Basic Expense Tracker vs Palmo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily expense tracking
- iCloud sync across devices
- Expense rating indicator
- Currency switcher
- CSV export/import
- Daily reminders
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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)
Palmo
Manage your money effortlessly with this comprehensive finance app. Track spending, bills, and transactions all in one place. Designed for ease of use, it's perfect for beginners and experienced budgeters alike to achieve financial goals.
- Consolidate financial information
- Track spending habits
- Manage bills and payments
- Monitor transactions
- User-friendly interface
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Know what you can actually spend — before your next bill hits. Palmo shows your real spendable balance after upcoming bills are accounted for. Track income, expenses, and spending by pay period — All private stored on-device and synced through your own iCloud. No third-party servers. No tracking. No ads. What you can do: - Set up recurring bills and let Palmo apply them automatically - Track income and expenses by category - Review your spending breakdown by pay period Palmo Pro unlocks: - Unlimited bills - Spending limits with per-category tracking - Multi-period spending history and trends - Payday preview notifications Simple enough to open and use in seconds. Powerful enough to actually stay on top of your finances. Terms of Use: https://jlappllc.com/eula-moneyy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Palmo at free against Basic Expense Tracker's free with in-app purchases. Basic Expense Tracker's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Basic Expense Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Palmo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Basic Expense Tracker against 5.0 for Palmo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
Basic Expense Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Palmo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Expense Tracker | Palmo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivo Maag | JLApp LLC |
Customer experience
Basic Expense Tracker
Palmo
In-app purchases
Basic Expense Tracker
- Tip$1.99
Palmo
- Palmo Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Palmo Pro — Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Palmo Pro — Lifetime$39.99
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