Comparison

ShoppySpends vs Avid Expenses

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

Head to head
About

ShoppySpends

Effortlessly manage your grocery shopping and track your spending. Create shareable lists, scan receipts to add items quickly, and visualize your financial habits with detailed statistics. Syncs seamlessly via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Shareable grocery lists
  • Receipt scanning for item entry
  • Weekly and monthly spending statistics
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Widgets and Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Multi-currency support
Features
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Plan groceries faster and spend smarter. Build shareable lists, scan receipts to prefill items, and see weekly/monthly stats—all synced with iCloud. Why ShoppySpends: • Quick Add: type, hit return, keep going • Receipt Scan: fast on‑device extraction (edit before saving) • Spending Stats: weekly & yearly charts, multi‑currency • Share Lists: collaborate via iCloud • Widgets + Shortcuts: complete items, add via Siri Premium (free): Unlimited lists & items, sharing, yearly analytics, all widgets.

About

Avid Expenses

Features
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Some spending doesn't fit into a monthly budget, it happens in bursts. A weekend tournament. A two-week trip. A kitchen renovation that's somehow still going. Avid is built for exactly that: a fast, uncluttered way to track spending around whatever you're actually doing, without dragging in everything else in your financial life. ONE CONTAINER, HOWEVER YOU'RE USING IT Give it a name, a date range, and a color, and Avid gives you a running total that updates the moment you log something. Call it a trip, a project, or just "March." It works the same way for travel, an event, or a job you're partway through. BUILT FOR THE MOMENT YOU'RE SPENDING Tap the + button, drop in an expense, and fill in the name, amount, and category right there. It's designed around the one moment that matters most — right after you've paid for something — so nothing gets lost or forgotten by the time you'd get around to writing it down later. SEE WHERE IT ACTUALLY WENT Flip the Sorted view to regroup your expenses by date or by category, so you can see the story of your spending however makes sense to you whether day by day, or category by category. A LITTLE COLOR FOR EVERY TRIP Each trip gets its own soft, warm color theme — ten to choose from tuned for light and dark mode alike — that carries through its header, its total, and its cards. It's a small touch, but it makes flipping between a work project and a weekend trip feel like flipping between two different rooms, not two spreadsheets. READY TO GO, CATEGORIES INCLUDED Meals, flights, cars, and lodging are set up from the start, and you can rename or add your own anytime in Settings. WORKS OFFLINE, CATCHES UP LATER No signal at the trailhead or thirty thousand feet? Log away. Avid keeps working offline and syncs quietly across your devices once you're back online. RIGHT AT HOME ON ANY SCREEN Built to fit an iPhone SE without feeling cramped, and just as sharp stretched across a full iPad. A SMALL WAY TO DO GOOD 10% of every Avid subscription goes to A21, an organization working to end human trafficking. Try Avid free for 3 days, then continue for a subscription that gives back. Avid Expense Tracker is available for a Basic monthly ($.99) or yearly ($12.99) subscription that supports continued improvements and new features. Both offer a free trial to give you time to get to know Avid and decide if it works for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://driftlightapps.com/privacy-policy/ Avid. Your expenses, simply effortless.

Screenshots

ShoppySpends4 screens
Avid Expenses3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ShoppySpends at 17.0 against Avid Expenses's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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. ShoppySpends sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Avid Expenses sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShoppySpends ships an update every 4 months, Avid Expenses every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ShoppySpends versus Avid Expenses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoppySpendsAvid Expenses
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarko MalesevicNuminous Productions LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ShoppySpends

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
2 purchases

Avid Expenses

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is ShoppySpends free?
ShoppySpends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Avid Expenses free?
Avid Expenses is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShoppySpends or Avid Expenses have ads?
Neither ShoppySpends nor Avid Expenses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShoppySpends or Avid Expenses?
ShoppySpends ships an update every 4 months, and Avid Expenses every 3 months. Most recently, ShoppySpends was updated on October 13, 2026 and Avid Expenses on October 7, 2026.

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