iCost记账 vs Flow记账
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCost记账
This lightweight billing app simplifies daily bookkeeping for improved financial efficiency. It offers detailed consumption and income classification, asset management, and insightful chart analysis. Enjoy automatic iCloud backups, data export options, and support for multiple currencies and accounts.
- Minimalist operation process
- Detailed consumption/income classification
- Asset management
- Chart analysis
- Automatic iCloud cloud backup
- Export accounting data
- Support for multiple currencies and accounts
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** Recommended by AppStore "Editor's Choice" column ** Thank you for your likes. If you agree with our direction or recognize our efforts, please help us to promote iCost. Grateful. If there are any problems during use, you can send an email to feedback@quji.tech for feedback, and every suggestion of yours will be carefully considered. 【Introduction】 iCost is a simple, lightweight billing app. It aims to improve the efficiency of people's daily bookkeeping. We promise not to use your data. 【Features】 - Minimalist operation process, quickly complete each note operation; - Detailed classification of consumption/income, clear at a glance; - asset Management; - Chart analysis, all kinds of trends are well known; - Fully automatic iCloud cloud backup, no fear of data loss; - Support exporting accounting data for easy editing in Excel; - Support importing old bills for easy migration; - Support unlimited classification, sorting and data migration; - Support iOS 13 dark mode; - Support monthly and yearly classified budget functions; - Support privacy protection; - Support instant open mode. - Support Siri shortcut commands for automatic accounting; - Support template quick bookkeeping; - Support consumer bill refund association; - Support custom reimbursement bills; - Support multiple accounts; - Support adding pictures to bills; - Support multiple currencies; - Support periodic account entry; - Support consumption installments; - Support asset trend analysis; - Support asset reconciliation; - Support money saving function. 【Others】 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://help.icostapp.com/guide/law/privacy.html
Flow记账
Quickly record financial transactions and gain insights into spending habits. This app simplifies bookkeeping with a clear design, focusing on consumption rather than complex account balances. Data is saved locally for privacy and can be backed up automatically.
- Quick transaction recording
- Multi-dimensional transaction observation
- Improve consumption habits
- Enhance financial management
- Simple and clear design
- Local data saving for privacy
- Automatic data backup
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Flow 很高兴遇见你。 Flow 是一款通过快捷记录交易、多维度观测交易，改善自身消费习惯，提升内在理财能力的 App。 记账是理财的基础。Flow 中记录交易快捷、简单，只需金额和类别即可，让记账更加简单。 Flow 设计简单明了，没有复杂的帐户信息，关于记账，我们更应该关注于消费情况，而非帐户余额。 Flow 可以尽情的免费使用，部分功能需要购买 Pro 版本。Pro 版本一次性购买，永久可用。 Flow 无需登录，数据保存在本地，隐私不会泄漏。 数据会定时备份（如果 iCloud 可用，那么会备份在 iCloud 上） 如果您用使用上的问题，或者是功能上的建议，可通过邮件联络我们。 邮件： hello@yeseni.today 使用条款：https://yeseni-today.github.io/mematom-resources/flow/terms-of-use 隐私协议：https://yeseni-today.github.io/mematom-resources/flow/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: iCost记账 at 983 against Flow记账's 2. iCost记账 also leads on device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. iCost记账 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Flow记账 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for iCost记账 against 5.0 for Flow记账. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCost记账 has 983 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iCost记账 ships an update every 2 weeks, Flow记账 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCost记账 | Flow记账 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (983 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 983 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Quji Technology Co., Ltd. | 玉栋 侯 |
Customer experience
iCost记账
Flow记账
Bugs and requests
iCost记账
Reported bugs
5 issues- Incorrect currency conversion
- Disappearing transaction history
- Inability to delete/edit accounts
- Syncing issues across devices
- Unreliable backup and restore
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring expense/income tracking
- Budgeting and spending limit alerts
- Automatic bank/credit card sync
- Detailed category-based analytics
- Multi-user/family account support
Flow记账
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iCost记账
- VIP Membership（1 month）$0.991 Month
- VIP Membership（1 year）$3.991 Year
- VIP Membership（1 year）$4.991 Year
- Permanent VIP Membership2 variants$8.99
- Subscription Upgrade$8.99
Flow记账
- Flow Pro$0.99
