Comparison

Spending Tracker vs Budgeter

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

Budgeter

This app simplifies financial tracking by consolidating multiple spreadsheets into one intuitive interface. It helps users monitor income, savings goals, recurring expenses, and daily purchases to generate personalized daily, weekly, and monthly spending budgets.

Highlights
  • Consolidates multiple spreadsheets
  • Tracks income and savings goals
  • Manages recurring expenses
  • Monitors daily purchases
  • Generates daily/weekly/monthly budgets
  • Promotes stress-free financial management
Features
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Budgeter was created out of a desire to simplify 10 different Spreadsheets. Full of smart calculations, and malleable information; Budgeter will help you keep track of your income, how much you want to save, reoccurring expenses, and your day to day purchases. In simplicity, you simply add all of the information in, and Budgeter will give you back a daily/weekly/monthly budget for how much money you are left to spend. Not enough money? Lower some savings, cut some expenses. Make sure you are living within your means! Stress free and confident. Too much money (I wish this would happen more often) consider saving some more money for a rainy day, or save for a special trip.

Screenshots

Spending Tracker4 screens
Budgeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Budgeter at none against Spending Tracker's 1. Budgeter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Spending Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (20K vs 1) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, update cadence 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. Spending Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Budgeter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Budgeter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spending Tracker has 20K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Budgeter every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Spending Tracker versus Budgeter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpending TrackerBudgeter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings20K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMH Riley LtdEthan Andersen

Customer experience

Spending Tracker

All ratings19,361 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews2,961 reviews
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.9%

Budgeter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Budgeter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spending Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$2.99
None

Budgeter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spending Tracker free?
Spending Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budgeter free?
Budgeter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spending Tracker or Budgeter?
Budgeter is rated higher. Spending Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 20K ratings, while Budgeter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spending Tracker or Budgeter have ads?
Spending Tracker shows ads; Budgeter does not.
Which is updated more often, Spending Tracker or Budgeter?
Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Budgeter every 6 weeks. Most recently, Spending Tracker was updated on November 4, 2026 and Budgeter on November 3, 2026.

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