Expense vs Mirror
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Expense
Easily manage your finances with this modern budget planner and expense tracker. Organize multiple budgets, track spending and income, and visualize your financial habits with clear charts and trends. Plan upcoming purchases and manage recurring payments to stay on top of your money.
- Track expenses and income
- Create multiple budgets
- View transactions by category
- See budget progress and trends
- Manage recurring payments
- Share budgets with others
- Sync data via iCloud
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Take control of your money with Expense, a modern budget planner and expense tracker built for everyday life. Track spending and income, organize multiple budgets, and see where your money goes with clear charts, trends, and category breakdowns. Expense helps you stay on top of daily spending with flexible tools for planning and tracking. Create budgets that match the way you manage money, add transactions in seconds, plan upcoming purchases, and keep recurring payments organized. FEATURES: - Track expenses and income in one place - Create and manage multiple budgets - View transactions by category, transaction type, or user - See budget progress, spending trends, and category breakdowns - Add planned purchases for upcoming spending - Manage recurring transactions and regular payments - Share budgets with family, friends, or partners - Sync your data across devices with iCloud - Add Home Screen widgets for quick budget updates - Use Shortcuts to add transactions faster and automate logging - Whether you’re tracking personal spending, managing a household budget, or organizing shared expenses for trips and everyday life, Expense gives you a simple and flexible way to stay organized. Premium: Expense includes optional Premium access for advanced features such as shared budgets, recurring transactions, planned purchases, advanced budget settings, and more. Subscription prices may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://rflx.app/expense_app_terms/ Privacy Policy: https://rflx.app/expense_app_privacypolicy/ Icons and illustrations in the app made by Icons8.
Mirror
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Track your spending in two taps — Mirror scores it 0–100 and explains what changed, in plain language. Most money apps hand you a dashboard and leave the reading to you. Mirror does the reading: it follows the patterns in what you log, scores the period, and writes you a short reflection about what changed. SPENDING SCORE One number, 0 to 100, that moves with your habits. Tap it to see exactly which components moved it, and why. AI REFLECTIONS At the end of each week and month, Mirror writes a short paragraph about your spending — what shifted, what held steady, what is worth a second look. These are labelled in the app, so you always know what was written by AI. FAST CAPTURE Log an expense in a couple of taps, from the app or straight from a Home Screen widget. Lock Screen widgets keep your score in view. PLAN THAT STAYS HONEST Set category targets and savings goals. What you set aside is subtracted from what is left, so "remaining" means remaining. SPENDING PERSONALITY A description of the shape of your spending, drawn from your own data. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your transactions stay on your iPhone and sync only through your own iCloud account. We never see them. AI reflections are written from an anonymous statistical summary — percentages and counts, never amounts, merchants, notes, or dates. Mirror provides financial awareness, not financial, investment, or tax advice. Mirror Premium unlocks the full experience. • Annual — $39.99/year • Monthly — $4.99/month Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.mirror-tracker.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mirror-tracker.com/terms
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Verdict
Expense and Mirror are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Expense sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Mirror sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Expense | Mirror |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sviatoslav Belmeha | Denys Ivannikov |
In-app purchases
Expense
- Premium Month3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Year3 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$14.99
Mirror
- Mirror Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Annual$29.991 Year
- Mirror Premium Annual$39.991 Year








