Comparison

Pocket Expense 6 vs EZ Expense Manager

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

EZ Expense Manager

Easily track your expenses and income with this comprehensive manager. It supports multiple accounts and currencies, allows for scheduled payments, and offers detailed budgeting and reporting tools. Securely back up your data to the cloud.

Highlights
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Multiple accounts and currencies
  • Scheduled and recurring payments
  • Receipt photo capture
  • Budgeting by time period
  • Data import/export
  • Cloud backup and sync
Features
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The widely popular, easy to use and feature rich Expense Manager app comes to iOS: • Tracking expenses and incomes by week, month and year as well as by categories • Multiple accounts in multiple currencies • Schedule the payments and recurring payments • Take a picture of receipt • Payment alerts • Budget by day, week, month and year • Search and reports • Import and export account activities in CSV for desktop software • User chooses to auto backup/sync with Dropbox or iCloud • Customize expense categories, payer/payer, payment methods, date format, button style etc • Account transfer • Auto fill • Convenient tools such calculator, currency converter, tip calculator, sales and tax calculator and credit card calculator • Charts • Free and no In-App purchase needed • Developer support All data is saved on your phone or your Dropbox account or your iCloud account. Nobody but you can access your account.

Screenshots

Pocket Expense 64 screens
EZ Expense Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Expense 6 at 3.9 against EZ Expense Manager's 2.8. Pocket Expense 6 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 45). EZ Expense Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. EZ Expense Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Expense 6 holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Expense 6 has 2.1K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Pocket Expense 6's written reviews are positive against 35% of EZ Expense Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Expense 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, EZ Expense Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Pocket Expense 6 versus EZ Expense Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Expense 6EZ Expense Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (2.1K ratings) — better2.8 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews — better35.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2.1K — better45
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsBishinew Incorporated

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%

EZ Expense Manager

All ratings45 ratings
Positive35.6%
Neutral17.8%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive35.2%
Neutral27.8%
Negative37.0%

User reviews

Pocket Expense 6

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 📊 Helpful charts and graphs
  • 💰 Useful for managing finances
  • 🎨 Nice design and interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🗑️ Data loss after updates
  • 💸 Excessive ads in free version
  • 🔒 Account recovery issues

EZ Expense Manager

From 45 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy-to-use interface
  • 💡 Rich feature set (categories, tags, budgets, accounts, sub-categories)
  • 🔄 Multi-account and multi-currency support
  • 💾 Data backup and export options (CSV, email)
  • 📱 Long-standing reliability on Android version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • ⚠️ Severe performance degradation over time
  • 📱 iOS version significantly inferior to Android
  • 🔄 Broken data migration from Android to iOS
  • 🔄 Sync issues with Dropbox and iCloud

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

EZ Expense Manager

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes on launch or after brief usage
  • Freezing during transaction entry
  • Cannot import CSV files from Android backup
  • Data concatenation when editing merchant names
  • Dropbox sync not working properly
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  • iCloud sync causing performance issues
  • Database file won't download from Dropbox
  • White screen after Dropbox restore
  • Account transfer not updating balances
  • Recurring transactions not displaying
  • Calendar display issues (missing day numbers)
  • App force closes on iPhone X and newer models
  • Screen not utilizing full display on newer phones
  • Date picker navigating to wrong month
  • Duplicate entries appearing randomly
  • Data loss after app updates
  • App overheating iPhone
  • Blank screen on app launch
  • Unable to restore from CSV on iCloud/Dropbox
  • Note entry screen not displaying properly on iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Bring iOS version to feature parity with Android
  • Add split transactions to iOS app
  • Implement auto-fill for payee and category fields
  • Add alphabetical sorting for payees
  • Create paid/pro version for iOS without ads
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  • Add dark mode support
  • Implement automatic category prediction
  • Add widget support for iOS
  • Fix family sharing support
  • Add recurring expense improvements
  • Implement advanced reporting for tax purposes
  • Add calculator in amount field
  • Support for iPhone X and newer screen sizes
  • Improve calendar navigation
  • Add account balance adjustment button

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

EZ Expense Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Expense 6 free?
Pocket Expense 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EZ Expense Manager free?
EZ Expense Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Expense 6 or EZ Expense Manager?
Pocket Expense 6 is rated higher. Pocket Expense 6 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while EZ Expense Manager averages 2.8 from 45 ratings.
Do Pocket Expense 6 or EZ Expense Manager have ads?
Pocket Expense 6 shows ads; EZ Expense Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Expense 6 or EZ Expense Manager?
Pocket Expense 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, and EZ Expense Manager every 3 months. Most recently, Pocket Expense 6 was updated on October 29, 2026 and EZ Expense Manager on October 24, 2026.

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