Comparison

Spending Tracker vs Daily Costs

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

Head to head
About

Spending Tracker

Easily track your expenses and income to gain control over your finances. Set budgets, view spending summaries, and generate reports with interactive charts. Take the first step towards saving money by understanding where your money goes.

Highlights
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Flexible time period tracking (Weekly, Monthly, Yearly)
  • Budget mode with carry-over
  • Summary view of spending progress
  • Log expenses and income
  • Editable spending and income categories
  • Interactive charts and reports
Features
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Spending Tracker is the easiest and most user friendly Personal Finance App in the store. And best of all, it's free! The simple fact is, by tracking your spending you will be able to stick to a budget and therefore SAVE MONEY. So give it a try and have instant control over your spending! *** Features *** ------------------ √ Simple and intuitive user interface - helps you track your spending quickly and easily √ Flexible Time Periods - choose to track Weekly, Monthly or Yearly √ Budget Mode - optionally set a fixed budget amount to help you meet your spending targets - carry over any remaining budget to the next period √ Summary View - overview of your current spending progress - time travel backwards and forwards in time - see your main areas of spending √ Log Expense and Income - easy and quick transaction entry - sort by date, name or amount - repeat transactions daily, weekly or monthly (Pro Upgrade required) - export transactions (Pro Upgrade required) √ Categories - editable spending and income categories - choose a quality icon for each category √ Reports - easy visualisation of where your money goes - beautiful and interactive charts - view spending grouped by category - see the history of your spending

About

Daily Costs

Features
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Daily Costs is a calm way to write down what comes in and what goes out. Add a record in a few taps: amount, tag and date. The Records tab keeps today, yesterday and the rest of the month in a list you can actually read. A month card on top shows income, spending and leftover, so you know where you stand without opening a spreadsheet. Reports stay on purpose small. • Month and year overviews • Leftover, income and spending • Where the money went, by tag • Daily and monthly charts you can tap Tags are yours. Rename one, and existing records follow. Delete a tag from the list, and the name on old records stays. A Home Screen widget shows the current month at a glance. Light, Dark or follow the iPhone. English, Russian or Cantonese — or follow the system. Turn on one decimal if you need tenths; a point or a comma both work. Records are saved on this iPhone first. Turn on iCloud for this app and Daily Costs keeps a cloud copy. Export to CSV when you want a file. No bank login. No ads in the way. Just the numbers you typed.

Screenshots

Spending Tracker4 screens
Daily Costs3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Costs at none against Spending Tracker's 1. Daily Costs also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Spending Tracker's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). On price 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. Spending Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daily Costs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Daily Costs fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spending Tracker versus Daily Costs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpending TrackerDaily Costs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMH Riley LtdKonstantin Skoblik

Bugs and requests

Spending Tracker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Transactions sometimes entered in wrong order
  • Backup and restore functionality not always reliable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to split transactions into multiple categories
  • Incorporate currency conversion and exchange rates
  • Allow family/shared account access and updates
  • Implement a 'Debt' category to track loan payments
  • Add option to take photos of receipts and attach to transactions

Daily Costs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spending Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$2.99
None

Daily Costs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spending Tracker free?
Spending Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Costs free?
Daily Costs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spending Tracker or Daily Costs have ads?
Spending Tracker shows ads; Daily Costs does not.
Which is updated more often, Spending Tracker or Daily Costs?
Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Daily Costs fortnightly. Most recently, Spending Tracker was updated on September 25, 2026 and Daily Costs on September 13, 2026.

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