Comparison

DailyCost - Expense Tracker vs Spending 2

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

Head to head
About

DailyCost - Expense Tracker

Easily track your daily expenses with this intuitive finance organizer. Manage your money smarter with smart categories, elegant reports, and support for over 160 currencies. Ideal for personal finance and travel.

Highlights
  • Cloud syncing and backup
  • Intuitive gesture interface
  • Financial reports and summaries
  • 160+ currencies with auto exchange rates
  • Smart categories
  • Stylish themes
  • Data export (CSV)
Features
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DailyCost is a simple and elegant expense tracker that helps you organize your personal finance. With just few taps and swipes, you can easily keep track of your daily expenses and learn how to spend your money smarter. Supporting 160+ currencies with automatically updated exchange rates, DailyCost could be your best travel companion to go around the world. - Cloud syncing and backup - Simple and intuitive gesture interface - Elegant summary and financial reports - 160+ currencies with auto-updated exchange rates - Smart categories - Stylish themes - Data export (CSV) - Passcode lock (Touch ID) Tips: - Hold your iPhone horizontally for statistics - Tap and hold to delete an item This app is designed and developed individually by a passionate designer. Fed up with complicated expense tracking apps, he determined to make one simpler and better. Like it? Please support me by rating this app. Questions and suggestions? Don't hesitate to drop in any feedback. Email: support@dailycost.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/dailycost Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailycostapp Discord: https://discord.gg/qqXxBmAh

About

Spending 2

Easily log your expenses and track your spending with this intuitive application. Monitor weekly and yearly expenditures, manage multiple accounts, and utilize flexible reporting to understand your financial habits. Features include auto-backup, budgeting tools, and password protection for secure financial management.

Highlights
  • Easy expense logging
  • Budget management
  • Multiple account support
  • Flexible reporting
  • Auto backup
  • Password protection
  • CSV export
Features
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Spending 2 is the most easy to use expense log that keeps track of your spending. No complex operations, no impractical functions. Spending is easy to use. Spending 2 will quickly and easily record each expense. It’s easy to see how much money you have spent every week and even how much money you have spent this year. Key features: - Auto backup. - Budget. - Multiple accounts,Cash/Credit Card. - Support different currencies for different account. - Transfer between accounts. - Fast and easy to use native iPhone user interface. - Recording a purchase takes seconds. - Auto-generate recurring expenses and income entries. - Create/Edit/Sort expense/income categories and subcategories. - Support to order category by Alphabetic/Most Used/Customized. - Dynamic graph showing costs in percentages. - History to view and adjust your previous entries. - Flexible reports to view expenses by week, month, or year. - Password protection - Export CSV file. - Online backup via iCloud. - Back up via Mail. - Sync data across multiple devices via iCloud. I will not be able to reply directly to you in your review, so if you have any problems, please email spending2@qiuping.com . I will help you to solve your problem ASAP

Screenshots

DailyCost - Expense Tracker4 screens
Spending 24 screens

Verdict

The call

DailyCost - Expense Tracker and Spending 2 both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of DailyCost - Expense Tracker's written reviews are positive against 65% of Spending 2's. DailyCost - Expense Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DailyCost - Expense Tracker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Spending 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for DailyCost - Expense Tracker against 3.9 for Spending 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 166 and 61 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of DailyCost - Expense Tracker's written reviews are positive against 65% of Spending 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DailyCost - Expense Tracker versus Spending 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDailyCost - Expense TrackerSpending 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (166 ratings) — better3.9 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews74.3% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings166 — better61
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRSQUARED INVESTMENT PTE. LTD.平 邱

Customer experience

DailyCost - Expense Tracker

All ratings166 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews1,423 reviews
Positive74.3%
Neutral9.9%
Negative15.8%

Spending 2

All ratings61 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative26.7%

Bugs and requests

DailyCost - Expense Tracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Entries disappearing without explanation
  • Forced logout leading to data loss
  • Blank blue screen issue after updates
  • Incorrect currency conversion for small amounts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to create custom categories
  • Implement monthly/yearly expense tracking
  • Introduce iCloud or cloud backup support
  • Add option to import/export data

Spending 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DailyCost - Expense Tracker

One-time2
  • Premium 1 Month$0.99
  • Premium 12 Months$9.99
1 purchases

Spending 2

One-time1
  • Spending 2 Pro$4.99

Questions

Is DailyCost - Expense Tracker free?
DailyCost - Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spending 2 free?
Spending 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DailyCost - Expense Tracker or Spending 2?
DailyCost - Expense Tracker is rated higher. DailyCost - Expense Tracker averages 4.0 out of 5 from 166 ratings, while Spending 2 averages 3.9 from 61 ratings.
Do DailyCost - Expense Tracker or Spending 2 have ads?
Neither DailyCost - Expense Tracker nor Spending 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DailyCost - Expense Tracker or Spending 2?
DailyCost - Expense Tracker ships an update fortnightly, and Spending 2 fortnightly. Most recently, DailyCost - Expense Tracker was updated on October 17, 2026 and Spending 2 on October 17, 2026.

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