Comparison

Expense Keep vs EZ Expense Manager

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

Head to head
About

Expense Keep

This app offers a simple and fast way to track expenses and income, helping users manage their finances and save money. It allows for organizing funds into separate accounts or spending envelopes, with features for recurring transactions and detailed monthly history.

Highlights
  • Track expenses and income
  • Organize money into accounts/envelopes
  • Set up recurring transactions
  • View monthly history and cash flow
  • Create custom expense categories
  • Transfer money between accounts
Features
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Expense Keep is the simplest and quickest way to track your expenses. It will save you money and improve your financial health. Expense Keep has been downloaded over 500,000 times and ranked top 5 Finance app in 33 countries. "This is exactly what I was looking for. It has cut my spending tremendously. Couldn't be happier with this app." "I have never rated an app before but I feel so strongly about this app that I knew I had to share with everyone how great it is!" "All I wanted was a sole app to track multiple accounts. This does it. I love it and have deleted all of my other expense tracking apps." "This app is the only budget app that I could find which works well with a zero-based budget." "This is the best budget envelope app available. So beautifully designed and simple to use. Includes recurring transactions and transfers between envelopes." "This app is awesome! Super easy to use without requiring so much personal info like other apps (Mint)." "Finally an expenses tracking app that don't force you to connect every single bank account you have. This app is for those, like me, that like to keep their info as private as possible." "This app is helping me feel in much more control of my finances." "This app is fantastic. Don't know how i ever managed without it." "Awesome app. Easy to use. Quick to set up and quick to input transactions." "Have tried a number of apps to track expenses, and this one has everything I've been looking for." Expense Keep is a personal finance app built to be fast and designed to be flexible yet simple to use. Organize your money into separate accounts and track your expenses and incomes. Accounts can be used to track your bank account balances or as "envelopes" for your different spending groups. FEATURES: Accounts + Add/Edit/Delete accounts. + Set starting balance. + Organize your money into separate accounts. + View current balance of each account. Expenses and Incomes + Add/Edit/Delete entries for expenses and incomes. + Create custom expense categories. + Assign expenses/incomes to an account. + Set a date and note for each entry. + Select a category for expenses. Transfers + Add/Edit/Delete transfers. + Transfer money from one account to another. + Helps you stay on budget when you overspend in one account. Recurring Entries + Add/Edit/Delete recurring entries that get automatically entered. + Setup recurring expenses/incomes/transfers for each account. + Set repeat cycles of daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly and more. + Set a start date and end date for recurring expenses. + Or set recurring expenses to be ongoing with no end date. Monthly History + View all entries for current month. + Go back and see previous months' entries. + Go to future months and add entries ahead of time. Cash Flow + See how much you earned/spent for the month. + Cash flow bar chart helps you spend less than you earn. Expense Chart + Pie chart shows your expenses broken down into categories. + See where all your money is going. + Filter pie chart to show only the accounts you select. Report + CSV export Security + Passcode lock feature More features coming soon! Have questions, requests, or feedback? Send them to info@expensekeep.com If you enjoy using Expense Keep or found the app useful, please consider leaving a review. It helps us a lot. Thank you!

About

EZ Expense Manager

Easily track your expenses and income with this comprehensive manager. It supports multiple accounts and currencies, allows for scheduled payments, and offers detailed budgeting and reporting tools. Securely back up your data to the cloud.

Highlights
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Multiple accounts and currencies
  • Scheduled and recurring payments
  • Receipt photo capture
  • Budgeting by time period
  • Data import/export
  • Cloud backup and sync
Features
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The widely popular, easy to use and feature rich Expense Manager app comes to iOS: • Tracking expenses and incomes by week, month and year as well as by categories • Multiple accounts in multiple currencies • Schedule the payments and recurring payments • Take a picture of receipt • Payment alerts • Budget by day, week, month and year • Search and reports • Import and export account activities in CSV for desktop software • User chooses to auto backup/sync with Dropbox or iCloud • Customize expense categories, payer/payer, payment methods, date format, button style etc • Account transfer • Auto fill • Convenient tools such calculator, currency converter, tip calculator, sales and tax calculator and credit card calculator • Charts • Free and no In-App purchase needed • Developer support All data is saved on your phone or your Dropbox account or your iCloud account. Nobody but you can access your account.

