Simple Bookkeeping vs Expense Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Bookkeeping
Manage your finances with a customizable bookkeeping app. It prioritizes user privacy with local data storage and offers robust features for tracking income and expenses. Unlock unlimited books, categories, and advanced export options with a VIP subscription.
- Customizable books, categories, icons, and colors
- Local data storage for enhanced privacy
- Encrypted books for security
- Unlimited books and categories with VIP
- CSV import and export capabilities
- Bill password lock with strong encryption (VIP)
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[Product Features] This is a special app for bookkeeping, you can customize the books, categories, icons and colors, so you can create your own style of books; All of the user's bookkeeping data are stored locally to maximize the user's privacy, encrypted books more secure. Auto Renewal VIP Package Description VIP description: 1. The number of non-VIP books is limited to 3, VIP is unlimited; 2. The number of non-VIP categories is limited to 30/accounts, VIP has no limitation; 3. Non-VIP import CSV data is limited to 300 bills/each time, VIP has no limitation; 4. Non-VIP can not export CSV data, VIP has no limitation; 5. Non-VIP bill password lock function is unlimited and weak encryption, VIP is unlimited and strong encryption; 6. the future addition of important features VIP unrestricted use; VIP subscription service: --Continuous monthly: $0.99/month
Expense Tracker
Manage your personal and family finances with this secure bookkeeping app. Easily log income, expenses, and transfers, then view clear financial charts to understand your spending habits. Protect your data with a password lock.
- Quick income and expense logging
- Customizable spending categories
- Visual financial charts
- Password protection
- Excel data export (Premium)
- Cloud backup (Premium)
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No cloud uploads. 100% offline bookkeeping! All your income and expense data stays on your device only — no servers, no data collection. Lock your ledger with Face ID / Touch ID for extra privacy, perfect for anyone who cares about financial privacy and doesn't want their data leaked. Daily income & expenses, monthly budgets, categorized bookkeeping, bill statistics, offline storage, a private ledger, quick search, recurring transactions, and backup & restore — a lightweight, ad-free bookkeeping tool. Made for freelancers, students, and anyone who prefers not to upload their financial data. A purely local, offline ledger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Expense Tracker at 5.0 against Simple Bookkeeping's 4.5. Simple Bookkeeping's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Simple Bookkeeping sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Expense Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Expense Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Simple Bookkeeping ships an update every 6 days, Expense Tracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Bookkeeping | Expense Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 川江 李 | Quanhong Zhao |
Customer experience
Simple Bookkeeping
Expense Tracker
In-app purchases
Simple Bookkeeping
- 订阅1月$0.991 Month
- 订阅1年$9.991 Year
Expense Tracker
- Bookkeeping Lifetime Premium$2.99
