Spensee vs Spense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spensee
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Through the user-friendly Spenseebot, you can effortlessly monitor your expenses, estimate monthly and annual statistics and obtain information about your spending habits.
Spense
Automate your finances with this budgeting app that connects to your bank to categorize transactions. It helps you understand your spending, set financial goals, and manage bills effortlessly. Offers both automatic and manual budgeting modes.
- Automatic bank sync and categorization
- Real-time category balances
- Savings goals with progress tracking
- Bill and debt payoff targets
- Monthly spending reflections
- YNAB import functionality
- Face ID/Touch ID app lock
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Spense — Budgeting That Does Itself Download, connect your bank, done. Spense categorizes every transaction as it arrives and shows you exactly what's safe to spend — no Try everything free for 14 days. No credit card, no sign-up forms — open the app and your trial starts. After that, Spense is $2.99/month or $24.99/year. One plan, everything included. Budgeting on Autopilot - Transactions categorize themselves the moment they arrive - See what you've spent and what's left, per category, in real time - Spending trends show whether you're ahead of or behind your own pace - Smart credit card tracking — spending per card, payments detected automatically Built on a Method That Works Under the hood, Spense runs on envelope budgeting, the 100-year-old method where every dollar gets a job. Want to be hands-on? Switch to Manual Mode and assign every dollar yourself until $0 is left, with targets for bills, savings goals and debt payoff. Want it effortless? Stay in Auto Mode and let Spense do the sorting while you keep the visibility. Both are included — change anytime. Switching? - From another auto-sync budgeting app: Auto Mode gives you the same hands-off experience at a fraction of the price - From YNAB: import your categories and history in minutes — same method, simpler app, lower cost - From spreadsheets: keep the control, lose the data entry Key Features - Automatic bank sync and categorization via Plaid - Real-time category balances and flexible reallocation - Targets for bills, savings goals and debt payoff - Savings goals with progress tracking - Monthly reflections: where your money went, month over month - Smart credit card and transfer detection - YNAB import - Pick your own emoji for every category - Face ID / Touch ID app lock - Works with any pay schedule Built by a small independent team, not a big tech company or a bank. Your feedback shapes the roadmap. Stop reconstructing where your money went. Start knowing before you spend. 14-day free trial included, then $2.99/month or $24.99/year. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://usespense.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Spense at 3 against Spensee's —. Spensee's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price and in-app purchases 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. Spensee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spense sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Spensee | Spense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genity, MMC | DelamainLabs LLC |
In-app purchases
Spensee
- Spensee$2.99
Spense
- Spense Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Spense Monthly$2.991 Month
- Spense Yearly14 Days trial2 variants$24.991 Year









