Comparison

Expense List vs Quick Expenses

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

Head to head
About

Expense List

Track expenses, group them by category, and email detailed lists. Supports multiple currencies with user-defined exchange rates. Organize custom categories and subcategories for comprehensive financial overview.

Highlights
  • Expense tracking with amount, date, notes, and category
  • Multi-currency support with custom exchange rates
  • Customizable categories and subcategories
  • Filter expenses by date range
  • Email expense lists and database exports
  • Automatic date tagging
Features
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Expense List, Version 2.7 this free version is limited to saving 50 Expense Items. After an In-App Purchase, it can save over 500 expense items. Expense List keeps track of expenses, grouping and listing the expenses into different Categories, and e-mailing the expenses to other computers. Expense items - amount, date, notes and Category - Amount - recorded in $, €, £ or ¥ and converted to any one of these. Items are converted from one currency to any other currency using user-supplied exchange rates. - Date - automatically tags expense item with current day/time - Notes - add optional descriptions to expense items - Category - each expense item is assigned to a Category Categories - comes with an original table of Categories - Delete any original Category and add new ones - Rearrange table of Categories - Make any Category a subcategory of another Category. Subcategories can have subcategories. Lists - Display a list of expense items assigned to any specific Category, or to all Categories, converted and totaled in $, €, £, or ¥. - Filter-by-date expense items included in lists, keep a running total from one date to another - E-mail lists - E-mail a formatted listing of entire dBase of expense items to another computer for processing by a spreadsheet program capable of parsing format (NOTE - spreadsheet program is not supplied with this App - compatible with Excel).

About

Quick Expenses

Effortlessly manage your daily finances with this personal expense tracker. Quickly log spending, monitor budgets, and gain insights into your spending habits with smart statistics and automatic categorization. Your financial data remains private and stored solely on your device.

Highlights
  • Quick expense logging
  • Smart category statistics
  • Monthly budget tracking
  • CSV import with preview
  • Automatic categorization
  • Duplicate detection
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Quick Expenses is a fast personal finance tracker built for simple daily control. Key features: • Add expenses in seconds • Smart category stats (day/week/month/custom range) • Monthly budget tracking with remaining balance and top spending days • CSV import from bank statements with preview before import • Automatic categorization using local rules and merchant memory • Duplicate detection on import • Widgets for quick add and "Spent today" Privacy-first: Your data stays on your device. No server is required for expense tracking and CSV processing.

Screenshots

Expense List3 screens
Quick Expenses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Expenses at none against Expense List's 1. Quick Expenses also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Expense List's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Expense List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quick Expenses asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Expense List against 5.0 for Quick Expenses. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense List ships an update every 3 months, Quick Expenses every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Expense List versus Quick Expenses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpense ListQuick Expenses
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter KramerZakhar Shylov

Customer experience

Expense List

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Quick Expenses

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Expense List

One-time1
  • upgrade to save over 500 expense items$0.99
None

Quick Expenses

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expense List free?
Expense List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Expenses free?
Quick Expenses is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Expense List or Quick Expenses?
Expense List and Quick Expenses are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Expense List or Quick Expenses have ads?
Neither Expense List nor Quick Expenses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense List or Quick Expenses?
Expense List ships an update every 3 months, and Quick Expenses every 2 days. Most recently, Expense List was updated on October 15, 2026 and Quick Expenses on October 14, 2026.

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