Comparison

Handy Expense Tracker vs ExpensesList

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

Head to head
About

Handy Expense Tracker

This app helps you manage your personal finances by tracking daily income and expenses, allowing you to attach receipt images. It offers secure data protection with FaceID/TouchID and supports multi-currency bookkeeping with detailed analysis and reporting.

Highlights
  • Record income and expenses
  • Attach receipt and invoice images
  • Secure data with FaceID/TouchID
  • Automatic data extraction from images
  • Multi-currency support
  • Detailed financial analysis and charts
  • Data import/export via CSV
Features
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Handy Expense Tracker is a simple and clear income and expense tracker for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Organize everyday purchases, travel expenses, business reimbursements, and household finances with flexible categories, tags, and payment methods. Every transaction stays easy to find, helping you understand where your money goes. Key Features • Quickly record income and expenses Follow a clear step-by-step process to enter the category, amount, merchant, date, details, payment method, and tags. The amount field supports simple calculations, making it easy to total multiple items. • Extract information from receipts and order images Take a photo, select an order screenshot from your photo library, or share an image from another app. Handy Expense Tracker can extract the amount, date, merchant, and category for you to review before saving. • Search and reuse previous records Find similar transactions by amount, subcategory, merchant, or keywords. Reuse information from an existing record to reduce repetitive data entry. • Browse every transaction clearly View income and expense summaries by year, month, or date. Sort records by amount or time, and narrow the results by category, tag, or payment method. • Organize records in batches Delete multiple records, apply tags, or move selected transactions to another subcategory. • Analyze spending with charts Use bar charts or pie charts to summarize income and expenses by date, category, subcategory, tag, or payment method. Add frequently used reports to Quick Access. • Flexible categories and tags Start with built-in income and expense categories, then customize categories, subcategories, and tags to match your needs. Apply multiple tags to a transaction to organize travel, projects, household members, or reimbursement status. • Multiple payment methods and currencies Manage cash, bank cards, mobile payments, and other payment methods. Assign a currency to each payment method and view converted amounts for foreign-currency transactions. • Templates and automatic records Create monthly templates for recurring transactions such as rent and subscription services. Records are generated automatically on the date you choose. • Automatic iCloud sync Use the same iCloud account to keep your records synchronized across your Apple devices. • File backup and restore Export categories, tags, payment methods, and transaction records to a CSV file. You can also import data from a file when needed. • Privacy protection Enable Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcode authentication to protect your financial information. Keep expense tracking simple—and keep every transaction easy to understand.

About

ExpensesList

Features
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1. Always display the income/expenditure details and balance for the current month on the homepage, providing a clear overview. (How much money is available to spend this month?) 2. The homepage shows the total income and expenditure for the current month, as well as the types and amounts of each income/expenditure category. (Where did the money go?) 3. Customize and edit the text of income/expenditure categories. (What are the details of income and expenditure?) 4. Clicking on an income or expenditure category reveals the details of each item for that category in the current month. (You can check data from several months ago.) 5. Historical data is statistically organized by month, showing income/expenditure details for each month, and can be updated at any time. (You can see which month you spent more and here the money went.) 6. The settlement balance for the current month is automatically carried over to the next month. (Save a little more this month, and you can spend a little more next month.) 7. If the expenditure exceeds the income for the current month, expenditure items are displayed in red. (Red indicates overspending and serves as a warning.) 8. If the settlement balance for the current month is negative, the entire row for that month turns red. (An entirely red row is a severe warning indicating overspending.)

Screenshots

Handy Expense Tracker4 screens
ExpensesList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ExpensesList at none against Handy Expense Tracker's 1. ExpensesList also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Handy Expense Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ExpensesList asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Handy Expense Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, ExpensesList monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Handy Expense Tracker versus ExpensesList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandy Expense TrackerExpensesList
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer国相 鲁chewang wu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Handy Expense Tracker

One-time1
  • Unrestricted version upgrade$5.99
None

ExpensesList

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Handy Expense Tracker free?
Handy Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ExpensesList free?
ExpensesList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Handy Expense Tracker or ExpensesList have ads?
Neither Handy Expense Tracker nor ExpensesList shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Handy Expense Tracker or ExpensesList?
Handy Expense Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, and ExpensesList monthly. Most recently, Handy Expense Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and ExpensesList on October 19, 2026.

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