Amex vs Borderly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amex
Manage your American Express account securely from anywhere. Track spending, view rewards, pay your bill, and discover personalized offers. Enjoy quick, safe access with biometric login and instant alerts for added peace of mind.
- Secure account management
- Track spending and rewards
- Pay bills and manage balance
- Card activation and Apple Pay setup
- Freeze/unfreeze credit card
- Real-time alerts and notifications
- Discover personalized offers
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The official American Express App for iPhone allows you to access your Account from anywhere. Track spending & rewards, find offers, review your balance, pay your bill and enjoy features only available in the Amex App. Touch ID and Face ID login (on supported devices), gives you quick, safe and secure access. Make the most of your Membership with the speed, security and convenience of the mobile Amex® App. SECURE ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT • Enhanced activation experience for you to confirm new Cards and setup your Account. • Activate your Credit Card for Apple Pay in the Amex App, then simply unlock, tap and pay. • Freeze and unfreeze your Credit Card instantly at any time. STAY ON TOP OF YOUR SPENDING • Check your American Express Account balance, pending transactions and sort charges by amount and date. • Go paperless with access to past PDF statements. • Turn on AutoPay to pay your Amex bill automatically from your bank account each month. • Check your spending power. Enter an amount for an expected purchase and you’ll see if it’ll be approved. Approval based on account status at the time of request • Filter transactions to see spending and subtotals for each card on your account. For Basic Card Members Only. PROTECTION WITH REAL-TIME ALERTS • Turn on purchase alerts to be notified when your Credit Card is charged. • Receive instant fraud alerts if suspicious activity is detected. • Never miss a payment with payment due reminders. • Manage all your notifications in the Amex Account tab. EXPLORE REWARDS AND BENEFITS • View your Rewards balance and find ways to use Membership Rewards® points* - from gift cards to credits on your statement. • Use points to cover your eligible charges via a credit on your Account. * • See personalized recommendations for other ways to use points. • Refer a friend and earn rewards when friends and family get an American Express Card through your referral. For eligible Card Members only. AMEX OFFERS * • Discover offers from places you shop, dine, travel and more. • Explore a map of nearby offers. • Get Amex Offers notifications direct to your device. MEMBERSHIP SCREEN* •Benefits apply only to applicable products. AWARD-WINNING SERVICE • We’re here to chat 24/7. Start a chat with us in seconds and revisit conversations any time in the app. We’d love to hear from you! Stay in touch with us using our social media pages: Twitter: @AmericanExpress Facebook: facebook.com/AmericanExpressUS/ Instagram: @americanexpress Send & Split® enhances the way you send money and split purchases with other Venmo and PayPal users, all in the American Express app.* Now you can pay friends with more flexibility and without the standard Venmo or PayPal credit card fee§. You can also seamlessly split your Amex purchases with others and get paid back directly to your Card as a statement credit. Best Part? You’ll be the one to earn the rewards for the purchase you split. Enrollment Requirement. Terms Apply. § PayPal may charge a fee when sending to non-US recipients. The American Express® App and app features are available only for eligible Card accounts in the United States. American Express® prepaid Cards and Cards issued by non-America Express issuers are not eligible. To log in, Card Members must have an American Express user ID and password or create one in the app. Apple, the Apple logo, iPad, and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. *To see the full Terms and Conditions, copy and paste the following link into your browser and scroll to the bottom of the page: https://amex.co/AmexApp-Terms For J.D. Power 2024 & 2025 award information, visit jdpower.com/awards.
Borderly
This app automatically tracks your daily location to provide verifiable proof of residency for tax purposes. It helps you manage tax residency goals, plan future travel, and generate audit-ready reports. Securely store supporting documents and share access with your tax professionals.
