Comparison

CashFlow LT vs Pocket Expense 6

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

Head to head
About

CashFlow LT

Manage your daily finances by tracking income and expenses across various accounts like cash, bank, and credit cards. Generate reports and export your data in multiple formats for easy PC integration and backup.

Highlights
  • Record daily income and expenses
  • Manage multiple cash, bank, and credit card accounts
  • Generate daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reports
  • Export data to CSV and OFX formats
  • Backup and restore via Dropbox
Features
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'CashFlow LT' is a simple asset management software. You can manage your daily cash income/outgo, bank, credit card accounts. Features of CashFlow LT: 1. Simple and easy to record transactions You can easily input your daily transactions. You can choose description of transaction from history, much less keyboard operations. Also you can fix balance with simple operation. 2. Support multiple accounts You can manager multiple cash / bank / credit card accounts. CashFlow supports transfer transaction between the assets. 3. Report functions You can check daily/weekly/monthly/annual reports. 4. Export functions All data can be exported with CSV and OFX format, so you can use them with your PC. The export can send via e-mail, dropbox, and internal web server. 5. Support Dropbox You can export, backup and restore via your Dropbox account. This is a lite version of CashFlow. With paid-for version of CashFlow, you can hide advertisements.

About

Pocket Expense 6

Manage your personal finances by tracking accounts, categorizing transactions, and monitoring bills. Set budgets to control spending and achieve savings goals. Gain insights into your financial habits with powerful statistics and reports.

Highlights
  • Track multiple financial accounts
  • Budget management and spending control
  • Bill tracking with reminders
  • Transaction categorization
  • Savings goal achievement
  • Detailed financial statistics and reports
  • Password protection
Features
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Pocket Expense is a full-featured finance software that you can carry in your pocket. It is a powerful and easy to use program that will help you track and understand your personal finance. Designed and developed by polycents! Pocket Expense brings all your financial accounts together, categorizes your transactions, tracks all your bills, lets you set budgets and helps you achieve your savings goals. In just minutes, you’ll see where your money is going and where you could save money. TRACK YOUR ACCOUNTS You can easily input and manage your accounts. All your accounts will be displayed in one place. You are supplied with a set of icons for your accounts. All transactions related to the same account will be displayed in one page so that you can manage them easily. √ Support multiple account and account type √ Statistic for daily/weekly/monthly/yearly overall √ Track balance of each account BUDGET MANAGEMENT Stay in control and monitor your spending with the help of this budget tracker feature. Set yourself a limit and debit all your payments. You can always see how much money is left until your budget is gone and whether you might better postpone a purchase. Over time this should help to save some money instead of going into dept. √ Support multiple budgets √ See your income and expenses of one budget through charts √ Recurring and non-recurring budget √ Move funds from one budget to another in a single operation √ At the end of each cycle, all information for a budget is archived and can be easily viewed for comparative purpose TRACK YOUR BILLS Pocket Expense will make sure that you’re never late for even one bill. By tracking each bill, which is customizable with different reminder alert periods. √ Support multiple bills of different recurring √ Set alerts to remind you of which bills are close to due dates or overdue √ Allows for the payment of bills in full or in part √ Support multiple payments of each bill √ Support calendar view √ Show total amount of all and overdue bills √ Mark bills with icons according to their status Other Key features: - Password protection - Simple, attractive interface - Payers & payees management - Category management - Provide help document - Powerful statistics and reports of all your transactions - Quickly search for transactions and edit from the same screen - Complete world currency list - Backup and restore all your data over WiFi # Subscription Details # - Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. - Subscriptions can be managed by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/7775087 Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/7775087 If you have any problems or suggestions please send a mail to expense@support.polycents.com, you’ll get the response in a short time.

Screenshots

CashFlow LT4 screens
Pocket Expense 64 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CashFlow LT at 5.0 against Pocket Expense 6's 3.9. CashFlow LT also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (79% vs 54%). Pocket Expense 6's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 7). 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. Pocket Expense 6 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. CashFlow LT asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CashFlow LT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Expense 6 has 2K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of CashFlow LT's written reviews are positive against 54% of Pocket Expense 6's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CashFlow LT ships an update every 10 days, Pocket Expense 6 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CashFlow LT versus Pocket Expense 6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCashFlow LTPocket Expense 6
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better3.9 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better53.7% of reviews
Number of ratings72K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakuya MurakamiBeesoft Apps

Customer experience

CashFlow LT

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews229 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative9.6%

Pocket Expense 6

All ratings2,046 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews2,231 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral7.5%
Negative38.7%

User reviews

CashFlow LT

From 7 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
  • ⚡ Easy and quick transaction entry
  • 💰 Free version with robust features
  • 📊 Multiple account tracking capability
  • 📈 Useful spending reports and analytics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes after updates
  • ⚠️ Crashes after each transaction entry
  • 🚫 No recurring/recurring transaction support
  • 📥 No automatic bank import feature
  • 🔒 Lacks password protection option

Pocket Expense 6

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 📊 Helpful charts and graphs
  • 💰 Useful for managing finances
  • 🎨 Nice design and interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🗑️ Data loss after updates
  • 💸 Excessive ads in free version
  • 🔒 Account recovery issues

Bugs and requests

CashFlow LT

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes after every entry
  • Balance doesn't update when items deleted
  • Decimal places rounding incorrectly
  • Numbers greater than 1000 display incorrectly in reports
  • International character encoding issues in exports
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  • Back button non-functional in edit mode
  • Occasional app slowness requiring restart
  • Date display issues
  • Description text truncation
  • Reports not updating on selected dates
  • App crashes on older versions
  • Sensitive screen causing accidental deletions

Requested features

20 requests
  • Recurring transaction automation
  • Automatic bank transaction import
  • Password protection/security lock
  • Multiple currency symbol support
  • Receipt photo attachment capability
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  • Multi-user account separation
  • Multiple sync options (Google Drive, iCloud)
  • Automatic sync between devices
  • Check number tracking
  • Transaction clearance checkbox
  • Alphabetical sorting of names and categories
  • Balance display at top of screen
  • Sub-categories support
  • Payment method tracking
  • Total assets display on main screen
  • Different account closing dates
  • Direct bank account linking
  • Spreadsheet import functionality
  • Word recognition for duplicate names
  • Transaction deletion confirmation dialog

Pocket Expense 6

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Transactions being duplicated or deleted unexpectedly
  • Incorrect account balances after updates
  • Inability to delete or edit recurring transactions
  • Sync failures between iPhone and iPad versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to set custom budget cycles
  • Option to exclude credit card balances from net worth
  • Improved backup and restore functionality
  • Integration with bank accounts for automatic syncing

In-app purchases

None

CashFlow LT

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Pocket Expense 6

Subscriptions4
  • Premium - 1 Month$1.491 Month
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$8.991 Year
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  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is CashFlow LT free?
CashFlow LT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Expense 6 free?
Pocket Expense 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CashFlow LT or Pocket Expense 6?
CashFlow LT is rated higher. CashFlow LT averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Pocket Expense 6 averages 3.9 from 2K ratings.
Do CashFlow LT or Pocket Expense 6 have ads?
Both CashFlow LT and Pocket Expense 6 show ads.
Which is updated more often, CashFlow LT or Pocket Expense 6?
CashFlow LT ships an update every 10 days, and Pocket Expense 6 every 2 weeks. Most recently, CashFlow LT was updated on October 13, 2026 and Pocket Expense 6 on October 19, 2026.

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