Comparison

Pocket Expense 6 vs Holdwise

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

Holdwise

Track your dividend income and portfolio growth privately on your device. Monitor individual stock performance, view upcoming payments, and model future compounding with insightful charts and projections. Ideal for long-term investors focused on buy-and-hold strategies.

Highlights
  • Track individual stock positions
  • Monitor dividend income and compounding
  • View dividend calendar and projections
  • Analyze dividend safety scores
  • Model reinvestment scenarios
  • Local data storage and optional iCloud sync
Features
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Holdwise is a calm, private dividend tracker for long-term, buy-and-hold investors. Own VTI, VXUS, BND, SCHD or dividend stocks across a 401(k), Roth IRA, HSA and taxable account? Holdwise shows your income, when it's coming, and how it compounds. No accounts. No broker logins. No ads. Your data stays on your iPhone. NEVER MISS A PAYDAY - Pay-day alerts the day a dividend lands, with the amount - A Lock Screen and Dynamic Island Live Activity on pay days - Ex-dividend reminders 1, 3 or 7 days ahead (Pro) - Optional weekly preview and monthly recap - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Control Center toggles TRACK EVERY POSITION - Add holdings by hand, import a broker CSV (Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, Robinhood, M1, E*TRADE) or a screenshot - Group by account: Taxable, Roth IRA, Traditional IRA, 401(k), HSA and more - Multi-currency holdings with per-security withholding tax - Swipe to add a dividend or delete with Undo - Auto-fill dividends from Tiingo (free Tiingo account required) SEE WHAT'S COMING, AND WHAT CAME IN - Calendar of confirmed and projected ex-dates and pay dates - A shareable recap for every month and year - An income heatmap back to your first dividend, plus streaks and milestones KNOW YOUR REAL RETURN - XIRR and time-weighted return - Total return: price change plus dividends received - Compare against VOO, SCHD and VYM, or backtest your buys against an index SMARTER INSIGHTS - Income Risk score and a Dividend Safety Score per holding - 1, 3 and 5-year dividend growth rates - Sectors, concentration warnings and rebalance suggestions - On-device insights powered by Apple Intelligence, on supported devices WATCH IT COMPOUND - Coverage: when your dividends will cover your expenses - Reinvestment modeler, income goal, RMD estimates - Year-end tax pack: realized gains and dividend tax as PDF and CSV MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN - Two-column layouts on iPad and iPhone Duo - Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight for your holdings - VoiceOver audio graphs for every chart and a color-blind friendly palette - English and Spanish YOUR DATA, LOCALLY - Everything stored privately on your device - One-file backup you can restore anywhere, with or without iCloud - Face ID lock; the app switcher never shows your balances - Optional iCloud sync into your private database - Hide Balances in one tap - No analytics, no tracking SDKs HOLDWISE PRO Free: 10 positions, total return, sectors, the calendar and .ics export, pay-day alerts, widgets and the Live Activity, recaps and the heatmap, backup, and the Aristocrats list. Pro unlocks unlimited positions, XIRR and time-weighted return, Income Risk, Coverage, Backtest, the tax pack, Insights, multi-currency, CSV and screenshot import, auto dividend lookup, ex-dividend reminders, benchmarks, RMD and tax estimates, the modeler, and PDF/CSV export. $4.99/month or $44.99/year (saves 25%), with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. IMPORTANT Holdwise is a tracker, not a financial advisor, and gives no buy or sell recommendations. Returns, projections, RMD and tax figures are for planning only. Realized gains use FIFO and do not detect wash sales. Verify against your broker statements and consult a tax professional. Made by JC Mobile App Studio LLC. Built solo by a Boglehead, for Bogleheads. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy: https://jcmobileappstudio.com/apps/holdwise/privacy/

Screenshots

Pocket Expense 64 screens
Holdwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Holdwise at 5.0 against Pocket Expense 6's 3.9. Holdwise also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). Pocket Expense 6's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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 Holdwise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Holdwise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Expense 6 has 2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Expense 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, Holdwise weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pocket Expense 6 versus Holdwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Expense 6Holdwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsJC Mobile App Studio LLC

Customer experience

Pocket Expense 6

All ratings2,046 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews2,232 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral7.5%
Negative38.8%

Holdwise

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Holdwise

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
2 purchases

Holdwise

Subscriptions2
  • Holdwise Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Holdwise Pro (Yearly)$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Pocket Expense 6 free?
Pocket Expense 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Holdwise free?
Holdwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Expense 6 or Holdwise?
Holdwise is rated higher. Pocket Expense 6 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Holdwise averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pocket Expense 6 or Holdwise have ads?
Pocket Expense 6 shows ads; Holdwise does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Expense 6 or Holdwise?
Pocket Expense 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Holdwise weekly. Most recently, Pocket Expense 6 was updated on October 26, 2026 and Holdwise on October 21, 2026.

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