Comparison

First Note vs myMoney

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

Head to head
About

First Note

Manage your finances with this tool that allows you to track daily, monthly, and year-over-year spending. Easily search for past transactions by date to compare expenses and make informed financial decisions.

Highlights
  • Daily balance tracking
  • Monthly spending reports
  • Carry-over balance from previous month
  • Transaction search by date
  • Historical spending comparison
Features
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First Note is an ideal tool to manage the accounting staff and view the balance daily, monthly and carry over the previous month. The research can be done to move or date. For example: do not you remember when you spent last year for the maintenance of your car? Do you think the mechanic will not ask a higher price? With this tool you can go back to that era and compare spending for the current year.

About

myMoney

Organize your finances with this intuitive expense tracker. Record income and expenses, manage accounts, and generate detailed reports and statistics. Export data to CSV or PDF for easy sharing and backup.

Highlights
  • Record expenses and income
  • Manage multiple accounts
  • Generate reports and statistics
  • Export data to CSV/PDF
  • Customizable categories
  • Password protection
  • Data backup and sync
Features
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Easily manage your accounting! myMoney is the application that helps you organize your accounting in an intuitive and fast way! In just a few simple steps, you can password protect all your movements, view reports, statistics, graphs and send them by email, search transactions by filtering results, create custom categories, detailed and personalized PDFs, backups, Excel exports, Dropbox... Moreover, it is compatible with aBill, so you can import all your receipts! Here is a list of myMoney features: OPERATIONS: * Total account balance, divided by date * Record Expenses and Income: - Frequent transactions (insert, create, modify) - Method (card, cash, other accounts..) - Amount (updateable exchange rate and calculator) - Category (customizable names and icons) - Date (even future) - Notes * Perform money transactions between cards, cash, or other accounts - Possibility to also perform transactions with negative amounts. * Import data from aBill TRANSACTIONS: * List of transactions * Monthly, annual and total reports and statistics * Schematic statistics, sortable by name or amount * Detailed, dynamic and clickable pie charts * Send charts by email or through iTunes * Detailed preview of transactions * Complete detail of each individual transaction * Modify or delete each individual transaction * Transactions and Statistics in PDF format (Full Version) * View, share, print transactions in PDF, CSV and XML Excel (Full Version) * Search transaction within those displayed * Number of latest transactions to display * Ascending or descending chronological sorting SEARCH: * List of transactions filtered by: - Category - Method - Type (income, expense, all) - Notes - Exact date - Date range * Info on the number of transactions found * All operations performable from LAST TRANSACTIONS MANAGEMENT: * Cash management (modify amount) * Management of cards or other accounts... (add, modify name and amount, delete) - Simple instructions for credit card * Perform money transactions between cards, cash, or other accounts * Category management (modify, add, choose predefined or personal icons) * Data Import and Export - Instructions and suggestions for backup and synchronization - Export backup files via iTunes - Import backup files via iTunes - View, share, print transactions in CSV Excel and XML Excel, also via email and iTunes (Full Version) - Dropbox synchronization (Full Version) * Choose language and currency symbol - Italian, English, Spanish, German, French - All major currency symbols * Change the app theme * Delete data (categories, transactions, personalized images for categories) INFO: * astrovicApps network * Send mail to the developer * Send feedback on appStore * Suggest myMoney with Facebook or email * Video You can follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AstrovicApps https://twitter.com/astrovicapps http://www.youtube.com/user/AstrovicApps *** For any need, we invite you to contact us by sending an email through the Info menu of the application, to get quick support and allow us to constantly improve the app. *** NOTE: myMoney is an app created and designed by astrovicApps. It is not supported by any bank or financial service, nor does it have access to banking services or financial institutions, nor to commercial services or similar services. It does not allow you to perform real financial transactions, but to record them on your device, to facilitate the management of your personal finances.

Screenshots

First Note4 screens
myMoney4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: First Note at none against myMoney's 1. myMoney's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 67%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On update cadence, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

First Note costs $2.99 and myMoney $1.99 up front. myMoney sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. First Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First Note ships an update every 3 months, myMoney every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
First Note versus myMoney: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst NotemyMoney
Price$2.99$1.99 โ€” better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews76.4% of reviews โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianfranco PercopoastrovicApps

Customer experience

First Note

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

myMoney

Written reviews55 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral7.3%
Negative16.4%

In-app purchases

None

First Note

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

myMoney

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99

Questions

Is First Note free?
First Note costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is myMoney free?
myMoney costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do First Note or myMoney have ads?
Neither First Note nor myMoney shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Note or myMoney?
First Note ships an update every 3 months, and myMoney every 2 months. Most recently, First Note was updated on July 4, 2026 and myMoney on September 22, 2026.

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