Comparison

Money Manager vs Basic Expense Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Money Manager

Manage your personal finances with custom budgeting, expense tracking, and subscription monitoring. See all your bills at a glance, set financial goals, and develop better money habits with intuitive charts and quick input.

Highlights
  • Custom budgeting
  • Expense tracking
  • Subscription monitoring
  • Multi-currency accounts
  • Quick expense input
  • Intuitive charts
  • Data exporting
Features
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Get a new way of managing finances. Achieve your goals through custom budgeting, expense tracking, and subscription monitoring. All bills are at a glance, making it easy to check your monthly bills, set goals, and develop stronger financial habits. Money Manager: Budget Expense is an elegant application for personal account and budget management. It's easy to use. You need just a few seconds daily to save the amount and spending. KEY FEATURES: Multi-Currency Accounts Easily manage multi-currency accounts, convenient and fast to use. Budget Planning Easily create monthly or weekly budgets and receive notifications when approaching limits. All currencies The cost supports all currencies you may need, especially when traveling. It also supports automatic updating of exchange rates for major currencies. Quick input Input your expenses quickly and easily with minimal effort. Charts Intuitive and elegant charts are convenient for you to count records list. Exporting Export all the fees you enter in multiple ways, which means you can still fully utilize the data as needed. Widgets Widgets provide a more intuitive display. MONEFY PREMIUM: The app offers an auto-renewing Premium Subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.privacypolicies.com/live/34c7e50d-a588-4488-ac7d-1d5fa3338a39 Privacy Policy: https://www.privacypolicies.com/live/d59c7a2e-4076-42c9-a946-a983ccf0fb5a Any prices referenced are in US Dollars (USD). Pricing in other currencies and countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence.

About

Basic Expense Tracker

Easily track your daily spending and cash flow with this finance app. It syncs across your iOS devices and offers features like expense rating and currency switching. Export your data to spreadsheets for further analysis.

Highlights
  • Daily expense tracking
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Expense rating indicator
  • Currency switcher
  • CSV export/import
  • Daily reminders
Features
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The straightforward expense tracker that syncs across all your iOS devices. This expense tracker was inspired by the book "Your Money or Your Life" by Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez and Mr. Money Mustache. - Daily reminder - Currency-switcher - Good-Neutral-Bad indicator to rate your expenses. - Did I want to buy this? - iCloud-sync - CSV Spreadsheet (export/import)

Screenshots

Money Manager4 screens
Basic Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Basic Expense Tracker at fortnightly against Money Manager's every 2 months. Basic Expense Tracker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Money Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Basic Expense Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Money Manager against 5.0 for Basic Expense Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Money Manager's written reviews are positive against 100% of Basic Expense Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Money Manager ships an update every 2 months, Basic Expense Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Money Manager versus Basic Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoney ManagerBasic Expense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1616
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Yiqing Refrigeration Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd.Ivo Maag

Customer experience

Money Manager

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Basic Expense Tracker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Money Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 Year$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$9.99
1 purchases

Basic Expense Tracker

One-time1
  • Tip$1.99

Questions

Is Money Manager free?
Money Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic Expense Tracker free?
Basic Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Money Manager or Basic Expense Tracker?
Basic Expense Tracker is rated higher. Money Manager averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Basic Expense Tracker averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Money Manager or Basic Expense Tracker have ads?
Neither Money Manager nor Basic Expense Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Money Manager or Basic Expense Tracker?
Money Manager ships an update every 2 months, and Basic Expense Tracker fortnightly. Most recently, Money Manager was updated on September 17, 2026 and Basic Expense Tracker on September 19, 2026.

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