Money Note vs Boring Expenses
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Money Note
Effortlessly track daily spending and income with customizable categories and offline recording. Visualize your financial habits with clear reports and charts. Set and monitor progress towards your savings goals with ease.
- Daily expense and income tracking
- Customizable categories
- Offline transaction recording
- Spending reports and charts
- Savings goal management
- Multi-currency support
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Know where your money goes. Track daily expenses, record income, and follow your savings goals with Money Note. Get started without signing up or connecting a bank. EVERYDAY EXPENSE TRACKING • Record expenses and income with categories, accounts, dates, and notes. • Create custom categories and filter your transaction history. • Record everyday transactions offline. CLEAR SPENDING REPORTS • See income, expenses, and cash flow at a glance. • Explore charts and category breakdowns. • Review your money by week, month, quarter, or year. SAVINGS GOALS • Save toward a trip, a special purchase, or an emergency fund. • Record contributions and withdrawals. • Follow your progress and review your savings history. ACCOUNTS AND CURRENCIES • Organize balances across your accounts. • Record transactions in different currencies. • View summaries in your chosen main currency. YOUR MONEY, YOUR STYLE Choose light or dark appearance, personalize your accent color, and pick your app icon. Start with today's spending.
Boring Expenses
A simple, private expense tracker that focuses solely on your spending. Log expenses quickly with one-tap entry and visualize trends with instant charts. Your data is securely stored in your personal iCloud and is never shared.
- One-tap expense entry
- Interactive charts
- Customizable categories
- CSV export
- Apple Watch app
- Offline functionality
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Where does your money actually go? Boring Expenses shows you in seconds — a tiny, beautifully boring expense tracker that's 100% free, ad-free, private, and sign-up-free. Your data lives in your personal iCloud, end-to-end encrypted by Apple and invisible to us. JUST EXPENSES — NOTHING ELSE - No income tracking — total focus on spending - No multiple accounts — one number, the whole picture - No complicated budgets or category limits - No welcome screens or personal surveys - No bank connections — log each expense by hand, like a journal - No subscriptions, ads, trackers, or analytics - Apple-only — native look, feel, and animations WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT - Ready in the first second: no questionnaires, budget setup, paywalls, or registration - Truly free: no "premium" tiers, no nagging for donations - Private by design: expenses stay in encrypted iCloud, never shared - Works fully offline - Tiny and fast: opens instantly - No category caps: seeing your trends over weeks and months builds smarter habits on its own KEY FEATURES - One-tap expense entry: pick a category, type the amount — done - Beautiful interactive charts that update instantly — week, month, year - 100+ icons and colors to make categories your own - Quick filters by date and category - CSV export: pull your data into Excel or anywhere, anytime - Apple Watch app and Home Screen widgets - Full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support - Light and dark themes with a true native iPhone feel START TODAY Download Boring Expenses and build smarter everyday spending habits — one tap at a time. Thanks for reading to the end — have a great day! Questions or ideas? Open Settings > Feedback to message the developer directly. Enjoying the app? A quick App Store review means the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Boring Expenses at monthly against Money Note's every 21 months. Money Note's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Money Note against 4.9 for Boring Expenses. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Money Note ships an update every 21 months, Boring Expenses monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Money Note | Boring Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Dat Nguyen | Dmitry Kulizhnikov |
Customer experience
Money Note
Boring Expenses
In-app purchases
Money Note
No in-app purchases
Boring Expenses
No in-app purchases









