Brex vs LocalOwner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brex
Manage corporate finances with integrated business accounts, corporate cards, and expense tracking. Streamline reimbursements, payments, and business travel all from a single platform.
- Corporate cards
- Expense management
- Reimbursements
- Business accounts
- Business travel booking
- Global payments
- 24/7 live support
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Brex offers corporate cards, expense management, reimbursements, business accounts, and travel — all on one unified, global platform. The Brex mobile app gives you full, fast access to your Brex account and card. Use the app to make purchases, check spending limits and policies, submit expenses, request or approve reimbursements, send payments anywhere, and more. Download the free Brex app to: • Use your card without reaching for your wallet • Easily check what’s allowed per your expense policy • See any pending tasks at a glance in your inbox • Add missing receipts (many are added automatically!) • Book and manage business travel with global inventory • Send and receive ACH and wire payments anywhere • Store funds in an FDIC-insured business account • Schedule or cancel recurring or one-time payments • Reach live support 24/7 from anywhere Brex accounts also integrate with your existing tools, including QuickBooks, NetSuite, Workday, Coupa, Gusto, WhatsApp, and Slack, to help you streamline workflows and close the books faster Download the app or visit brex.com to get started.
LocalOwner
This app allows vacation rental property owners to easily monitor their property and communicate with their local management team. It provides a streamlined connection for remote oversight and coordination.
- Property monitoring
- Local management team connection
- Remote oversight
- Streamlined communication
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The LocalVR Owner app gives vacation rental homeowners a simple way to stay connected to their property and their local management team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Brex at 8.8K against LocalOwner's 2. Brex also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). LocalOwner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LocalOwner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brex has 8.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brex ships an update weekly, LocalOwner every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brex | LocalOwner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brex | LocalVR LLC |
Customer experience
Brex
LocalOwner
Bugs and requests
Brex
Reported bugs
4 issues- Check deposit issues
- Incorrect transaction categorization
- Unreliable account linking
- Inconsistent app behavior
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to change flights directly in the app
- Improved iPad support
- Restore gold card in Apple Wallet
- Searchable transaction history in the app
LocalOwner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brex
No in-app purchases
LocalOwner
No in-app purchases
