Weekly vs SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weekly
This app simplifies budgeting by converting all your finances into a single weekly Safe-to-Spend amount. It automatically syncs with over 10,000 U.S. banks and helps you track bills, savings goals, and spending without complex categories.
- Single weekly Safe-to-Spend amount
- Automatic bank syncing via Plaid
- Bill tracking and calendar view
- Savings goals and funds management
- Spending tracker without categorization
- Shared budget for couples
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One number. Every week. Weekly turns your whole budget (income, bills, savings goals) into a single Safe-to-Spend amount for the week. No categories to balance. No spreadsheets. Stay under your number and you're on track. That's the whole system. MOST BUDGETS ASK TOO MUCH Tracking a dozen categories sounds organized. In practice, it's the reason people quit. Weekly asks for one number and does the math for you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Build your budget. Add your income and your recurring expenses: rent, car payment, subscriptions, utilities, anything fixed. A guided setup walks you through it. 2. Spend by the week. Whatever's left becomes your Safe-to-Spend. Stay under it, roll the leftover into savings, and start fresh on Monday. 3. Connect your bank. Transactions sync automatically from 10,000+ U.S. banks and credit unions through Plaid. Weekly can even spot recurring bills in your transactions and add them to your budget. Rather log by hand? That works too. Not paid weekly? Most people aren't. Enter your income however it really arrives (every two weeks, twice a month, monthly or variable) and Weekly turns it into a weekly number automatically. EVERYTHING YOU NEED. NOTHING YOU DON'T. • Safe-to-Spend, always visible: right on the home screen and your lock screen widget, updated as transactions clear. • Bills, on the calendar: see what's due and when, get a heads-up before due dates, and spot anything past due at a glance. • Funds & savings goals: pick a target and a date, set aside a little each week, and watch it stack up. • Spending tracker: a live picture of where your money's going, without forcing you to categorize every coffee. • Couples: share one budget with your partner. Each of you keeps your own login. • Every balance in one place: checking, savings and credit cards, side by side. REAL PEOPLE, REAL WEEKS "This is the accountant I can't afford telling me what I can and cannot spend every week." (Twopicki1212) "Probably the most important app my wife and I have." (leajere) "Has made budgeting effortless and so easy to follow. For the first time I am able to stay on track." (AllyCat1217) Join 350,000+ people budgeting by the week. YOUR DATA, PROTECTED Bank connections run through Plaid and are read-only. Weekly never sees your bank password and can't move money. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and it's never sold. Want out? Delete your account from Settings and we'll permanently erase everything. THE BUDGET YOU'LL ACTUALLY STICK WITH Weekly is free to try, and setup takes about ten minutes. Upgrade to Weekly PRO for unlimited bank syncing, Funds and advanced reports. Weekly PRO subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://weeklybudgeting.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://weeklybudgeting.com/privacy-policy/
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
Track your personal finances without connecting to your bank. Log expenses via voice or tap, set custom budgets, and monitor recurring bills. Gain clear insights into your spending habits with detailed analytics and smart alerts.
