Comparison

IMF Finances vs Dispatch

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

Head to head
About

IMF Finances

Access ten years of IMF financial data, including credit outstanding, lending arrangements, and SDR interest rates. Visualize this information through interactive heat maps, charts, and tables, and compare data across different countries and time periods. Share your findings easily via email and social media.

Highlights
  • Ten years of IMF financial data
  • Aggregate and country-level data
  • Interactive heat maps, charts, and tables
  • Data comparison across time and countries
  • Data and graph sharing capabilities
Features
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IMF Finances app provides ten years of IMF financial data in aggregate and country format. Key indicators such as credit outstanding, lending arrangements, past transactions, projected payments, and SDR interest rates are displayed in interactive heat maps, charts, and tables. In addition to comparing data across time periods and between countries or IMF aggregates, the app allows sharing of data and graphs with others via email and social media.

About

Dispatch

Features
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Type your money. One line at a time. Dispatch is an envelope budget you write like a note. Your balance is not money you can spend: all your money already has a job. Dispatch helps you give it one, then track every expense in a single line. HOW IT WORKS • Fund the month's envelope: "Salary 5000". • Split it into postes (Rent, Groceries, Transport…) until "To dispatch" reaches zero. • Spend in one line: "25 Groceries bread". Amount, poste, note, account, date: in any order. • Built-in maths (4.50*30), dates in plain words (yesterday, monday, 15/10) and autocomplete. ALWAYS KNOW WHERE YOU STAND • Home shows what's left to allocate and what went over. • A banner warns you when a poste is spending too fast. • Adjust your postes mid-month to cover an overspend. • Track a poste live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. YOUR ACCOUNTS, AS THEY REALLY ARE • Running and savings accounts, with aliases for faster entry. • Transfers between accounts, fees included. • Expected vs actual balance: spot a forgotten expense instantly. • Attach a refund or a top-up to its expense and see the net cost, receipt photo included. SAVINGS & PROJECTS • Set money aside for a goal and track its progress. • Pin your key projects; use or release savings when you need them. STATISTICS • Am I moving forward? What's taking up room? What's changing? Three questions, clear answers across months. WITH YOU EVERYWHERE • iPhone and iPad, with a list-and-detail layout on iPad. • Apple Watch: log an expense in a few taps. • Widgets for the Home Screen and the watch. • Synced with your own iCloud. YOUR PRIVACY • No Dispatch account, no ads, no tracking. • Your data stays in your iCloud. • Hide your balances and protect them with Face ID; shake to hide everything. • Full backup and restore, attachments included. Works with any currency. In English and French.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dispatch at fortnightly against IMF Finances's every 5 months. Dispatch also leads on device support (3 vs 1). IMF Finances's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IMF Finances ships an update every 5 months, Dispatch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
IMF Finances versus Dispatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIMF FinancesDispatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInternational Monetary FundJEAN-FRANCOIS N'GUETTA REGIS ANIMAN

In-app purchases

None

IMF Finances

No in-app purchases

None

Dispatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IMF Finances free?
IMF Finances is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dispatch free?
Dispatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IMF Finances or Dispatch have ads?
Neither IMF Finances nor Dispatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IMF Finances or Dispatch?
IMF Finances ships an update every 5 months, and Dispatch fortnightly. Most recently, IMF Finances was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dispatch on October 11, 2026.

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