# Coins vs Live Time

The clearest difference is update cadence: Coins at every 2 weeks against Live Time's monthly. Coins also leads on ratings volume (655 vs 51). Live Time's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Coins sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Live Time sells 4 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 — 4.6 for Coins against 4.5 for Live Time. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coins has 655 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Coins's written reviews are positive against 83% of Live Time's.

Coins ships an update every 2 weeks, Live Time monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Coins | Live Time |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.6 (655 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coins-spending-tracker/id572886919/reviews)** | [4.5 (51 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-time-time-tracker/id616589477/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **655** | 51 |
| Positive reviews | 81.2% of reviews | **82.6% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Every 2 weeks** | Monthly |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 44 MB | 12 MB |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | **8.0** |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch** | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | [Yuzhou Zhu](https://appshunter.io/developer/572886922) | [Bonazzi S.r.l. con Socio unico](https://appshunter.io/developer/330701629) |

## What reviewers say

### Coins

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coins-spending-tracker/id572886919)

Effortlessly manage your personal finances by quickly logging expenses and income. Understand your spending habits with insightful reports and stay within budget with smart alerts. Automate tracking and personalize your experience with advanced features.

**Highlights:** Fast expense and income logging, Home screen widgets for at-a-glance finance overview, Insightful budget reports and alerts, Smart transaction suggestions, iOS Shortcuts integration for automation, iCloud sync for cross-device access, Privacy-focused data storage

**Features:** Family Sharing, Apple Watch app, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (6)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $0.99 | per month |
| Yearly | $9.99 | per year |
| Yarn Ball of Gratitude | $0.99 | one-time |
| Teaser Wand of Joy | $1.99 | one-time |
| Fish Can of Appreciation | $4.99 | one-time |
| Cat Tree of Honor | $8.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
- 💡 Useful for tracking expenses
- 🚀 Convenient for daily expense entry

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Glitches and crashes after updates
- 🐛 Losing data after updates
- 🐛 Inability to edit or delete entries
- 💡 Lack of features like budgeting, recurring expenses, and multiple accounts

**Reported bugs**

- App crashing on launch after updates
- Losing all expense data after updates
- Incorrect date display on expense entries
- Inability to add expenses to future dates

**Requested features**

- Add ability to edit and delete entries
- Implement recurring expense tracking
- Allow multiple account support
- Provide budgeting and analytics features
- Add option to change currency


### Live Time

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-time-time-tracker/id616589477)

Easily track your time spent on various projects and activities. Record start and end times, categorize tasks, and associate them with projects, resources, or fees. Generate detailed reports for your company or team via email.

**Highlights:** Intuitive time tracking, Project management, Activity categorization, Resource association, Fee tracking, Emailable HTML/CSV reports

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases (4)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enable accounting field | $0.99 | one-time |
| Multi-project feature | $0.99 | one-time |
| CSV email attachment | $1.99 | one-time |
| Multi-worker feature | $2.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Coins free?

Coins is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Live Time free?

Live Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Coins or Live Time?

Coins is rated higher. Coins averages 4.6 out of 5 from 655 ratings, while Live Time averages 4.5 from 51 ratings.

### Do Coins or Live Time have ads?

Neither Coins nor Live Time shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Coins or Live Time?

Coins ships an update every 2 weeks, and Live Time monthly. Most recently, Coins was updated on October 1, 2026 and Live Time on September 19, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*