SimpledCard vs Basecone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpledCard
Effortlessly manage business expenses by instantly adding receipts and descriptions for paid items or submitted claims. Track your balance, view transaction status, and manage your card details directly within the app. It streamlines expense reporting for employees and provides real-time oversight for finance teams.
- Instant receipt capture
- Automated data extraction from receipts
- Real-time transaction tracking
- Virtual card creation
- Digital wallet integration
- Secure online payments
- Transaction search and filtering
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Pay, snap, done. With the SimpledCard app you handle business expenses straight away, not after the fact. For employees: Paid with your SimpledCard? Add the receipt and a description, done. Covered an expense yourself? Submit your claim while you're still on the go. Supplier name, amount and date are read from the receipt automatically. You always see your balance and the status of what you've submitted. You manage your card yourself: view your PIN, block or unblock it. For finance teams: Every transaction appears in real time, with the receipt and description already attached. No separate claims flow for what your team has already paid, no missing admin and no more time wasted chasing receipts. Also in the app: - Use virtual cards for online purchases - Add your SimpledCard to a digital wallet - Pay online securely with 3D Secure - Search and filter transactions - Assign expenses to the right cost category More than 650 finance teams use SimpledCard to take control of business spending. Expense management that actually works. Simple. Reliable. Local.
Basecone
Streamline your digital document workflow in the cloud. Upload invoices and authorize documents remotely. Receive notifications, approve or reject submissions, and add comments for seamless collaboration.
- Cloud document workflow optimization
- On-the-go invoice uploading
- Document review, approval, and rejection
- Real-time notifications
- Add comments to documents
- Bulk upload mode
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Optimise the workflow of your digital documents in the cloud. Upload invoices and authorise documents on the go! For document authorisation: This user-friendly app will allow pre-selected authorisers to review, approve, and reject documents on the go. Do you need more information to make a decision? Place the document On Hold. · Receive notifications when invoices are ready for you to check · Review, approve or reject documents · Add comments to the document or view comments from colleagues For uploading invoices: Submit invoices effortlessly to Basecone. Forget lost invoices and complicated Excel spreadsheets. Submit them anywhere, anytime! · Create documents by using your camera, gallery or cloud storage; · Upload to Basecone with a simple swipe or use bulk mode. The app is connected in real-time with Basecone. Please note: The Basecone app can only be used in combination with the Basecone web application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Basecone at 45 against SimpledCard's 1. SimpledCard's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SimpledCard against 4.9 for Basecone. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basecone has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SimpledCard ships an update every 10 days, Basecone every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpledCard | Basecone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simpled N.V. | Basecone N.V. |
Customer experience
SimpledCard
Basecone
In-app purchases
SimpledCard
No in-app purchases
Basecone
No in-app purchases









