Comparison

Expense Tool vs Cash Log Basic

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

Cash Log Basic

Easily track money lent to or borrowed from individuals. Record transactions, mark debts as paid, and manage personal IOUs with a straightforward interface. Ideal for keeping personal finances organized.

Highlights
  • Track money lent to individuals
  • Record money borrowed from individuals
  • Add or subtract amounts owed
  • Mark entries as paid
  • Simple swipe-to-clear functionality
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All you need to do is create an entry for a specific person and add or subtract the amount of money owed. When the money is paid back, just swipe left on the entry and Clear it - simple as that. One price. No subscription, no ads, no account. Your data stays in your iCloud.

Screenshots

Expense Tool4 screens
Cash Log Basic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Expense Tool at Free against Cash Log Basic's $2.99. Expense Tool also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Cash Log Basic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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

Expense Tool is free to download; Cash Log Basic costs $2.99 up front. Expense Tool sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Cash Log Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense Tool ships an update every 3 weeks, Cash Log Basic every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Expense Tool versus Cash Log Basic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpense ToolCash Log Basic
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuerg OtterKaloyan Lachezarov

Customer experience

Expense Tool

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative26.9%

Cash Log Basic

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Cash Log Basic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expense Tool free?
Expense Tool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cash Log Basic free?
Cash Log Basic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Expense Tool or Cash Log Basic have ads?
Neither Expense Tool nor Cash Log Basic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense Tool or Cash Log Basic?
Expense Tool ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cash Log Basic every 6 weeks. Most recently, Expense Tool was updated on October 21, 2026 and Cash Log Basic on October 24, 2026.

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