Spending Tracker vs Simple Budget Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Simple Budget Manager
Manage your finances with this straightforward expense tracker. Record all debit and credit transactions, generate detailed PDF reports, and enjoy an ad-free experience. It's designed for both small and large-scale financial management.
- List debit and credit transactions
- View financial reports
- Export reports in PDF format
- Ad-free experience
- Simple and easy to use
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PDF Expense manager. Best for both small and large scale expense management. -List all your debit and credit transactions. -View reports. -Export the reports in PDF. -Ads free. -Simple and easy to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spending Tracker at 95% against Simple Budget Manager's 50%. Spending Tracker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (19K vs 3). Simple Budget Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price and update cadence 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. Spending Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Budget Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spending Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spending Tracker has 19K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Spending Tracker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Simple Budget Manager's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spending Tracker | Simple Budget Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MH Riley Ltd | Muhammad Haroon |
Customer experience
Spending Tracker
Simple Budget Manager
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
Simple Budget Manager
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spending Tracker
- Pro Upgrade$2.99
Simple Budget Manager
No in-app purchases
Questions
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