Comparison

Fixed Cost Checker vs Kotekan

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fixed Cost Checker

This app helps you visualize and manage recurring expenses like subscriptions. It focuses on reducing fixed costs for a more efficient household budget and greater financial freedom. Easily track daily, monthly, and annual spending.

Highlights
  • Visualize fixed expenses
  • Manage subscriptions
  • Categorize expenses
  • Calculate daily, monthly, annual costs
  • Payment simulator
  • Password lock
Features
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"Fixed cost checker" is an application that can visualize and collectively manage fixed expenses, such as subscriptions, etc., which are regularly generated in living. Now, are you going to focus on food, entertainment and leisure expenses when you try to reduce household spending? Not only saving blindly will not only be inefficient, it will also make life unfriendly.Therefore, I would like to recommend a way to focus on fixed costs rather than variable costs if you review your household budget. It is an idea of so-called "minimum life cost" to figure out whether the minimum running cost required to live for one year will be some.As fixed costs grow steadily, "the freedom of life" decreases in proportion to that. Variable costs are used firmly to enrich life while controlling fixed costs within reasonable limits.It is important not to save money at random, but to make it clear and efficient. By using the fixed cost checker, it is possible to easily grasp how much “fixed cost” is used per year (“monthly” and “daily” can also be displayed). 【Fixed cost checker features】 ・Easy-to-see list management of fixed costs and subscriptions etc ・Classification is possible by category ・Calculation of fixed costs by "daily amount" "monthly amount" "annual amount" ・Sort function according to "amount of money" "payment date" "satisfaction" ・Payment simulator to calculate fixed costs for any period ・Password lock function 【Fixed cost example】 ・Housing expenses ・Communication cost ・Car maintenance costs ・Content fee ・subscription ・Education fee ・insurance ・Utility expenses etc ※ ※Even though the cost is not strictly fixed, the cost incurred to live daily life is recognized as fixed cost Keep fixed costs within 50% of your home income.

About

Kotekan

Easily track and manage all your recurring expenses and subscriptions in one place. Get timely reminders for upcoming payments and visualize your spending with insightful reports and graphs. Organize your finances with custom labels and service icons.

Highlights
  • Easy subscription input
  • Reminder notifications
  • Service icon customization
  • Flexible payment frequencies
  • Categorization with labels
  • Analysis reports and graphs
  • Home screen widget
Features
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【Let's manage your subscriptions and fixed costs with Kotekan!】 Kotekan is a service that allows you to easily manage the fixed costs of your daily life and the subscriptions. Kotekan gives you the best experience in subscriptions/fixed costs management than any other app! It's very simple and easy to use, just start Kotekan app and register your data. By registering multiple data, the total amount and percentage will be displayed in an easy-to-read graph. You can also categorize your subscriptions by adding a label to each piece of data. 【App Features】 The application is very simple to use and can be used by anyone without stress. ◉Easily input and register your subscriptions Open app, input the name of service, fee, frequency of paying, and first bill date to register your sub. You can also enter the URL of the service, write a note, or attach a photo or screenshot, so you can avoid forgetting what it was about. ◉Reminder Notification Kotekan will send you a reminder a few days before your next renewal date (payment date) so that you don't forget your payment date. We will also remind you one day before and on the day of your trial subscription. ◉Maintain clarity by registering service icons and the perfect icon for your registration details. You can choose from approximately 100 different icons to manage your subscriptions. Kotekan will also suggest the perfect icon when you type in the name of a service. ◉Flexible payment frequencies You can choose monthly, annual, or semi-annual frequency to register your subscriptions. so you don't have to calculate and convert monthly or annual amounts yourself. ◉Labels for categolizing your subscriptions. Data can be labeled for easy sorting. You can also check the analysis data for each label. (e.g. Hobbies, Beauty, Games, Work, etc...) ◉Analysis Report You can check the total amount and percentage, and see a graph showing the amount you plan to pay this year based on the data you have registered. You can also view analysis data by label. ◉Currency support Dollars and yen can be used for registration. ◉Payment history You can view your payment history for the past 12 months based on the data you have registered. ◉ Home Widget You can place Kotekan widget on your home screen, which allows you to quickly check your next payment due of your subs. ◉Sign up/Sign in Kotekan can be used without registering, but you can securely store and restore your data by linking your account with Kotekan in case you change your smartphone model. *You will need to use your Apple or Google account to link your account. ◉Japanese and English language support. ◉Dark mode is supported. 【Kotekan Premium】 Kotekan Premium is a premium service that provide you with fantastic features to make managing subscriptions more convenient. If you subscribe to Kotekan Premium, you'll get below features: - Unlimited subscriptions. - Unlimited labels. - Unlimited reminders. - Home Widget - No more ads. - Early access to upcoming great features. Regarding its price, it's almost the same as the price of a cup of coffee every month!! For more detail, please visit "Kotekan Premium" screen from "Settings" screen. You also have a 2-week free trial period, which you don't have to pay a bill if you aren't satisfied with Kotekan Premium before the trial period ends. (*Free trial for eligible new members only / The trial period might be changed witout any announcement.)

Screenshots

Fixed Cost Checker4 screens
Kotekan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kotekan at 89% against Fixed Cost Checker's 23%. Kotekan also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fixed Cost Checker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Kotekan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kotekan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Fixed Cost Checker's written reviews are positive against 89% of Kotekan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fixed Cost Checker ships an update every 3 months, Kotekan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fixed Cost Checker versus Kotekan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFixed Cost CheckerKotekan
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermitsuhiro naraSuguru Kishimoto

Customer experience

Fixed Cost Checker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral13.6%
Negative63.6%

Kotekan

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fixed Cost Checker

One-time2
  • Export to File$2.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
2 purchases

Kotekan

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Fixed Cost Checker free?
Fixed Cost Checker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kotekan free?
Kotekan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fixed Cost Checker or Kotekan?
Kotekan is rated higher. Fixed Cost Checker averages 1.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Kotekan averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fixed Cost Checker or Kotekan have ads?
Both Fixed Cost Checker and Kotekan show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fixed Cost Checker or Kotekan?
Fixed Cost Checker ships an update every 3 months, and Kotekan every 2 weeks. Most recently, Fixed Cost Checker was updated on October 13, 2026 and Kotekan on October 30, 2026.

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