Weple Money vs Necessary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weple Money
Easily track your spending and manage your budget with this intuitive expense tracker. Record expenses step-by-step, view statistics by category, and analyze your card spending. Start building better financial habits today.
- Super simple entry input
- Daily, weekly, monthly views
- Expense statistics by category
- Budget management
- Asset management
- Card spending analysis
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Weple Money – The Easiest & Most Simple Expense Tracker Loved by users worldwide – 4.8 out of 5 based on 230,000+ reviews. Start your financial journey with Weple Money today! Managing everything in real life automatically is still impossible. That’s why many people feel that keeping a budget is difficult and tedious. Weple Money was created for those users. Forget about complicated features—just start recording step by step, easily. A small habit can bring a big change. Key Features * Super simple entry input * Daily / Weekly / Monthly views * Expense statistics by category * Budget management * Asset management * Card spending analysis * Remove ads with upgrade Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dzBx8ZZWghQM9mnVlowyAV9G-kSqNHpKnIkXptvZEAs/preview
Necessary
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Necessary helps you understand everyday household spending without forcing every dollar into an envelope. Add the money available for each pay period, record your purchases, and quickly decide whether each transaction was necessary, not necessary, or should be excluded. Necessary keeps the amount you could have saved visible, helping your household reduce impulse spending while leaving planned purchases out of the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Necessary at none against Weple Money's 3. Necessary also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Weple Money's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Weple Money sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Necessary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Weple Money ships an update weekly, Necessary every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weple Money | Necessary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | bumblebee | Andrew Hildebrand |
Bugs and requests
Weple Money
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes after recent update
- Balance not updating correctly
- Keyboard not showing up in some cases
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Provide more detailed reporting and analytics
- Allow custom currency settings
- Improve recurring transaction functionality
- Add iPad support
Necessary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weple Money
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$11.991 Year
- Weple Money Pro$22.99
Necessary
No in-app purchases
