Comparison

Expense Tool vs Shared Expense Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Expense Tool

Track personal and shared expenses with detailed logging, receipt attachments, and location mapping. Generate summaries and balances for group spending, and export your data in various formats.

Highlights
  • Define custom expense sets
  • Attach receipts, photos, and locations
  • Fast data capture with autocompletion
  • Expense summaries and balances
  • Export data (HTML, Text, CSV)
  • Map integration
  • Passcode lock
Features
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Organize your own and shared expenses. Do you and your partner want to log how much you're spending for your household and merge the expenses entered on your individual devices? Are you on holidays with friends and want to know how much you are spending? If you are sharing your expenses, do you need a tool to document your balances and debts to one another? Are you sharing a holiday or a household with others and would you like everyone to log their own expenses into one common list, each on their own device? Do you want to know how much you're spending for your hobby, on your business trip, or any other expenses? Use Expense Tool, create an expense set and start entering your data. Your expenses can be listed, shown on a map, exported (by email or to a file) and printed. Expense Sets can be synced across your own devices via iCloud, shared with other people, or transferred directly from device to device. If more than one person is part of an expense set, you get a summary showing the total of all individual expenses and the balance of the shared expenses. Features: • Define Expense Sets with custom settings • Add expenses and optionally attach receipts, photos and locations • Fast data capture: Select with autocompletion what you've already entered • List your expenses: all, by month, by week or within a custom timeframe • Expense list sections: by person, by expense caption • Summary and Balance of shared expenses • Overview of all expense sets • iCloud Synchronization — enable per Expense Set • iCloud Sharing — share an Expense Set with others • Export your data: email, PDF, or save to a file (CSV with receipts and photos, bundled as a .zip) • Receipts: Document Scanner (iOS only) • Printing • Data Exchange between iPhone, iPad and Mac • Geocoding and map integration • Backup and Import • Passcode Lock (iOS only) • iPhone, iPad, Mac • Languages: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://www.jo-tools.ch/expense-tool/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://www.jo-tools.ch/expense-tool/privacy_policy.html Support / FAQ: https://www.jo-tools.ch/expense-tool/

About

Shared Expense Tracker

Features
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Shared Expense Tracker: Nestly – Build your nest egg, together. Tired of "Who owes what?" texts? Nestly is the simple, collaborative expense tracker for families, couples, and roommates—making shared spending transparent and stress-free. One Nest for your household: real-time sync, smart budgets, and clear insights into group finances. Why choose Nestly? Real-time shared sync — Invite family/roommates; every expense updates instantly for everyone. Smart budgets — Set limits for groceries, rent, utilities & more with visual progress bars. Intuitive charts — Spot spending patterns and save smarter. Privacy-first — End-to-end encrypted, no ads, no data sharing—your finances stay private. Key features: Add expenses in seconds + receipt photo capture Offline support with auto-sync Custom categories & icons Easy CSV/Excel export Perfect for: Couples tracking daily spends Roommates splitting bills fairly Families teaching budget transparency Download Nestly today and enjoy peaceful household finances! No clutter, just clarity.

Screenshots

Expense Tool4 screens
Shared Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shared Expense Tracker at none against Expense Tool's 5. 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. Expense Tool sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Shared Expense Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense Tool ships an update every 3 weeks, Shared Expense Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Expense Tool versus Shared Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpense ToolShared Expense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuerg OtterTarun Kandregula

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Expense Tool

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Quarterly$0.993 Months
  • Pro Quarterly14 Days trial$1.993 Months
  • Plus Yearly$2.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly14 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
None

Shared Expense Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expense Tool free?
Expense Tool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shared Expense Tracker free?
Shared Expense Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Expense Tool or Shared Expense Tracker have ads?
Neither Expense Tool nor Shared Expense Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense Tool or Shared Expense Tracker?
Expense Tool ships an update every 3 weeks, and Shared Expense Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Expense Tool was updated on October 7, 2026 and Shared Expense Tracker on October 2, 2026.

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