Comparison

iSpending vs Live Expenses

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

Head to head
About

iSpending

Track your income and expenses with this free personal finance app. Organize transactions by category, view instant summaries, and analyze spending patterns with detailed graphs. Secure your data with passcode and Face ID.

Highlights
  • Categorize income and expenses
  • Customizable spending categories
  • Instant daily, weekly, monthly, yearly summaries
  • Detailed graph reports
  • Transaction search
  • Passcode and Face ID lock
  • iCloud sync
Features
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If you are looking for the best personal finance application, this is the app for you and it's free! Millions of downloads cannot be wrong! iSpending helps you to track your income and spendings. You can add transactions under different categories, such as income, food, entertainment. Summaries for today/week/month/year are displayed right at home page. You can view detailed report for each month in beautiful graphs and find transaction easily through search. Try it yourself to see more features, you'll love it! Features: - Add income/expense transactions under different category - Add customize spending category name - Add transactions quickly - Instant summary for today/week/month/year - Passcode lock - Export through email - View history records and compare them - Graph report for 1, 3 or 6 months time period - Separate graph report for income or expense alone - Search for transaction by name, amount, note or any of them - Polished UI, easy to use - Support for saving data in iCloud and sync across devices - Unlock using FaceID Send your comments/suggestions to hanamobiles@gmail.com or visit our website. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • iSpending Premium subscription will automatically renew each month or year at the duration selected • 1 month (USD 2.99), or 1 year (USD 29.99) durations • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Privacy policy: http://www.hanamobiles.com/appstore/privacy/privacy.html • Terms of use: http://www.hanamobiles.com/appstore/privacy/tos.html

About

Live Expenses

Track expenses and manage cash flow easily on your iPhone or iPad. Record income and outgoings, attach receipt photos, and categorize transactions by project, currency, or payment type. Export detailed reports via email in HTML or CSV format.

Highlights
  • Expense tracking
  • Cash flow management
  • Receipt photo attachment
  • Project-based tracking
  • Multi-currency support
  • Email reporting (HTML/CSV)
Features
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Easy, fast and intuitive application for iPhone / iPod touch and iPad to track your expenses. Imagine: - You are far from your company and you want to track your expenses ... or simply inform your company how are you spending the money... you can email you receips… so you don’t have to wait your return to deliver them. With LIVE EXPENSES you can do it! - You want to manage a budget and keep track of all the flows (day by day or month by month). With LIVE EXPENSES you can do it! - You want to manage inputs and outputs for each Project and store the documents of each operation. With LIVE EXPENSES you can do it! Using a simple “user interface” you can add your inputs (for ex. your expense budget) and outputs (hotels, restaurants, car rental, etc. ...). Each movement (in or out) can be related to: - A project: you can create new projects to connect with your inputs and outputs; - A picture of your receipt / invoice / bill / document. In this way, the company will have a printout while the are waiting you deliver the original document; - A currency: use foreign currencies and the exchange rates; - A type of expense/income: you can specify the type of input or output, such as restaurant, taxi, train, plane, etc...; - A type of payment: such as cash, credit cards, etc...; And finally, email eveything in HTML format and/or CSV (Microsoft Excel © compatible and all common spreadsheets) with all the pictures(documents) taken attached to your email. Easy, fast and intuitive... With LIVE EXPENSES you can do it!

Screenshots

iSpending4 screens
Live Expenses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Live Expenses at none against iSpending's shown. Live Expenses also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 69%). iSpending's advantage is ratings volume (634 vs 210). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. iSpending sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Live Expenses sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Live Expenses holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 634 and 210 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of iSpending's written reviews are positive against 88% of Live Expenses's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iSpending ships an update every 6 months, Live Expenses monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iSpending versus Live Expenses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriSpendingLive Expenses
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (634 ratings)4.6 (210 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews88.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings634 — better210
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHana MobileBonazzi S.r.l. con Socio unico

Customer experience

iSpending

All ratings634 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews376 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral10.9%
Negative20.2%

Live Expenses

All ratings210 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews204 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.4%

User reviews

iSpending

From 634 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💰 Helps organize finances
  • 📊 Provides good visibility into spending
  • 🚀 Simple and straightforward

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited functionality without paid upgrade
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs reported
  • 🗓️ Lack of customization options (categories, date range)
  • 💻 No cross-device sync or backup

Live Expenses

From 210 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and practical
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 👍 Versatile for tracking expenses
  • 👍 Helpful for budgeting and cash flow management
  • 👍 Clean and organized interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Loses data after a short period of use
  • 🔒 Lack of data backup and sync options
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for advanced features
  • 🔒 Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Bugs and requests

iSpending

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Transactions not displaying properly
  • Data loss after app updates
  • Inability to access past year's data

Requested features

5 requests
  • Recurring transaction options
  • Ability to edit/delete past entries
  • More detailed reporting and analytics
  • Multi-currency support
  • Sync across devices

Live Expenses

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Temporary display of incorrect information when tapping on an existing entry
  • App crashes on certain iOS versions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to import photos from camera roll
  • Option to sort expenses by reimbursement status
  • Live exchange rate support for multi-currency tracking
  • Landscape mode support
  • Sync data across devices
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  • More customization options for categories and icons

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iSpending

Subscriptions2
  • iSpending Premium$2.991 Month
  • iSpending Premium$29.991 Year
4 purchases

Live Expenses

One-time4
  • Multi-project feature$0.99
  • Multi-currency feature$1.99
  • CSV email attachment$2.99
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  • Accounting field enable$3.99

Questions

Is iSpending free?
iSpending is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Expenses free?
Live Expenses is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iSpending or Live Expenses?
Live Expenses is rated higher. iSpending averages 4.4 out of 5 from 634 ratings, while Live Expenses averages 4.6 from 210 ratings.
Do iSpending or Live Expenses have ads?
iSpending shows ads; Live Expenses does not.
Which is updated more often, iSpending or Live Expenses?
iSpending ships an update every 6 months, and Live Expenses monthly. Most recently, iSpending was updated on October 30, 2026 and Live Expenses on October 29, 2026.

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