Comparison

Account Tracker vs Simple BK

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

Head to head
About

Account Tracker

Manage your personal finances by tracking spending and monitoring balances across various accounts. Features include alerts, bill reminders, budgeting tools, detailed reports, and multi-currency support for comprehensive financial control.

Highlights
  • Track multiple account types
  • Set bill reminders and alerts
  • Create and monitor budgets
  • Generate detailed financial reports
  • Multi-currency support
  • Data syncing across devices
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Apple "New apps and games we love" (on the Mac), March 2017 Apple "Staff Favourite" in the UK (on iOS), Jul/Aug 2010 Account Tracker is a powerful personal finance app that helps you track spending and monitor balances across multiple accounts. Its clean, intuitive user interface, and features such as alerts, bill reminders, budgets, reports and full multi-currency support, make it easy to take control of your finances. This FREE version requires a subscription, either quarterly or yearly. When you sign up, the first month is free, to give you a chance to try the app before being charged. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time by going to your account settings on the AppStore. If you prefer a subscription-free alternative, Account Tracker Pro gives you the same content, plus basic support for Apple Watch. Also check out Account Tracker for Mac, now available on the Mac App Store. It requires Account Tracker version 6 or above (to sync over iCloud or Dropbox), and macOS Sierra (10.12) or above. ACCOUNTS - Track multiple accounts: checking, current, savings, credit cards, loans/mortgages ... etc - Separate your accounts into groups, e.g. personal vs business accounts - Enter your recurring transactions using calendar-based repeat intervals, e.g. every 2 weeks, the last Friday of every month ... etc - Quickly and simply enter one-off transactions as they happen - Reconcile your account data with your statements - While it is useful to see where your money goes, you can also look FORWARDS, showing all of your future commitments - Alerts if an account is likely to go overdrawn or hit its overdraft limit BILLS - Enable reminders for non-automatic transactions, e.g. bills that you have to pay manually - View all transactions with reminders set - Alerts to tell you when these transactions are due BUDGETS - Add budgets per category for spending, income and transfers across individual or multiple accounts - View these as daily, weekly, fortnightly/biweekly, monthly, yearly or custom dates (e.g. tax years) - Monitor your transactions against the goals you set REPORTS - Detailed reports to really understand your financial position - Account balance over time, cash flow, spending by category or payee detail, income by category or payer and transfers by category - View these as daily, weekly, fortnightly/biweekly, monthly, yearly or custom dates (e.g. tax years) - Export or print reports as PDF files DATA, BACKUPS AND SYNCING - Import historical transactions or bank statements from a CSV file - Export account statements, budgets and reports in CSV format for offline processing, e.g. in a spreadsheet - Local backup and restore on your device, plus transfer of backups by AirDrop, email, Dropbox or iCloud - Support for database syncing across multiple devices (using either Dropbox or iCloud) - PIN code protection, plus Face/Touch ID and 1Password integration PLUS - Full multi-currency support, per account and per transaction - The default currency is the one local to your device, but this can be overridden - Supports sub-categories and splitting a transaction across multiple categories/subcategories - Universal, retina enabled app that works on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch - buy once, use it on ALL of your devices - In-app user guide SUPPORT Please use the link to my support page from the AppStore page or from the app itself (or simply go to http://grahamhaley.co.uk/accounts/). Alternatively, contact me directly via my support pages and you will get a quick response. MORE INFORMATION Privacy policy: http://grahamhaley.co.uk/privacy/ Terms of use (EULA): http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

Simple BK

This app simplifies tracking income, expenses, stock, and mileage for sole traders. It automates data entry and integrates with contacts for customer and supplier lists. Export data and generate reports to manage your finances.

Highlights
  • Record income and expenses
  • Track stock and mileage
  • Automated field completion
  • Use contacts as customer/supplier lists
  • Data export to spreadsheets
  • Financial management reports
Features
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This simple bookkeeping app allows you to record income, expenses, stock purchases, mileage and basic information about capital purchases. With the emphasis on recording income and outgoings quickly and easily, Simple BK will automatically complete many fields for you saving typing effort, but you can easily override the values provided when necessary. Simple BK can use your Contacts as Customer and Supplier lists, further reducing the need to type in data; or if you prefer you can store customer and supplier details within the app. Data can be exported to a spreadsheet or other similar software for further analysis and a number of reports are available to help you manage your money. The App is best suited to lone traders. This free version has full functionality, but there is a limit on the number of records that can be saved; so why not try before you buy! You can upgrade to the unrestricted version via an in-app purchase (keeping any information entered in to this version) once you are satisfied that Simple BK meets your bookkeeping needs.

Screenshots

Account Tracker4 screens
Simple BK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Account Tracker at Free against Simple BK's $0.99. Account Tracker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (33 vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Account Tracker is free to download; Simple BK costs $0.99 up front. Account Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Simple BK sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Account Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Account Tracker has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Account Tracker's written reviews are positive against 90% of Simple BK's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Account Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Simple BK every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Account Tracker versus Simple BK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAccount TrackerSimple BK
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (33 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews95.8% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGraham HaleyMikeJL

Customer experience

Account Tracker

All ratings33 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.8%
Negative3.4%

Simple BK

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Account Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when selecting accounts on iOS 8
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to attach photos of receipts to transactions
  • Ability to delete old transactions
  • Ability to set up a formula to calculate a transaction's amount based on the current balance of the account
  • Ability to change an account name after it has been created
  • Group sync that would automatically sync with all devices when changing information on one device
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  • Ability to control when an item should receive a check mark
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Simple BK

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Account Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Full Access for 3 Months1 Month trial$0.993 Months
  • Full Access for 12 Months1 Month trial$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Version 6$3.99
1 purchases

Simple BK

One-time1
  • Simple BK Unlocked$6.99

Questions

Is Account Tracker free?
Account Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple BK free?
Simple BK costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Account Tracker or Simple BK?
Account Tracker is rated higher. Account Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Simple BK averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Account Tracker or Simple BK have ads?
Neither Account Tracker nor Simple BK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Account Tracker or Simple BK?
Account Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Simple BK every 3 months. Most recently, Account Tracker was updated on September 28, 2026 and Simple BK on September 25, 2026.

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