Spending Tracker vs Easy Expense Lite
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
Easy Expense Lite
Easily track your income and expenses with a user-friendly interface. Customize categories, modify or delete records, and export data to CSV. Back up your database and send reports via AirDrop.
- Easy to use interface
- Track income and expenses
- Customizable categories
- Modify/delete records
- Export to CSV
- Database backup
- Send CSV via AirDrop
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The simple interface design lets you keep records of income and expense easy. It is suitable for adults and their children Features * Ease to use * Keep tracks of income and expense * Customize income and expense categories * You can modify or delete the records that you have created * Export transaction and report to CSV file * Backup database * Send CSV via AirDrop * Support English, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Easy Expense Lite at none against Spending Tracker's shown. Easy Expense Lite also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). Spending Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 3) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 and Easy Expense Lite sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Spending Tracker against 4.7 for Easy Expense Lite. 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 are what separate them: 95% of Spending Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Easy Expense Lite's.
Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Easy Expense Lite every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spending Tracker | Easy Expense Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19K ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MH Riley Ltd | Siu Yuen Ho |
Customer experience
Spending Tracker
Easy Expense Lite
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
Easy Expense Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spending Tracker
- Pro Upgrade$2.99
Easy Expense Lite
- Unlock Pro features$1.99
- 1 account$2.99
- 2 accounts$4.99
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- 5 accounts$10.49
- 10 accounts$14.99
Questions
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