ShoppySpends vs Backster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Shareable grocery lists
- Receipt scanning for item entry
- Weekly and monthly spending statistics
- iCloud synchronization
- Widgets and Siri Shortcuts integration
- Multi-currency support
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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.
Backster
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
ShoppySpends ships an update every 4 months, Backster weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShoppySpends | Backster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marko Malesevic | Elgene Lye |
In-app purchases
ShoppySpends
- Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
Backster
- Pro$4.007 Days
- Max$13.497 Days
- Pro$14.991 Month
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- Max$49.991 Month
- Ultra$54.007 Days
- Ultra$200.001 Month









