Comparison

Budget App vs Expenser

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

Head to head
About

Budget App

Manage your monthly budget and track expenses with this intuitive app. Gain direct control over logged spending, set financial plans, and visualize your expenditures with charts to save money.

Highlights
  • Set monthly budgets
  • Log expenses by category
  • Visualize spending with pie charts
  • Real-time remaining balance
  • Editable and categorized expenses
  • One-time purchase for premium
Features
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Budget App is the simple, powerful way to budget, track your spending, and finally see where your money goes, no bank logins, no spreadsheets, no learning curve. Set a monthly budget and watch it update in real time as you spend. Log an expense in seconds, scan a receipt to capture it instantly, and organize everything with built-in or fully custom categories. FEATURES - Quick expense logging: add spending in just a couple of taps - Receipt scanning: snap a photo and capture the amount automatically - Custom categories: create your own with a name, icon, and color - Income tracking: log salary, freelance, and more to see your true cash flow - Monthly budgets: set a budget and see what's left at a glance - Recurring bills: schedule rent, subscriptions, and bills to log automatically, and skip any month you choose - Spending calendar: a color-coded heatmap of your daily spending - Savings goals: set goals and watch your progress grow - Insights & trends: clear charts and monthly comparisons that actually help - Category breakdown: see exactly what's eating your budget with pie charts - Multi-year history: review any month, any year, without confusion - iCloud sync: your budget stays up to date on all your devices - Face ID & Touch ID lock: keep your finances private - Home Screen widgets: check your budget without opening the app - Search & export: find any transaction and export your data anytime Whether you're paying off debt, building savings, or just tired of wondering where your paycheck went, Budget App gives you a clear, honest picture of your money, and makes it easy to keep it that way. Download Budget App and take control of your spending today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/budgetapptermsandconditions/home

About

Expenser

This app allows you to privately track your daily expenses, recurring bills, and shared spending. Log transactions quickly with categories, notes, and receipt photos. Gain insights into your spending habits with customizable breakdowns and trends.

Highlights
  • Fast expense logging
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Optional Face ID lock
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Spending insights and trends
  • Customizable categories and merchants
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Shared ledgers
Features
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Expenser is a private, fast expense tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Track everyday purchases, recurring expenses, household budgets, and shared spending without advertising or third-party tracking. KEY FEATURES • FAST EXPENSE LOGGING Record transactions in seconds with categories, merchants, payment methods, notes, tags, dates, and receipt photos. • SIRI & SHORTCUTS Say, “Hey Siri, log an expense in Expenser for $100 at Starbucks.” Use the Add Expense action to build your own Shortcuts automations. Expenser saves the amount in the currency selected in Settings. • FACE ID LOCK Protect Expenser with Face ID when you leave the app. • APPLE WATCH COMPANION Log expenses from your wrist, review recent transactions, and monitor daily spending in the Apple Watch app. • SPENDING INSIGHTS Understand where your money goes with category and merchant breakdowns, trends, and flexible date filters. • CUSTOM CATEGORIES AND MERCHANTS Personalize your ledger with custom categories, colors, symbols, merchants, and payment methods. • PRIVATE ICLOUD SYNC Keep your data synchronized through your Apple iCloud account using CloudKit. Expenser has no advertising SDKs and does not track you across apps or websites. FaceID is the cherry on top of the spending cake. • SHARED LEDGERS Invite family members or collaborators to a ledger using Apple CloudKit Sharing. • RECEIPTS, BACKUPS, AND WISE IMPORT Attach receipt images, create portable JSON backups, or optionally connect Wise to import recent account activity directly from your device. Track your everyday spending with Expenser.

Screenshots

Budget App4 screens
Expenser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Expenser at 100% against Budget App's 51%. Expenser also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Budget App's advantage is ratings volume (636 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Budget App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Expenser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Expenser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budget App has 636 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Budget App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Expenser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Budget App ships an update every 6 weeks, Expenser every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Budget App versus Expenser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudget AppExpenser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (636 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings636 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWALABOK LLCVictoria Esposito

Customer experience

Budget App

All ratings637 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral13.7%
Negative35.3%

Expenser

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Budget App

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • White screen display issue on app launch
  • Expenses not saving properly
  • Duplicate expense entries appearing
  • Expenses and labels getting mixed up/swapped
  • App force closing during deletion
Show 4 more
  • Deletion not working reliably
  • Calculation errors with small transaction counts
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Data not persisting after edits

Requested features

14 requests
  • Percentage display on pie chart categories
  • Custom expense category creation
  • Edit and delete expense functionality
  • Percentage labels for spending categories
  • Custom labels and personalized expense names
Show 9 more
  • Health category addition
  • Face ID app locking
  • Monthly recurring expense templates
  • Expense notes and descriptions
  • Calendar view showing daily expenses
  • Ad-free premium option
  • Sorting expenses in diagrams
  • Multiple monthly budgets
  • Bank account integration

Expenser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Budget App

Subscriptions2
  • Budgetize Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Budgetize Premium Yearly3 Days trial$16.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Version$19.99
None

Expenser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Budget App free?
Budget App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expenser free?
Expenser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Budget App or Expenser?
Expenser is rated higher. Budget App averages 4.4 out of 5 from 636 ratings, while Expenser averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Budget App or Expenser have ads?
Budget App shows ads; Expenser does not.
Which is updated more often, Budget App or Expenser?
Budget App ships an update every 6 weeks, and Expenser every 9 days. Most recently, Budget App was updated on October 24, 2026 and Expenser on October 24, 2026.

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