Comparison

Spending Tracker vs Expense+

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

Expense+

This offline money tracker prioritizes security and ease of use with fast bookkeeping and multi-ledger support. It offers detailed revenue and expenditure analysis, asset trend tracking, and multi-currency management without advertisements.

Highlights
  • Offline data storage
  • Fast bookkeeping with integrated calculator
  • Multi-ledger and multi-account support
  • Revenue and expenditure analysis
  • Asset trend tracking
  • Multi-currency management
  • No advertising
Features
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[Our design philosophy] Our design philosophy is ” back to the tool basic ". The definition of tool : first, it must be able to solve problem effectively while reliable. Even out of network connectivity, e.g. in the middle of sea or mountain, people should be able to use it. Among the online popular products today, our offline money tracking App back to the basic of tool. [product functions] Offline version: local data storage, let you feel more secure. Fast bookkeeping: simplified operation, integrated addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of the input method, so that it takes less time to write down an account. Multi-ledger support: life, work, travel, baby special fund... Each scenario can be recorded in a separate ledger. Multiple account support: either cash or credit CARDS, or virtual currency accounts can be managed one by one. Multiple members: expenses, whether on yourself or on your wife, children or parents, can be categorised separately. Multi-currency support: supports the management and conversion of most international currencies, virtual currencies and their exchange rates. Revenue and expenditure analysis: provide revenue and expenditure analysis data within the set date range. Where does every penny go?spending for who? Which account was spent? It's all clearly arranged. Asset trend: provides the variation trend of assets and net assets within the date range. Transfer between accounts: a small feature, but closer to the real money movement scenario. No advertising: We all had enough of it. The free version basically provides more function than you need. If you need more advanced function, you may buy our paid version. 【Buy Instructions】 1. 1-year Subscription: Pay for a 1-year subscription, yearly subscription will renew automatically unless you unsubscribe, you can cancel your subscription at anytime, all your data will remain unchanged. 2. Permanent Buy: Buy a permanent product use right. 【Terms】 Terms of use: https://328expense.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy policy: https://328expense.com/privacy-policy/ [contact information] Email address: admin@328car.com

Screenshots

Spending Tracker4 screens
Expense+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Expense+ at none against Spending Tracker's shown. Expense+ also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Spending Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 2) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Expense+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Expense+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spending Tracker has 19K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Expense+ every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spending Tracker versus Expense+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpending TrackerExpense+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.514.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMH Riley LtdSze Kwok Cheung

Customer experience

Spending Tracker

All ratings19,361 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews2,933 reviews
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.9%

Expense+

All ratings2 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

Expense+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spending Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$2.99
3 purchases

Expense+

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Renew$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • Yearly Subscribe$5.99
  • Permanent Purchase$11.99

Questions

Is Spending Tracker free?
Spending Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expense+ free?
Expense+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spending Tracker or Expense+?
Expense+ is rated higher. Spending Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Expense+ averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Spending Tracker or Expense+ have ads?
Spending Tracker shows ads; Expense+ does not.
Which is updated more often, Spending Tracker or Expense+?
Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Expense+ every 5 days. Most recently, Spending Tracker was updated on October 15, 2026 and Expense+ on October 11, 2026.

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