Spend Together vs Expenses
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spend Together
Effortlessly manage shared expenses and split bills with friends, roommates, or partners. Track personal spending, settle debts with optimal payment suggestions, and support multiple currencies. Enjoy privacy with no registration required and offline functionality.
- Split bills automatically
- Manage group expenses together
- Track personal spending reports
- Support for all currencies
- No registration or personal data required
- Offline functionality with synchronization
- Apple Watch support
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Spend Together is an app dedicated to help you and your friends manage joint expenses painlessly. It’s suitable for trips with friends, roommates, couples or any other IOUs. Get rid off paper bills and spend more time on things that matter, rather than arguing about who owes whom and how much. - SPLIT BILLS Just input bill details and Spend Together will do all the dirty work for you. It will calculate group debts and suggest optimal payments to settle them up. - SHARED ACCESS Send a personal invitation link to your friend to manage group expenses together. Each participant has full access to the group debts and data. - TRACK YOUR PERSONAL EXPENSES A comprehensive report will show your personal share in group expenses, so you can tell where your money goes (eg. on food, housing, transport, etc.). - ALL CURRENCIES Spend Together supports all currencies and forms reports using up-to-date exchange rates. Add expenses and settle debts in any convenient currency. - NO REGISTRATION, NO PERSONAL DATA We care about your privacy. Spend Together requires no registration or personal data. - WORKS OFFLINE All changes made offline will be securely synchronized with the server when internet connection is available. - APPLE WATCH SUPPORT Add expenses and track your group debts on the go with Apple Watch. ==== SPEND TOGETHER PRO Spend Together PRO is an optional paid subscription. Your support tells us we're doing the right thing and helps us improve the app. PRO version unlocks these advanced features: • Detailed statistics of expenses so you can see where your money goes • Unlimited number of groups for every life occasion • Modifiable exchange rates: so you can set your own exchange rate instead of a default one • Color customization: customize your groups with additional colors Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of use: https://spendtogether.app/terms_of_use.html Privacy policy: https://spendtogether.app/privacy_policy.html ====
Expenses
Easily track your spending and income in any currency with this private finance app. Organize expenses with custom categories and gain insights into your spending habits through intuitive charts and trends. Collaborate with others on shared sheets and sync data across Apple devices.
- Expense and income tracking
- Multi-currency support with auto exchange rates
- Customizable categories
- Spending trend analysis
- Real-time sheet sharing
- Private by design, no account needed
- Data import/export (CSV)
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Track your spending with Expenses Expenses focuses on what matters: tracking your money simply and privately. Log expenses and income in any currency, scan receipts to enter details faster, organize spending by category and merchant, and understand your habits with intuitive stats and spending trends. With iCloud, your data stays in sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. You can also share a sheet with others to manage expenses together seamlessly. • Featured by Apple on the App Store • Used by people in 100+ countries Start effortlessly There is no learning curve and no account to create. Just open the app and start adding your expenses or income in seconds. When you travel, you can add expenses in different currencies. Exchange rates update automatically for major currencies, and you can set custom rates whenever you need. Scan receipts faster Capture receipts and turn them into expense entries with less manual typing. Expenses helps you keep accurate records while staying focused on your spending, not data entry. Organize with categories and merchants Create and customize categories that fit your life, then track where your money goes by merchant. Whether you want to review grocery trips, subscriptions, restaurants, or travel costs, merchant support makes your spending easier to understand. Discover where your money really goes See the bigger picture with visual trends over time and detailed breakdowns by category and merchant. Turn your spending data into actionable insights that help you make smarter financial decisions. Share and collaborate Planning a trip? Managing a household? Invite others to share a sheet and track expenses together in real time. Privacy built in Expenses is private by design. No sign-ups and no personal data collection. Your information stays on your device or in iCloud, always under your control. Import and export your data You can export your expenses as a CSV file anytime for backup or further analysis. Expenses also supports importing existing data from CSV, making it easy to migrate from other tools or bring in previous records. Designed for everyone Expenses works beautifully on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro with: • Dark Mode for comfortable viewing • Widgets for quick expense entry • Shortcuts automation support • Full accessibility features • Instant sync across all your devices Download Expenses today and see where your money goes. Terms and Conditions: https://bluecometlabs.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://bluecometlabs.com/privacy/ Contact: https://expenses.cash/contact/
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Verdict
Spend Together and Expenses both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Expenses's written reviews are positive against 75% of Spend Together's. Expenses also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 254). Spend Together's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 16.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Spend Together sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Expenses sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Spend Together against 4.8 for Expenses. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Expenses has 1.8K ratings behind it against 254, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Spend Together's written reviews are positive against 87% of Expenses's.
Spend Together ships an update every 10 days, Expenses every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Spend Together | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (254 ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.5% of reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 254 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hanna Shylenko | BLUE COMET LABS LLC |
Customer experience
Spend Together
Expenses
Bugs and requests
Spend Together
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Expenses
Reported bugs
4 issues- Syncing issues between devices
- Disappearing transaction data after updates
- Inconsistent balance display
- Unresponsive UI elements
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to create folders/groups for sheets
- Option to view combined stats across sheets
- Recurring expense/income tracking
- Improved sorting and filtering of transactions
- Budget comparison and forecasting tools
In-app purchases
Spend Together
- PRO: 1 Month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- PRO: 1 Year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- PRO: Lifetime$39.99
Expenses
- Expenses Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Expenses Pro - Yearly$14.991 Year
- Expenses Pro - Lifetime$39.99
Questions
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