Financial Controller vs Marie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Financial Controller
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Financial Controller keeps your books the way an accountant would: in double entry, so every amount comes from somewhere and goes somewhere. Everything stays on your device. No account to create, no server, no ad tracking. Your statements never leave your iPhone. • Scan a receipt – the QR code or a photo – and the amount, the shop and the items fill themselves in • Pay abroad in any currency, converted into your account's own • Budgets per category, and what is left before the month ends • Saving plans, with the date you will get there • Loans, leasing and insurance: what you owe, what it costs, when it is paid off • Scenarios: divide your salary across categories, as many levels deep as you need • Home-screen widgets for the figures you look at every day • Import bank statements • Complete backup and restore, in a file you keep Available in 21 languages, with the currencies and date formats that go with them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_YBtdpS_uPZVRsaAGSNhhB-9WdJ3-am3RnyguVKj68w/edit?usp=sharing
Marie
Effortlessly manage your finances by scanning bills with AI to automatically record expenses. Gain insights into spending habits with clear statistics and a digital budget book. Your data is securely stored locally in your iCloud.
- AI bill scanning
- Automatic data entry
- Expense tracking
- Spending analysis
- iCloud data storage
- Digital budget book
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Keeping a budget book is often a tiresome task... But with Marie it will be easier than ever! # You scan your bill - Marie does the rest Tiresome typing of prices and products is now a thing of the past with Marie. Using artificial intelligence, Marie reads all the data from your photos and stores it in the app in a structured way. It couldn't be easier! # Never lose the overview again Not only documenting your expenses is easier than ever with Marie. The statistics help you keep track of your spending and consequently analyze your consuming habits. Your digital budget book makes it possible! # And what happens with my data?! Don't worry, your data remains your data. To ensure this security, all data is not stored on our servers, but only in your iCloud. Of course, this also has the advantage that you can easily check on your iPad which expenses you have made. We are of course happy to receive feedback and suggestions for improvement. Feel free to contact us at hello@mariebudget.app. Privacy Policy: https://mariebudget.app/privacy Terms and Condition: https://mariebudget.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Financial Controller at every 3 months against Marie's every 9 months. Financial Controller also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Financial Controller sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Marie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Financial Controller ships an update every 3 months, Marie every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Financial Controller | Marie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Eberl | winkk GmbH |
In-app purchases
Financial Controller
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Donate a coffee$0.99
- Donate us a meal$5.99
Marie
- 1 Month$1.991 Month
- 1 Year$17.491 Year
Questions
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