Comparison

ShoppySpends vs Backster

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

Backster

Features
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Before you trade it, Backster it. Describe a trading idea in plain English and Backster turns it into a real, runnable strategy — then shows you exactly how it would have played out on years of historical crypto data. No exchange account, no real money, nothing to lose but a bad idea. DESCRIBE IT, DON'T CODE IT Say it the way you'd think it — "buy when RSI drops below 30, take profit at 5%" — and Backster writes the real strategy code behind it. It's production-grade Freqtrade, the same open-source framework serious crypto traders use, not toy snippets. No programming required. YEARS OF DATA, ANSWERED IN SECONDS Backtest any strategy against years of real historical crypto markets in seconds. See every trade it would have made — the wins, the losses, and whether the idea actually holds up — before you ever risk a cent. WATCH IT TRADE, RISK-FREE Turn a strategy into a paper bot: a fully simulated trader that runs on live market data and shows you how it would perform in real time. All simulation, always. Never a dollar of real money. TEST EVERYTHING, RISK NOTHING Backster is built for learning. Test, tweak, and compare as many ideas as you want, and build real intuition for how strategies behave without ever putting money on the line. PLANS Backster is free to start. Pro, Max, and Ultra unlock a higher monthly usage allowance and 1, 3, or 6 concurrent paper bots. Subscriptions bill monthly through your Apple Account and renew automatically until cancelled in Settings. IMPORTANT Backster is an education and simulation tool. It is not a broker, does not connect to exchanges, does not execute real trades, and does not provide financial advice. Past (simulated) performance does not guarantee future results. Terms: https://api.backster.app/legal/terms Privacy: https://api.backster.app/legal/privacy

Screenshots

ShoppySpends4 screens
Backster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Backster at weekly against ShoppySpends's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Backster sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShoppySpends ships an update every 4 months, Backster weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ShoppySpends versus Backster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoppySpendsBackster
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMarko MalesevicElgene Lye

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ShoppySpends

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
6 purchases

Backster

Subscriptions6
  • Pro$4.007 Days
  • Max$13.497 Days
  • Pro$14.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Max$49.991 Month
  • Ultra$54.007 Days
  • Ultra$200.001 Month

Questions

Is ShoppySpends free?
ShoppySpends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backster free?
Backster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShoppySpends or Backster have ads?
Neither ShoppySpends nor Backster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShoppySpends or Backster?
ShoppySpends ships an update every 4 months, and Backster weekly. Most recently, ShoppySpends was updated on September 27, 2026 and Backster on October 9, 2026.

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