Comparison

Expense vs BudgetInView

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

BudgetInView

This app helps you reach savings goals by providing a single daily spending number. It tracks expenses against your goal, offering effortless manual logging via voice or widgets. See where your money goes with clean reports and recurring bill tracking.

Highlights
  • Single daily safe-to-spend number
  • Manual expense logging
  • Voice entry for expenses
  • Siri & Action Button integration
  • Home & Lock Screen widgets
  • Savings goal tracking
  • Monthly spending reports
Features
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BudgetInView turns your savings goal into one honest daily number — then tracks every expense against it, so you always know if you're on pace before you spend. Most budgeting apps drown you in charts after the money's already gone. BudgetInView is different. Tell it your goal, your income, and your bills, and it does the math: a single "safe to spend today" number that updates with every purchase. Spend under it and you're on track. That's it. NO BANK LINKING Your bank login stays with your bank. BudgetInView never connects to your accounts and never sees your balances. You log spending manually — and we make that effortless. LOG IN A TAP • Voice entry — say "12 dollars, coffee" and it's logged • Siri & the Action Button — record an expense without opening the app • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets — see what's left at a glance ONE NUMBER THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST • Set a savings goal and a target date • See your real daily allowance, recalculated as you spend • Know instantly whether today's purchase fits SEE WHERE IT GOES • Clean monthly reports of where your money actually went • Track recurring bills and subscriptions so nothing surprises you • Watch your goal get closer, day by day PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No bank linking, ever • No ads, no trackers, no selling your data • Your data is tied to your account and visible only to you BudgetInView is a discipline tool wrapped in an expense tracker. Set your goal. Spend without thinking. Hit it.

Screenshots

Expense4 screens
BudgetInView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BudgetInView at none against Expense's 3. BudgetInView also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). Expense's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Expense sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BudgetInView asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Expense against 5.0 for BudgetInView. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Expense has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense ships an update every 2 weeks, BudgetInView daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Expense versus BudgetInView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpenseBudgetInView
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSviatoslav BelmehaAbdul Raheem

Customer experience

Expense

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BudgetInView

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Expense

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Month3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Year3 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$14.99
None

BudgetInView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expense free?
Expense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BudgetInView free?
BudgetInView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Expense or BudgetInView?
Expense and BudgetInView are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Expense or BudgetInView have ads?
Neither Expense nor BudgetInView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense or BudgetInView?
Expense ships an update every 2 weeks, and BudgetInView daily. Most recently, Expense was updated on October 30, 2026 and BudgetInView on October 28, 2026.

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