Basic Expense Tracker vs iCalendarBudget
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)
iCalendarBudget
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iCalendarBudget turns budgeting into something you’ll actually enjoy. Add expenses and income in seconds, then see your week, month, or year at a glance—right inside a full-screen yearly calendar. Key features: • Full-year calendar with today in focus • Quick add: expense or income, decimal amount, name and notes • Currency selection (€,$,¥, …) + in-app language choice (EN/FR/IT/ES/DE) • Private iCloud (CloudKit) sync — your data stays yours • Export to CSV (week/month/year) and send by email • Visual analytics: pie, bars, line + export charts as PNG Practical, playful, and built for everyday life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basic Expense Tracker at Free against iCalendarBudget's $2.99. iCalendarBudget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, 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
Basic Expense Tracker is free to download; iCalendarBudget costs $2.99 up front. Basic Expense Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iCalendarBudget asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Basic Expense Tracker | iCalendarBudget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivo Maag | Genuisoft |
In-app purchases
Basic Expense Tracker
- Tip$1.99
iCalendarBudget
No in-app purchases
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