on budgeting, have complex setups with bank accounts via Plaid, unintuitive charts and exorbitant subscriptions. So the college graduate had an idea for an AI agent that can take screenshots of their credit card app, images of receipts, or text messages and automatically add it to their spreadsheet! Voila! And at the same time - because AI is awesome - the agent can also answer any question about the expenses. 6 months later - I was born :) So download me, set in-app reminders, and build healthy habits of personal finance that last a lifetime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Gem4 screens
Spndmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spndmate at Free against Gem's $0.49. Spndmate also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Gem's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 2) and chart position (#104 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Spndmate is free to download; Gem costs $0.49 up front. Gem sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Spndmate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spndmate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gem has 89 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Gem's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spndmate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gem ships an update every 4 weeks, Spndmate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Gem versus Spndmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGemSpndmate
Price$0.49Free — better
Rating4.8 (89 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#104 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOz PinhasAbhayam Technologies LLC

Customer experience

Gem

All ratings89 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.9%

Spndmate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Gem

One-time4
  • Gem PowerpackFree
  • Thanks tip$0.99
  • Amazing tip$2.99
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  • Spectacular tip$4.99
2 purchases

Spndmate

Subscriptions2
  • Spndmate Premium - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Spndmate Premium - Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Gem free?
Gem costs $0.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Spndmate free?
Spndmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gem or Spndmate?
Spndmate is rated higher. Gem averages 4.8 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Spndmate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Gem or Spndmate have ads?
Neither Gem nor Spndmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gem or Spndmate?
Gem ships an update every 4 weeks, and Spndmate every 2 months. Most recently, Gem was updated on October 19, 2026 and Spndmate on October 15, 2026.

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