Screenshots

Expense Keep4 screens
EZ Expense Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Expense Keep at 4.4 against EZ Expense Manager's 2.8. Expense Keep also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 44%) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 45). EZ Expense Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Expense Keep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EZ Expense Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Expense Keep holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Expense Keep has 1.7K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Expense Keep's written reviews are positive against 44% of EZ Expense Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense Keep ships an update every 6 weeks, EZ Expense Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Expense Keep versus EZ Expense Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpense KeepEZ Expense Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.7K ratings) — better2.8 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better45
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTayson NguyenBishinew Incorporated

Customer experience

Expense Keep

All ratings1,685 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews364 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative14.0%

EZ Expense Manager

All ratings45 ratings
Positive35.6%
Neutral17.8%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews317 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral24.0%
Negative32.2%

User reviews

Expense Keep

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 📊 Helpful expense tracking and visualization
  • 🔁 Recurring expense and income management
  • 🧠 Useful for budgeting and financial awareness
  • 💰 Good value for the paid version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes after recent updates
  • 🔒 Lack of cloud backup and data sync
  • 📄 Limited export and reporting options
  • 🔧 Inability to edit expense categories
  • 💸 Some features locked behind paywall

EZ Expense Manager

From 45 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy-to-use interface
  • 💡 Rich feature set (categories, tags, budgets, accounts, sub-categories)
  • 🔄 Multi-account and multi-currency support
  • 💾 Data backup and export options (CSV, email)
  • 📱 Long-standing reliability on Android version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • ⚠️ Severe performance degradation over time
  • 📱 iOS version significantly inferior to Android
  • 🔄 Broken data migration from Android to iOS
  • 🔄 Sync issues with Dropbox and iCloud

Bugs and requests

Expense Keep

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on launch after recent update
  • Dark mode functionality is broken
  • Recurring expense dates not updating correctly
  • Unable to export data or send feedback in-app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for multiple currencies
  • Implement a monthly budgeting feature
  • Allow customization of expense categories
  • Improve data export and reporting options
  • Integrate cloud backup and cross-device sync

EZ Expense Manager

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes on launch or after brief usage
  • Freezing during transaction entry
  • Cannot import CSV files from Android backup
  • Data concatenation when editing merchant names
  • Dropbox sync not working properly
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  • iCloud sync causing performance issues
  • Database file won't download from Dropbox
  • White screen after Dropbox restore
  • Account transfer not updating balances
  • Recurring transactions not displaying
  • Calendar display issues (missing day numbers)
  • App force closes on iPhone X and newer models
  • Screen not utilizing full display on newer phones
  • Date picker navigating to wrong month
  • Duplicate entries appearing randomly
  • Data loss after app updates
  • App overheating iPhone
  • Blank screen on app launch
  • Unable to restore from CSV on iCloud/Dropbox
  • Note entry screen not displaying properly on iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Bring iOS version to feature parity with Android
  • Add split transactions to iOS app
  • Implement auto-fill for payee and category fields
  • Add alphabetical sorting for payees
  • Create paid/pro version for iOS without ads
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  • Add dark mode support
  • Implement automatic category prediction
  • Add widget support for iOS
  • Fix family sharing support
  • Add recurring expense improvements
  • Implement advanced reporting for tax purposes
  • Add calculator in amount field
  • Support for iPhone X and newer screen sizes
  • Improve calendar navigation
  • Add account balance adjustment button

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Expense Keep

One-time1
  • Expense Keep Pro$19.99
None

EZ Expense Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expense Keep free?
Expense Keep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EZ Expense Manager free?
EZ Expense Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Expense Keep or EZ Expense Manager?
Expense Keep is rated higher. Expense Keep averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while EZ Expense Manager averages 2.8 from 45 ratings.
Do Expense Keep or EZ Expense Manager have ads?
Neither Expense Keep nor EZ Expense Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense Keep or EZ Expense Manager?
Expense Keep ships an update every 6 weeks, and EZ Expense Manager every 3 months. Most recently, Expense Keep was updated on October 22, 2026 and EZ Expense Manager on October 30, 2026.

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