Comparison

Dext vs Halter

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

Head to head
About

Dext

Effortlessly digitize and manage business expenses from receipts and invoices. Automate data extraction, categorization, and integration with accounting software to save time and simplify tax compliance.

Highlights
  • Automated data extraction from receipts and invoices
  • AI-powered OCR with 99% accuracy
  • Seamless integration with QuickBooks and Xero
  • Multiple submission methods (mobile, email, web)
  • Expense itemization and categorization
  • Bookkeeping workspaces for costs, sales, and reports
Features
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Dext is the best expense tracker app that effortlessly extracts data from receipts or invoices, regardless of their size or quantity, ensuring you remain in control of your expenses wherever you are. It meticulously itemizes and categorizes this data, offering valuable insights into your business. By leveraging Dext, you can make informed decisions, save time, and seamlessly integrate expenses into your accounting systems. As a cloud-based easy expense management solution, once you sign up for Dext through the app, you gain access to various expense management features and submission methods across different devices. - Submit receipts via Mobile app - Upload expenses from your computer - Email Invoices via your dedicated Dext Prepare email-in address - Set up a Fetch connection with a supplier Key Benefits: * Expense data extraction with a simple snap: Our Optical Character Recognition, with 99.9% accuracy and combined with AI, digitizes any receipts, bills, and invoices, decoding even handwriting. * Experience even faster, automated integration with your suppliers and accountants: Your expense data seamlessly travels from 1,400+ suppliers – such as Xero, Sage and QuickBooks. We manage expense tracking, reconciliation, categorization for a simplified tax compliance. * Trustworthy data & receipt tracker: We excel in bookkeeping automation, ensuring reliable extraction and reconciliation of item transactions. No glitches, just an easy flow of expense data that enables faster business decisions. Key App features: - Camera modes: Single mode to extract a single receipt, multiple mode to capture several expenses (Dext separates each photo into a separate item), and combine mode to capture expense data spread over several pages or for very long receipts (Dext combines photos into one item). - Connect to QuickBooks (QBO) and Xero from the app: This new feature integrates software with just a couple of taps, enabling you to start tracking and sending expenses automatically to your accountant. If you work with other software like Sage, you can still connect your expenses via our cloud system on the web. - Expense itemization across all submission methods: Your data will then be categorized by industry type, expense category, document type (receipt, invoice, bank statement, credit note), owner, submission details, supplier, currency, tax amount, payment status, and more. Each of these fields can be easily edited and managed with a single tap. Three different bookkeeping workspaces: Cost data to keep track of the receipts, invoices and other expenses that your business uses to purchase goods and services. Sales workspace to track the invoices and other financial documents that your business issues to its customers for payment. Expense reports to collate an individual’s reimbursable payments. REASONS TO TRY DEXT Save hours each month by streamlining expenses, data entry, reconciliation, and categorization. Facilitate real-time submission of expense reports by employees. Whether they are on a business trip or dining out. Centralize all your documents on Dext (invoices, expense reports, bank statements, bills, receipt data, etc.) As the best bookkeeping app in the market, Dext ensures your receipt data is safely stored using bank-level encryption and fully GDPR compliant Start your 14-day free trial today! Main integrations: Xero QuickBooks online Sage accounting FreeAgent KashFlow Gusto Dropbox & More Awards: * 2024 - Winner - ‘Small Business App Partner of the Year’ (Xero Awards UK and Australia) * 2023 Winner - ‘Best Accounting Cloud-Based Software Company’ (SME News - IT Awards) * 2023 Winner - ‘Best Accounting Pre-Accounting Automation Specialists 2023’ (Acquisition International) Privacy policy: https://www.dext.com/eu/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.dext.com/eu/terms-and-conditions

About

Halter

This app, paired with smart collars, enables farmers to manage livestock remotely. It features virtual fencing for pasture control, guided stock movement, and real-time health alerts powered by AI. The system aims for simpler, more sustainable farming with increased production and improved well-being for farmers and animals.

Highlights
  • Virtual fencing for pasture management
  • Remote stock guidance
  • Real-time animal health alerts
  • AI-powered health prediction
  • Solar-powered smart collars
  • Sustainable farming tools
Features
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Halter couples smart collars with an app to empower a future of farming that is more simple and sustainable. Farmers using the Halter app have the ability to set virtual fences for precise pasture management, guide stock around the farm remotely, and receive real-time alerts for their animal's health. Halter’s solar-powered collars use sensory cues to keep dairy and beef stock within a virtual boundary and shift dairy cows to the shed and between paddocks. Advanced stock monitoring systems utilise artificial intelligence to accurately predict dairy cow health and send alerts to farmers when action is required. Leading the way towards a simpler and more sustainable future of farming, Halter increases production while improving farmer and animal wellbeing. Halter includes app features and functionality that are only available on selected packages and differ between Dairy and Beef. See https://www.halterhq.com/our-packages for details.

Screenshots

Dext4 screens
Halter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Halter at 100% against Dext's 62%. Halter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Dext's advantage is ratings volume (7.4K vs 11). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dext sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Halter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Halter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dext has 7.4K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Dext's written reviews are positive against 100% of Halter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dext ships an update every 2 weeks, Halter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dext versus Halter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDextHalter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.4K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.4K — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.116.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDext Software LimitedHalter

Customer experience

Dext

All ratings7,419 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews335 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative29.6%

Halter

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Dext

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Incorrect categorization of expenses
  • Receipts disappearing or not uploading properly
  • Inability to add custom expense categories
  • Grayed out and unavailable fields in the app
  • Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow manual adjustment of taxes
  • Provide ability to rearrange receipts by date, amount, etc.
  • Add option to submit receipts for approval directly from the app
  • Enable access to photo folders for importing receipts
  • Improve OCR accuracy and reliability

Halter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Dext

Subscriptions15
  • Business (Monthly)$12.991 Month
  • Business Plus (Monthly)$25.491 Month
  • Business - 5 users, 250 docs$34.991 Month
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  • Business - 6 users, 300 docs$39.991 Month
  • Business - 7 users, 350 docs$49.991 Month
  • Business - 8 users, 400 docs$49.991 Month
  • Premium (Monthly)$50.991 Month
  • Business - 9 users, 450 docs$59.991 Month
  • Business - 10 users, 500 docs$69.991 Month
  • Business (Annual)$124.991 Year
  • Business Plus (Annual)$244.991 Year
  • Business - 5 users, 250 docs$349.991 Year
  • Business - 6 users, 300 docs$399.991 Year
  • Premium (Annual)$449.991 Year
  • Business - 8 users, 400 docs$499.991 Year
None

Halter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dext free?
Dext is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Halter free?
Halter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dext or Halter?
Halter is rated higher. Dext averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.4K ratings, while Halter averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Dext or Halter have ads?
Neither Dext nor Halter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dext or Halter?
Dext ships an update every 2 weeks, and Halter every 2 days. Most recently, Dext was updated on September 22, 2026 and Halter on September 23, 2026.

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