Comparison

Pico Spend Lite vs iSave

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

Head to head
About

Pico Spend Lite

Features
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With Pico Spend you can track and analyze your expenses quickly and easily on your iPhone. It's a private and offline expense tracker - everything stays on your iPhone and no servers or data connection are needed. Key features include: • Quick and intuitive entry of expenses • Fully customizable expense categories • See your expenses grouped by day • Drill-down and graphical summary reports • Print, email or share PDF reports from within the app • Currency conversion • Transfer your spending data to the paid version via iCloud In the lite version you can enter as many expenses as you wish but you can view and analyze expenses for the past three days only. Your expenses are stored on your device and if you buy the full version of Pico Spend, all entered expenses can be seamlessly transferred from the lite to the full version via iCloud. Some features available in the full version only: • Weekly and monthly summary reports • CSV export of data • Restoring from iCloud • Passcode protection • Apple Watch app

About

iSave

Easily track your expenses and monitor your spending habits with a simple, native iOS interface. Visualize your financial data with colorful charts and interactive dashboards to identify where your money goes and save more effectively.

Highlights
  • Simple user interface
  • Spending search and edit
  • Spending dashboard
  • iCloud sync
  • Spending overview charts
  • Category management
  • Interactive charts
Features
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iSave - Expense Tracker is by tracking spending you will be able to SAVE MONEY. some Features : Simple user interface build natively with latest framework for iOS. this app helps you track your spending easily. - you can search for your spending in the app and edit easily. - very nice dashboard will help you to find the most money spending. - iCloud sync between your devices, if you have an iPhone and iPad all your data will be sync using iCloud. - overview of your spending with colourful chart. - see your categories of your spending - easy and quick transaction entry - sort by date, name or amount - editable spending and income categories - choose a quality icon for each category - beautiful and interactive charts - view spending grouped by category

Screenshots

Pico Spend Lite4 screens
iSave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pico Spend Lite at none against iSave's 3. iSave's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. iSave sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pico Spend Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pico Spend Lite ships an update every 12 months, iSave every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pico Spend Lite versus iSave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPico Spend LiteiSave
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDejan PetrovskiYousef Abu Sallamah

In-app purchases

None

Pico Spend Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

iSave

One-time3
  • Tiny Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$3.99

Questions

Is Pico Spend Lite free?
Pico Spend Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iSave free?
iSave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pico Spend Lite or iSave have ads?
Neither Pico Spend Lite nor iSave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pico Spend Lite or iSave?
Pico Spend Lite ships an update every 12 months, and iSave every 4 weeks. Most recently, Pico Spend Lite was updated on October 31, 2026 and iSave on November 3, 2026.

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