Comparison

Pocket Expense 6 vs Fair Split

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

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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

Fair Split

Effortlessly divide bills and calculate exact amounts per person, ensuring everyone pays their fair share without any rounding errors. Customize tip percentages and enjoy a clean, simple interface for quick and accurate calculations.

Highlights
  • Instant, exact bill calculations
  • Split bills for any number of people
  • Customizable tip percentages
  • Clean and simple interface
  • No rounding errors
Features
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Fair Split makes splitting the bill simple, fast, and exact down to the penny. No more awkward math at the table or fuzzy "close enough" splits. Fair Split calculates exact totals and per person amounts instantly, so everyone pays their fair share. No rounding errors, no confusion. KEY FEATURES: - Instant, Exact Calculations: Enter your bill and get precise, to the cent results immediately. No estimating, no awkward rounding. - Split Between Any Number of People: Splitting a bill for two or a table of twelve? Just enter the number of people and Fair Split divides everything evenly and accurately. - Fully Customizable Tip Percentage: Set any tip percentage you want. Whether it's a standard 15 to 20%, a generous 25% for great service, or a custom amount that fits the moment. - Clean, Simple Interface: No clutter, no unnecessary steps. Open the app, enter your numbers, and get your answer in seconds. PERFECT FOR: - Dinners out with friends - Group trips and shared expenses - Work lunches and team outings - Anyone who wants fast, fair, accurate bill splitting. Download Fair Split today and never stress over who owes what again!

Screenshots

Pocket Expense 64 screens
Fair Split3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fair Split at 5.0 against Pocket Expense 6's 3.9. Fair Split also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Pocket Expense 6's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 1). 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. Pocket Expense 6 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Fair Split asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fair Split 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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pocket Expense 6 versus Fair Split: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Expense 6Fair Split
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsBrody Schmidt

Customer experience

Pocket Expense 6

All ratings2,046 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews2,231 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral7.5%
Negative38.7%

Fair Split

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

Fair Split

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
None

Fair Split

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Expense 6 free?
Pocket Expense 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fair Split free?
Fair Split is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Expense 6 or Fair Split?
Fair Split is rated higher. Pocket Expense 6 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Fair Split averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pocket Expense 6 or Fair Split have ads?
Both Pocket Expense 6 and Fair Split show ads.

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