Comparison

Pocket Expense 6 vs Budget Expense Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Expense 6

Manage your personal finances by tracking accounts, categorizing transactions, and monitoring bills. Set budgets to control spending and achieve savings goals. Gain insights into your financial habits with powerful statistics and reports.

Highlights
  • Track multiple financial accounts
  • Budget management and spending control
  • Bill tracking with reminders
  • Transaction categorization
  • Savings goal achievement
  • Detailed financial statistics and reports
  • Password protection
Features
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Pocket Expense is a full-featured finance software that you can carry in your pocket. It is a powerful and easy to use program that will help you track and understand your personal finance. Designed and developed by polycents! Pocket Expense brings all your financial accounts together, categorizes your transactions, tracks all your bills, lets you set budgets and helps you achieve your savings goals. In just minutes, you’ll see where your money is going and where you could save money. TRACK YOUR ACCOUNTS You can easily input and manage your accounts. All your accounts will be displayed in one place. You are supplied with a set of icons for your accounts. All transactions related to the same account will be displayed in one page so that you can manage them easily. √ Support multiple account and account type √ Statistic for daily/weekly/monthly/yearly overall √ Track balance of each account BUDGET MANAGEMENT Stay in control and monitor your spending with the help of this budget tracker feature. Set yourself a limit and debit all your payments. You can always see how much money is left until your budget is gone and whether you might better postpone a purchase. Over time this should help to save some money instead of going into dept. √ Support multiple budgets √ See your income and expenses of one budget through charts √ Recurring and non-recurring budget √ Move funds from one budget to another in a single operation √ At the end of each cycle, all information for a budget is archived and can be easily viewed for comparative purpose TRACK YOUR BILLS Pocket Expense will make sure that you’re never late for even one bill. By tracking each bill, which is customizable with different reminder alert periods. √ Support multiple bills of different recurring √ Set alerts to remind you of which bills are close to due dates or overdue √ Allows for the payment of bills in full or in part √ Support multiple payments of each bill √ Support calendar view √ Show total amount of all and overdue bills √ Mark bills with icons according to their status Other Key features: - Password protection - Simple, attractive interface - Payers & payees management - Category management - Provide help document - Powerful statistics and reports of all your transactions - Quickly search for transactions and edit from the same screen - Complete world currency list - Backup and restore all your data over WiFi # Subscription Details # - Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. - Subscriptions can be managed by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/7775087 Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/7775087 If you have any problems or suggestions please send a mail to expense@support.polycents.com, you’ll get the response in a short time.

About

Budget Expense Tracker

Easily record and track your income and expenses with a straightforward interface. Avoid clutter and unnecessary features found in other financial apps. Syncs data via iCloud and offers customization options.

Highlights
  • Simple interface
  • Quick income/expense entry
  • Income/expense history
  • iCloud sync
  • Customization options
  • App lock
  • Dark Mode
  • Widgets
Features
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People like to make simple things complex. Don't make this simple thing complex. In Out is a simple little app with an EASIER WAY to record and track your incomes and expenses WITHOUT ALL THOSE UNNECESSARY CLUTTER in other money-tracking apps you loathe to use. Fea­tures of this app: • Sim­ple in­ter­face. • Eas­i­er way to quick­ly enter any in­come or ex­pense. • See your in­come/ex­pense his­to­ry. • iCloud sync - Your data automatically backs up to your iCloud account and syncs across your devices. • Customization options. • App lock. • Dark Mode. • Widgets. • No creating accounts / sign-up / login. Just download and use. If you want a sim­ple app to track your incomes and expenses, This is THE app for you. Terms of Use: https://umayanga.wixsite.com/inout/terms Privacy Policy: https://umayanga.wixsite.com/inout/privacy

Screenshots

Pocket Expense 64 screens
Budget Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Budget Expense Tracker at free with in-app purchases against Pocket Expense 6's subscription. Budget Expense Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 54%). Pocket Expense 6's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Pocket Expense 6 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Budget Expense Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Pocket Expense 6 against 4.0 for Budget Expense Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Expense 6 has 2.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Pocket Expense 6's written reviews are positive against 67% of Budget Expense Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Expense 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, Budget Expense Tracker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Expense 6 versus Budget Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Expense 6Budget Expense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (2.1K ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsUmayanga Alahakoon

Customer experience

Pocket Expense 6

All ratings2,046 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews2,233 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral7.5%
Negative38.8%

Budget Expense Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Expense 6

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Transactions being duplicated or deleted unexpectedly
  • Incorrect account balances after updates
  • Inability to delete or edit recurring transactions
  • Sync failures between iPhone and iPad versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to set custom budget cycles
  • Option to exclude credit card balances from net worth
  • Improved backup and restore functionality
  • Integration with bank accounts for automatic syncing

Budget Expense Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pocket Expense 6

Subscriptions4
  • Premium - 1 Month$1.491 Month
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$8.991 Year
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  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Budget Expense Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • In Out Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • In Out Plus Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • In Out Plus (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is Pocket Expense 6 free?
Pocket Expense 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budget Expense Tracker free?
Budget Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Expense 6 or Budget Expense Tracker?
Budget Expense Tracker is rated higher. Pocket Expense 6 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Budget Expense Tracker averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pocket Expense 6 or Budget Expense Tracker have ads?
Pocket Expense 6 shows ads; Budget Expense Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Expense 6 or Budget Expense Tracker?
Pocket Expense 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Budget Expense Tracker every 5 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Expense 6 was updated on November 8, 2026 and Budget Expense Tracker on November 3, 2026.

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