Comparison

Expense Tracker vs Lucia

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

Head to head
About

Expense Tracker

Effortlessly track daily expenses with AI-powered voice input and automatic categorization. Enjoy a beautiful, clutter-free interface and secure iCloud storage. Offers a free trial before subscription.

Highlights
  • AI-powered voice expense input
  • Automatic expense categorization
  • Manual expense entry
  • Customizable categories
  • Beautiful and intuitive UI/UX
  • Secure iCloud storage
  • Privacy-friendly, no login required
Features
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Introducing MonAi, the app that revolutionizes how you track your daily expenses. With a fun, easy, and beautiful interface, MonAi simplifies expense tracking like never before. No more time-consuming data entry. Enter your expenses just like a voice message and MonAi will automatically split and categorize it for you. No login required, all saved securely in your personal iCloud. EFFORTLESS EXPENSE TRACKING Experience the future of expense tracking with MonAi's seamless voice input feature. Effortlessly capture your expenses by simply speaking them out loud. MonAi's robust AI algorithms intelligently categorize and divide your expenses without any manual effort on your part. Don't worry if voice input isn't your preference—MonAi offers versatile options. Enter expenses manually and still benefit from the app's intelligent categorization. Alternatively, drag and drop a category onto the input field to define your own custom category. MonAi adapts to your needs, making expense tracking quick, fun, and tailored to your style. BEAUTIFUL UI/UX DESIGN Enjoy a delightful and user-friendly interface, carefully designed to elevate your expense tracking experience. Embracing simplicity and elegance, MonAi's user-friendly design ensures that you can focus on what matters—your finances. Unlike overwhelming apps with unnecessary features, MonAi strips away the clutter, presenting you with a streamlined and intuitive interface that makes tracking expenses a pleasure. PRIVACY-FRIENDLY AND SECURE Rest assured knowing that your expense data is stored securely in your own personal iCloud. MonAi values your privacy and does not require any login credentials and doesn't have access to any of your data. Download MonAi now and discover a seamless and efficient way to track your expenses. Take control of your finances and experience the convenience of MonAi. Get to know the app and all of it’s features first with a free trial before you can choose between a monthly or yearly subscription. The subscription will automatically renew at the end of the period, for the same price. You can turn off the auto-renewal at any time up until 24-hours before the end of the subscription period in your Account Settings. When you cancel the auto-renewal, access to the "Pro features" will not expire immediately, you will have access until the end of the current payment period. Read more about it in the terms of service: https://www.get-monai.app/terms

About

Lucia

Effortlessly track your spending with automatic logging of Apple Pay purchases and simple one-tap entry for other payments. Share financial profiles with loved ones and manage subscriptions, bills, and savings goals securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic Apple Pay purchase logging
  • One-tap manual transaction entry
  • Shared financial profiles
  • Subscription and bill tracking
  • Customizable spending limits
  • Savings vaults with goals
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Lucia logs your spending for you. Link Wallet once and every Apple Pay purchase is saved and categorized in the background — cash and other payments take a single tap. No subscription. No account. No servers of ours — your data lives on your device and in your own iCloud. Pay once and Lucia is yours for good. — LOGS ITSELF Purchases arrive already sorted into the right category, with an optional confirmation banner so you stay in the loop. Apple Pay purchases in another currency are converted to yours at the day's rate. Prefer your voice or a button? Log by Siri, from the Action Button, with Back Tap, or straight from the Home Screen widget. Cash, and anything paid another way, takes one tap. — SHARE A PROFILE Share a profile through iCloud with the people you live or travel with. Everyone can add to it, each transaction shows who added it, and budgets, savings and goals stay in sync for all of you. — RECURRING AND INSTALLMENTS Add your subscriptions from over 100 services, each shown with its logo, and see what renews next and what you've paid this month. Bills and credit card installments go there too, repeating weekly, twice a month, monthly, every 3 or 6 months, or yearly. Each installment counts in its own month, and you always see what you still owe. Note how you paid (credit card, debit card, cash or transfer) and see how much went through each. — TRACK WHAT MATTERS Log income and expenses across fully customizable categories. See exactly where your money goes with clean weekly and monthly breakdowns. — SPENDING LIMITS Set monthly limits per category and get a clear visual warning before you overspend. Stay in control without obsessing over every transaction. — VAULTS Save in vaults for anything: a trip, an emergency fund, a new gadget. Each can have a goal and a date, and an interest rate if your bank pays one. Add money, withdraw it, or use it to pay for a purchase, and always see what's available and what's saved. — HOME SCREEN WIDGET Glance at your balance and recent spending right from your home screen. No need to open the app. — SYNCED THROUGH YOUR ICLOUD Your transactions, budgets and vaults appear on every device you use, and come back on their own after a reinstall or a new phone. Your iCloud, never our servers. — ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscriptions. Pay once, use forever. Lucia is free to try — unlock full access with a single lifetime purchase. — BUILT FOR PRIVACY Your financial data is yours. Lucia keeps everything on your device and in your own private iCloud, where only you, and anyone you share a profile with, can reach it. No account, no servers of ours, nothing for anyone to read — not even us. — DESIGNED FOR iPHONE & iPAD Lucia is built natively for iOS and iPadOS with support for Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, and every screen size. Your finances, your device, your rules.

Screenshots

Expense Tracker4 screens
Lucia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Expense Tracker at 888 against Lucia's 2. Expense Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Lucia's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Tracker sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lucia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lucia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Expense Tracker has 888 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Expense Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lucia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Lucia every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Expense Tracker versus Lucia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpense TrackerLucia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (888 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings888 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian VatesJuan Pablo Martinez Saavedra

Customer experience

Expense Tracker

All ratings888 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.4%

Lucia

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Expense Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Doesn't register all bank transactions
  • Incompatible with some devices or iOS versions
  • Sharing large lists doesn't work

Requested features

6 requests
  • Weekly/daily expense view
  • Separate savings category
  • Ability to add past expenses
  • Multi-currency support
  • Improved reporting and analytics
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  • Dark mode option

Lucia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Expense Tracker

Subscriptions17
  • Student Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Basic monthly intro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Advanced$2.991 Month
Show 14 more
  • Family month intro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Basic monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Family$3.991 Month
  • Student Monthly7 Days trial$4.491 Month
  • Family month7 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Student Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Basic yearly intro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Advanced$24.991 Year
  • Basic yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Family yearly intro7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Family$34.991 Year
  • Family yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$71.991 Year
1 purchases

Lucia

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99

Questions

Is Expense Tracker free?
Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lucia free?
Lucia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Expense Tracker or Lucia?
Lucia is rated higher. Expense Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 888 ratings, while Lucia averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Expense Tracker or Lucia have ads?
Neither Expense Tracker nor Lucia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense Tracker or Lucia?
Expense Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lucia every 4 days. Most recently, Expense Tracker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lucia on October 29, 2026.

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