- Voice-activated transaction logging
- Manual transaction entry
- Budget creation and tracking
- Recurring transaction management
- Spending analytics
- Customizable alerts
- No bank connections
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Add an expense just by saying it out loud. No bank logins, no spreadsheet. SimplifyPocket is a personal finance tracker and budget app that keeps money simple: log spending by voice, scan a receipt or bill, or ask your own money assistant, then see exactly what's left to spend. Bills and paychecks add themselves, and savings goals keep money set aside. Nothing to connect, so you are tracking in under a minute. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Add expenses by voice Hold the mic and say what you spent. "Twenty on lunch, fifteen on parking." SimplifyPocket fills in the amount, merchant, category, and date, then you review and save. Add a note the same way: "45 at the flower shop, note: mom's birthday." Speech is transcribed on your iPhone, so audio never leaves the device. • Scan anything Snap a receipt, a bill, or a bank screenshot, or pick a PDF. Pocket works out what it is: a receipt becomes an expense, a bill becomes an upcoming payment, and a bank screenshot becomes a list of transactions. Anything you already logged is skipped, and documents are read once and never stored. • Bills and paychecks that add themselves Set rent, subscriptions, or a paycheck to repeat weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly, or yearly, or schedule a one-off. It's added on the day, and you get a notification you can undo or edit. Turn on bill reminders to get a heads-up before each bill. • Savings goals Make a goal, then say "put 50 toward Japan" or add a set amount every month. Money in a goal comes out of Left to spend, so it doesn't get spent by accident. When you use it, pay with goal money. • Know what's left to spend Left to spend starts from what you earn and subtracts your expenses, including bills that are still coming. Tap the number to see the math. • A widget on your Home Screen See what's left to spend without opening the app, in small, medium, and large sizes. On the medium and large widgets, tap Say it to log by voice. • Ask Siri Say "Hey Siri, log a purchase in SimplifyPocket", ask how much you have left, check a budget, or add money to a goal, all without opening the app. • Ask Pocket anything Chat with a money assistant that actually knows your budget. "Can I afford dinner out?" "Where did my money go this month?" Pocket answers in plain language, with charts and a monthly report built from your real numbers. • Just say "Hey Pocket" Turn it on in Settings, and while the app is open just say "Hey Pocket" to log a purchase, jump to a screen, or ask about your money. • Budgets that update live Set a budget for each category and watch the progress move as you spend, with alerts before you go over. A budget planner that works the way you actually spend. • Start your budget month on payday Your paycheck doesn't arrive on the 1st, so your budget month doesn't have to start then either. Pick the day it starts. • Share it with your partner Budget together in one shared space. Invite your partner by email and you both see the same transactions, bills, goals, and budgets, kept in sync. One subscription covers you both. • Catch up in one go Add several expenses at once, each with its own date, or write them out like "coffee 4.50 this morning, lunch 18 yesterday" and Pocket finds each one. • Speak and chat in your language Voice entry, scanning, and Pocket work in English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese. PERFECT FOR Couples who budget together, anyone who quit a bank-syncing budget app, and spreadsheet trackers who want something faster. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY • No bank connections. Ever. You enter what you want to track. • No ads. No tracking across apps. • Audio from voice entry stays on your iPhone. Only the transcript reaches our backend. • Delete your account in the app any time. Privacy Policy: https://simplifypocket.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://simplifypocket.com/terms Support: support@simplifypocket.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Weekly at 3.8K against SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker's 5. Weekly also leads on chart position (#104 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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. Weekly sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weekly has 3.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Weekly's written reviews are positive against 100% of SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker's.
Weekly ships an update weekly, SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weekly | SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #104 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weekly, LLC | Otis Kelley |
Customer experience
Weekly
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
Bugs and requests
Weekly
Reported bugs
12 issues- Almost perfect for ADHD!
- One Querk
- Beware
- 7 Day trial is a lie
- Stuck trying to load
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- Bugs were fixed!
- Worst customer service or lack of
- Keeps losing Plaid connection
- Doesn't work
- Unable to Load App
- Unreliable app
- Looks promising, but currently not functional.
Requested features
15 requests- More options
- Adding spouse on account
- Savings account view
- Monthly view in widget
- Ability to manually enter recurring expenses
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- Monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
- Ability to add and remove funds
- Memos/tags on transactions
- Ability to split transactions
- Finicity support for non-US banks
- Daily view
- Ability to apply dates to recurring expenses
- Apple Watch integration
- Ability to manually enter one-off monthly payments
- Support for changing monthly bills
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weekly
- Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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- Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
- Monthly subscription7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$47.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$54.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Sync Credits (8 pack)$0.99
- Sync Credits (50 Pack)$4.99
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
- Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$4.99
Questions
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