Comparison

Add A Bill vs Grandpa Notes

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

Head to head
About

Add A Bill

Easily track all your expenses, transactions, debts, notes, and checklists. Share lists and split costs with friends and family. Export your data for safekeeping or sharing.

Highlights
  • Track expenses and money transfers
  • Manage notes and checklists
  • Create groups for sharing
  • Split expenses among friends
  • Export data to email
  • Customize privacy settings
Features
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Sharing and tracking are easy now, with Add A Bill one can keep track of all expenses, transactions, debts, notes, and checklists. Share the checklist and split the expenses among friends and family easily. Export all your data and share it as needed. Key features: - Track Expenses, Money transfers, Notes, and Checklists. - Create groups and share expenses and checklists. - Customize privacy settings within groups. - Change currency notation easily. - Export all personal & group items including checklists to your email. - Never worry about losing your data. Should be a new line from here - Use your existing Gmail or Apple ID to create an account and log in. - Works greatly with dark mode too, so you can feel the iOS dark mode theme in Add A Bill as well.

About

Grandpa Notes

Features
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Grandpa Notes is a simple note-taking app. It is free and open source, with no advertisements, in-app purchases or tracking. Your notes are stored as plain text in a straightforward folder structure. You can create notebooks locally or in iCloud. There is also an optional encryption layer that is compatible with Cryptomator.

Screenshots

Add A Bill4 screens
Grandpa Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Add A Bill at every 4 months against Grandpa Notes's every 20 months. Add A Bill also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Add A Bill ships an update every 4 months, Grandpa Notes every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Add A Bill versus Grandpa Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdd A BillGrandpa Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSatya Venkata Krishna AchantaJulien Eyriès

In-app purchases

None

Add A Bill

No in-app purchases

None

Grandpa Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Add A Bill free?
Add A Bill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grandpa Notes free?
Grandpa Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Add A Bill or Grandpa Notes have ads?
Neither Add A Bill nor Grandpa Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Add A Bill or Grandpa Notes?
Add A Bill ships an update every 4 months, and Grandpa Notes every 20 months. Most recently, Add A Bill was updated on November 3, 2026 and Grandpa Notes on October 30, 2026.

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