Expense List vs Midas Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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).
Midas Journal
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Midas Journal is a private, native iPhone trading journal built to help you log trades quickly, review each trading day, understand your patterns, and build a more consistent review process. LOG THE DETAILS THAT MATTER Record each trade with pair, P/L, risk amount, duration, direction, setup tags, mistake tags, and notes. Use major forex pairs or save custom pairs for the markets you trade most. REVIEW YOUR TRADING DAY Use the calendar to see your activity at a glance. Open any day to review its trades, total P/L, risk, pairs, average duration, and review status. UNDERSTAND YOUR PERFORMANCE Track core metrics including total P/L, win rate, average win and loss, buy vs sell performance, streaks, and account balance. Midas Premium adds deeper analysis with: • Equity curve • Maximum drawdown • Profit factor • Expectancy • Advanced filters • Multiple trading profiles • Full funding history • CSV export and expanded import tools BUILD A TRADING ROUTINE Choose the days and session times you normally trade. Midas can provide optional on-device reminders for weekly preparation, post-session review, and journaling discipline. Reminder decisions stay on your device. PRIVATE, LOCAL-FIRST, AND OFFLINE READY Your journal is stored locally on your iPhone and works without an internet connection. Optional private iCloud sync keeps your journal available across your Apple devices. Midas does not connect to broker accounts, request broker API keys, store broker credentials, or execute trades. YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL Create portable JSON backups, restore your journal when needed, and use CSV import tools to bring existing trade history into Midas. FREE TO START The free plan includes the core journal, calendar and daily review, basic performance metrics, one trading profile, up to 10 trades, private iCloud sync, Sign in with Apple, and Trading Routine reminders. Upgrade to Midas Premium for unlimited trades, multiple profiles, advanced analytics, advanced filters, full funding history, CSV export, and expanded import tools. Midas Journal is a journaling and performance-review tool. It does not provide financial advice or execute trades. Terms of Use: https://journal.midasquant.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://journal.midasquant.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Midas Journal at every 4 days against Expense List's every 3 months. Expense List's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Expense List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Midas Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Expense List ships an update every 3 months, Midas Journal every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Expense List | Midas Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Kramer | Nebula Craft Design Ltd |
In-app purchases
Expense List
- upgrade to save over 500 expense items$0.99
Midas Journal
- Midas Journal Premium$9.991 Month
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