PennyDay vs BYOSW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PennyDay
Manage your finances with a calendar-based budget planner and expense tracker. Visualize cash flow by day, track multiple accounts, and gain insights into spending trends. Personalize categories with emojis for a more intuitive financial overview.
- Calendar budgeting
- Expense tracking
- Multi-account support
- Emoji category customization
- Insights and reports
- Privacy features
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Track expenses in seconds and see your money day by day. PennyDay combines fast manual entry, a clear budget calendar, and useful spending insights—without linking a bank account. TRACK MONEY IN SECONDS • Record expenses, income, and transfers with a focused quick-add flow • Organize cash, bank, and credit card accounts in one place • Create categories that match the way you spend • Review and filter your complete transaction history SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES • Read daily income and expenses directly from the calendar • Follow monthly cash flow, spending trends, and summaries • Compare category and account breakdowns • Spot recurring costs and understand your spending patterns PLAN WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY • Set category budgets and keep an eye on progress • Schedule recurring entries for regular bills and income (Pro) • Turn on reminders so logging stays part of your routine • Manage multiple manual accounts without bank connections PRIVATE AND IN YOUR CONTROL • Your financial records stay on your device by default • Protect the app with a passcode and Face ID where available • Create local snapshot backups and restore them when you choose • When iCloud is available, manual backup also saves an iCloud snapshot • Backup is user-controlled and is not real-time device sync PENNYDAY PRO Upgrade to remove ads and unlock recurring entries with reminders, unlimited category budgets, tag budgets, rolling Analysis ranges (last 6 and 12 months), automatic iCloud snapshot backup with longer retention, unlimited photo attachments, premium themes, and Home customization. PennyDay is built for people who want a fast, private way to understand everyday money without the setup and complexity of connected finance apps. Questions or feedback? Contact urcashfixer@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BYOSW
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BYOSW at none against PennyDay's 3. BYOSW also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. PennyDay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BYOSW asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PennyDay | BYOSW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EFFENDY EKA SAPUTRA | Fang Cheng HUNG |
In-app purchases
PennyDay
- PennyDay Pro$1.991 Month
- PennyDay Pro$3.993 Months
- PennyDay Pro$11.991 Year
BYOSW
No in-app purchases









