Comparison

Spentable vs PocketGuard

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

Head to head
About

Spentable

Effortlessly track your expenses and savings with a user-friendly interface. Visualize your spending habits with monthly charts and customize categories with emoji icons. Supports Apple Watch and Notification Center widgets for quick entry.

Highlights
  • Easy expense tracking
  • Monthly spending charts
  • Customizable categories with emojis
  • Apple Watch app
  • Notification Center widget
  • Unlimited expense data
Features
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Featured as Best Finance / Productivity / Lifestyle App Spentable Features: - A super easy to use tracking experience: choose a category and input the amount. - A monthly expense chart gives you a glimpse of your monthly spending habits. - Dozens of predefined categories OR create your own categories with Emoji Icons! - Adjust the order of the categories in a way that suits your needs. - Support us and get the following features as well! - The Apple Watch OS App. - The Notification Center Widget. - Keep track of unlimited expense data. - Great future updates! --- "Once upon a time, there was a kid named Steven. Steven graduated from a local university, and applied for a local job. He worked really hard at his job, and made an honest living. However, Steven didn’t know how to manage his spending. Every month he would spend and spend and eventually his income would run out, without saving a dime. “I want to save more money!” He thought to himself. So he set out to turn his financial life around. To his luck, he found an app called Spentable. An app that allowed him to use the notification center to quickly add expenses to a predefined category. No typing, just choose a category, input a number, and press enter, all from the notification center. Steven soon saved up enough money to get himself an Apple Watch, which he used to enter his expenses through the Apple Watch Spentable app. He simply lifted his wrist, and in one single tap, he was in. His phone never left his pocket. Steven went on to get a car, buy a house and marry the guy of his dreams, all thanks to Spentable. Get Spentable. Get the love of your life.

About

PocketGuard

This app simplifies personal finance by automatically tracking expenses and bills. It helps you understand your disposable income, analyze spending habits, and manage subscriptions to save money. Set financial goals and create debt-payoff plans with smart algorithms.

Highlights
  • Automatic expense tracking
  • Bill and subscription monitoring
  • Disposable income calculation
  • Spending habit analysis
  • Financial goal setting
  • Debt-payoff plan creation
Features
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PocketGuard is an award-winning Budget App, Spending Tracker & Money Manager trusted by 1.7M+ users. Plan your budget, track expenses, manage bills, and know what’s safe to spend. RECOGNIZED AMONG THE BEST BUDGET APPS OF 2026 • Forbes Advisor — Best for Managing Recurring Expenses • Kiplinger — Best for Debt Management • NerdWallet — Featured among The Best Budget Apps for 2026 • Experian & Investopedia — Featured among the Best Budgeting Apps of 2026 “PocketGuard is the best budgeting app for tracking spending. PocketGuard makes it easy for users to analyze their spending habits through custom reports and allows them to create a fully customized budget and a personalized debt payoff schedule.”— Forbes Always Know What's in Your Pocket • Track all your income and expenses • Safe-to-spend amount after bills, goals, and essentials • How much you can safely contribute, save, invest Budgeting Features • Custom categories • Budget limits • Overspending prevention • Rollover budgets • Spending Prediction Spending Pace — Predict Your Spending Spending Pace analyzes your spending habits to predict whether you’ll stay on budget before the month ends. Choose your budgeting method • Zero-based budgeting • Envelope budgeting • 50/30/20 budget rule • Build your own custom budgeting system. Smart Transaction Rules — Automatic Expense Categorization • Detect merchant names, keywords, amounts, categories, and accounts • Rename merchants, fix categories, and add hashtags for tracking • Apply rules to every new transaction Spending Insight & Monthly Budget Review • Visual spending reports • Categories, budgets, bills and merchant breakdowns • Month-to-month budget • Spending trend analysis Bills organizer and Subscription manager Connect your bank and PocketGuard automatically identifies bills, subscriptions, and recurring payments. • Never miss a due date • Spot and cancel forgotten subscriptions • Lower bills using a built-in bill negotiation service Build Your Debt-Payoff Plan PocketGuard builds a personalized debt payoff plan based on your balances and repayment strategy, helping you reduce interest costs, see your debt-free date, and track every payment along the way. Bank-Level Security Your data is protected with 256-bit SSL encryption, biometric login (Touch ID & Face ID), PIN codes, and industry-standard privacy practices. FAQ You need a budget to track every dollar? PocketGuard connects to your bank accounts via secure data connectors (Plaid, Finicity, Salt Edge, Apple Wallet), automatically categorizes transactions, identifies bills and subscriptions, and calculates leftover which you can contribute to any budgeting category or spend guilt-free, setup a goal, save or invest. Which budgeting methods are supported? PocketGuard is a category budgeting but the app lets you budget your way. Use zero-based budgeting, envelope budgeting, the 50/30/20 rule, or create your own custom budget — without being locked into one budgeting method. Who is PocketGuard best for? Anyone who wants to plan a budget, track spending, stop overspending, pay off debt, manage subscriptions or build savings. Is it safe to connect my bank? Yes. PocketGuard uses 256-bit SSL encryption, biometric login, PIN protection, and MFA. Your credentials are never stored — read-only access only. Which countries and banks are supported? PocketGuard Budget App connects to financial institutions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Can I use PocketGuard without connecting to a bank? Yes. You can add transactions manually or manage cash accounts. PocketGuard Plus Subscription Start a 7-day free trial and choose a plan: Monthly — $12.99 Annual — $74.99. Prices may vary by region. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited once a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://pocketguard.com/privacy/. Terms of Use: https://pocketguard.com/terms/.

Screenshots

Spentable4 screens
PocketGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PocketGuard at Free against Spentable's $1.99. PocketGuard also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (7.7K vs 13). Spentable's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PocketGuard is free to download; Spentable costs $1.99 up front. Spentable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PocketGuard sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PocketGuard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PocketGuard has 7.7K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Spentable's written reviews are positive against 39% of PocketGuard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spentable ships an update every 2 months, PocketGuard every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Spentable versus PocketGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpentablePocketGuard
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (13 ratings)4.6 (7.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better38.7% of reviews
Number of ratings137.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#66 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOursky LimitedPocketGuard, Inc.

Customer experience

Spentable

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative20.0%

PocketGuard

All ratings7,674 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews349 reviews
Positive38.7%
Neutral11.5%
Negative49.9%

Bugs and requests

Spentable

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PocketGuard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent transaction syncing and labeling
  • Inability to delete or manage connected accounts
  • Budgeting data disappearing or not updating properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to carry over unspent budget to next month
  • More advanced reporting and analytics
  • Light/dark mode theme options
  • Improved transaction categorization and learning
  • Support for multiple users/family budgeting

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spentable

One-time1
  • Today Widgets Extension$2.99
11 purchases

PocketGuard

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly offer with 7 day trial7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • PocketGuard Plus3 variants$4.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription$4.991 Month
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  • PocketGuard Plus7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscriptions7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • PocketGuard Plus7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • PocketGuard Plus$34.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$74.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$79.99

Questions

Is Spentable free?
Spentable costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is PocketGuard free?
PocketGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spentable or PocketGuard?
PocketGuard is rated higher. Spentable averages 3.3 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while PocketGuard averages 4.6 from 7.7K ratings.
Do Spentable or PocketGuard have ads?
PocketGuard shows ads; Spentable does not.
Which is updated more often, Spentable or PocketGuard?
Spentable ships an update every 2 months, and PocketGuard every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spentable was updated on October 26, 2026 and PocketGuard on October 26, 2026.

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