Comparison

Simple Spender 2 vs BYOSW

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

Head to head
About

Simple Spender 2

Easily track expenses and income, create personalized budgets, and visualize your spending habits with insightful graphs. This app prioritizes data privacy by storing all information locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Personalized monthly budgeting
  • Data visualization with graphs
  • Local data storage for privacy
  • CSV import and export
  • Multiple currencies and payment methods
Features
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Organize Your Expense Keep track of your expenses and income within a few taps. Track how much you spend on each category. Plan Monthly Budget Create personalized budgets and stick with your plans. Visualize Data Summarize your income & expense into graphs and charts. See how much you spend each week, month, year or in your custom range. Data Privacy All data is stored in your own device locally without uploading to anywhere. Data Migration Support CSV file import from any source and export Other Features: - Multiple Currencies - Map View - Tags - Record Payment Method - Colorful Themes - Export data in CSV format - Import CSV data from other sources - Auto Backup Premium Features: - Remove Ads - Dark Theme - Password / Face ID / Touch ID Protection - Unlimited Tags - Unlimited Payment Methods in Records - Unlimited Templates

About

BYOSW

Features
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byosw is built for the times you spend money with other people — group trips, shared rent and utilities, dinners with friends, gifts for someone, family expenses. It tracks who paid, who owes whom, and settles with the fewest transfers. 【Sound familiar?】 • Eight friends took turns paying on a trip, and now nobody can untangle the currencies. • Roommates split utilities, but the bill is different every month and someone always feels shortchanged. • Dinner for six, but two skipped the appetizers and one didn't drink — splitting evenly isn't fair. • A group gift where everyone chipped in different amounts. • You spotted a friend a cab fare three months ago and forgot. byosw handles all of these. 【How it fits real life】 • Travel: Create a "Tokyo Trip" group, log expenses as they happen. At the end, byosw tells you who should transfer what to whom — usually two or three transfers settle the whole trip. • Roommates: Create an "Apartment" group, split utilities by your preferred ratio (room size, headcount, or usage), and clear it month-end with one tap. • Dinners: Open the app at the table, enter amounts and pick who joined — people who didn't come don't pay. Shared appetizers and individual drinks both work cleanly. • Reimbursements: The Friends tab aggregates debts across all your groups, so you see at a glance who owes you and who you owe. • Multi-currency: Yen for souvenirs, TWD for the hotel, USD for the taxi — auto-converted to your preferred currency. 【Why byosw】 byosw covers every step of splitting expenses in one place: • Four split methods: equal, exact, percentage, shares • Live multi-currency conversion • Smart settlement (minimum transfers to clear all debts) • Real-time push notifications, activity history, friend system • Three sign-in methods, three languages, light/dark themes Settle the money, then go enjoy each other's company. 【Privacy】 byosw does not collect your precise location, and does not sell or rent your data to third parties. Receipt images stay on your device only and are never uploaded to our servers. Full privacy policy: https://byosw.fcreps.com/privacy/ 【Account Deletion】 Delete your account anytime via "Account → Danger zone → Delete account" within the app. Personal data is removed immediately. 【Support】 Questions or feedback: support@fcreps.com

Screenshots

Simple Spender 24 screens
BYOSW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BYOSW at none against Simple Spender 2's 1. BYOSW also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). 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. Simple Spender 2 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per 6 months. BYOSW asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Spender 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, BYOSW weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Simple Spender 2 versus BYOSW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Spender 2BYOSW
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKwok Chun HinFang Cheng HUNG

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Spender 2

Subscriptions1
  • 6 Months Subscription14 Days trial$0.996 Months
None

BYOSW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Spender 2 free?
Simple Spender 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BYOSW free?
BYOSW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Spender 2 or BYOSW have ads?
Simple Spender 2 shows ads; BYOSW does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Spender 2 or BYOSW?
Simple Spender 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, and BYOSW weekly. Most recently, Simple Spender 2 was updated on November 3, 2026 and BYOSW on November 9, 2026.

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