- Automatic GPS day-counting
- Cryptographically verifiable proof
- RFC 3161 timestamps
- Tamper-evident presence records
- Tax residency goal management
- Scenario planning and projections
- Evidence vault for documents
- Professional sharing and reporting
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Track every day. Prove every day. Know exactly where you stand. Borderly is the tax residency tracker built for high-stakes decisions. Automatic GPS day-counting paired with cryptographically verifiable proof of where you were: every single day, every single jurisdiction. WHY BORDERLY Most apps count days. Borderly counts days and timestamps them with the same RFC 3161 authority used by enterprise compliance teams and accepted in court. If a state tax auditor ever asks where you were on May 12th, you have the answer signed, sealed, and impossible to fabricate after the fact. AUTOMATIC TRACKING • GPS-based detection of state and province boundaries • All 50 U.S. states and every Canadian province • Offline jurisdiction resolution for U.S. states, no signal required • Battery-efficient: built on significant-location-change APIs • Configurable check-in cadence, from a few times a day to hourly EVIDENCE THAT HOLDS UP • RFC 3161 timestamps available on every record • Hash-chained presence records - tamper-evident by design • Optional daily blockchain anchoring • Professional-ready PDF reports with cryptographic verification • Independent verification links your auditor can open without an account GOALS THAT MATCH REAL TAX RULES • Minimum-day goals (e.g., "183 days in Florida") • Maximum-day limits (e.g., "Under 30 days in New York") • Ratio, target, percentage, and domicile-establishment goals • Smart alerts before you cross a threshold PLAN AHEAD, NOT JUST LOOK BACK • Scenario planning with a tap-and-drag to paint calendar • Model future trips against your goals • See projected year-end totals blending actual + planned days • Switch between scenarios without losing your tracked data EVIDENCE VAULT • Upload receipts, boarding passes, photos, and supporting documents • Tied to specific days and jurisdictions • Soft-delete with grace period BUILT FOR YOU AND YOUR ADVISOR • Share read-only access with your CPA or tax attorney • One-time verification links for third-party auditors with usage limits • Bring your professional onto Borderly - professional portal access is free for them • Audit log of every third-party view of your data • Generate audit-ready PDF reports and CSV exports in seconds YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL • Our business is built on trust, and we take that duty seriously • Your data is yours. You decide who sees it and what they can do with it • Scoped sharing for your CPA, attorney, or auditor, revocable anytime • Encrypted in transit and at rest, with an audit log of every third-party view • We don't sell your personal data or share it with data brokers - it wouldn't sit right with us WHO USES BORDERLY • High-net-worth individuals changing domicile • Snowbirds splitting time between high- and low-tax states • Remote workers and digital nomads • Canadian snowbirds tracking Form 8840 days • Tax attorneys, CPAs, and firms managing multi-state clients SUBSCRIPTION Borderly is free to download. New accounts get a 60-day Certify trial with no credit card required. Subscribe to unlock and keep advanced features: • Protect — automatic tracking, scoped advisor sharing • Certify — cryptographic timestamps, audit-ready records • Anchor — blockchain anchoring, unlimited evidence and reports Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Pricing and tiers are shown in-app and may vary by region. SUPPORT Questions, feedback, or audit help? Email support@borderly.day or visit borderly.day for guides, state-specific residency rules, and the substantial presence test calculator. Privacy Policy: https://borderly.day/privacy Terms of Use: https://borderly.day/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Amex at none against Borderly's 6. Amex also leads on ratings volume (4.4M vs 1) and chart position (#21 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Borderly sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Amex asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Amex against 5.0 for Borderly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amex has 4.4M ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Amex | Borderly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.4M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.4M — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #21 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 525 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Express | Borderly |
Customer experience
Amex
Borderly
Bugs and requests
Amex
Reported bugs
3 issues- Scrolling glitches in the mobile app
- Inconsistent display of account balances
- Inability to view high-yield savings accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Improved rewards tracking and redemption
- Integrated dispute submission and status tracking
- Automatic offer activation based on transactions
- Better account balance and payment information
- Seamless integration between mobile app and website
Borderly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Amex
No in-app purchases
Borderly
- Protect Monthly$29.991 Month
- Certify Monthly$69.991 Month
- Anchor Monthly$139.991 Month
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- Protect Annual$299.991 Year
- Certify Annual$699.991 Year
- Anchor Annual$1399.991 Year







