Bookkeeper vs TaskSpend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookkeeper
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Bookkeeper requires a paid subscription. Once subscribed, manage your books for multiple businesses completely from your mobile device. Also, classify your books with multiple labels (e.g. category, class, project) to better analyze your finances. Work completely offline. Keep data private. Features: - Profit and loss statement (aka income statement) - Manage books for multiple businesses - Multiple classifications (i.e. categories, classes, and projects) - Minor classification automation (via regular expressions, queries, etc.) - Access data across your devices (via cloud storage) - Minor book validation (using transactions, receipts, statements, etc.) - Receipt itemization - CSV import/export - Save CSV import settings for faster future imports - PDF import/export - PDF text extraction - Image text extraction (via OCR) - Data privacy Experimental/incomplete features: - Offline mode - work without an internet connection - Balance sheet - Accrual basis accounting - Scripts to set data automatically - Audit trail - track data input Missing features: - Receipt image capture - Image import/export - Double-entry accounting - General ledger - Cash flow statement - Statement of owner's equity - Data sharing with other users Known issues: - Inability to create an object when selecting an object - Timezone handling - system timezone used by default - Data cleanup - deleting parent objects do not always propagate deletions to children End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms & Conditions: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/fcbaeb2c-d77d-4759-ba3d-b86c81808583 Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/23bd9ff2-42bd-4f3c-8510-fdf915f09860
TaskSpend
Track budgets, expenses, income, and receipts for personal or business use. Manage projects, team roles, and approvals with detailed reporting and offline capabilities. Supports multiple currencies and branded PDF exports.
- Budget and expense tracking
- Income and receipt management
- Project and team management
- Offline work capability
- Invoice and PDF export
- Multi-currency support
- Approval workflows
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Budgets, expenses, income, receipts, invoices, and approvals for your business, your household, or just you. Now you can simply ask TaskSpend what's left. TaskSpend is loved by teams tracking construction, flooring, film production, weddings, and event budgets, as well as small businesses, families, and individuals who want to see where every dollar goes. Teams also use photos to document project risk and compliance, keeping a visual record of completed work and events. NEW IN 1.6 • Tap a teammate to see their role and what they can do • Subscriptions show a monthly total • Duplicate receipt detection on every plan • Export reports as PDF or CSV on every plan, including Free • Usage meters count every workspace you own NEW IN 1.5 • Send an expense link: contractors send receipts by email, no app needed, checked before you approve • Requests sorted into All, Members, and Guests • Your workspace: income, spend, and Net by month, quarter, or all time • Income in every workspace, owner only; record an invoice as income • Scans read in your project's currency, including lakh amounts and GST • Push notifications for requests, and short how-to videos ONE WORKSPACE FOR EACH PART OF YOUR LIFE • Business: projects with budgets, team roles, and approvals • Personal: your budgets, income, and cash flow, approved automatically • Family: shared household budgets with family members • Switch between workspaces in a tap PLAN AND TRACK • Projects with budgets and custom categories, or start from a template • Budget vs. actual by week, month, quarter, or overall • One Add Expense sheet: expense, payment, purchase order, travel, time off, per diem + mileage, or other • Hours × rate, balance due, and line items with tax • Scan receipts to fill in details, from the app, the Lock Screen, or Siri • Spending Review flags possible duplicates INVOICES, CURRENCIES, AND OFFLINE • Branded invoice and receipt PDFs with your line items and tax • Expenses in any currency with built-in exchange rates • Work offline; receipts upload when you reconnect APPROVALS AND TEAMWORK • Know before you submit if an entry is approved on arrival or routed for review • Swipe to approve or reject, with Undo • Roles: Owner, Approver, Member, or Viewer • Comment and follow each request to a decision REPORTS AND SECURITY • Dashboards with approved, pending, and remaining amounts • Report Center with free filters; export PDF or CSV • Sign in with Apple or Google; receipts in private cloud storage • Each workspace's information stays separate Free includes Personal, Family, and Business workspaces, 10 projects, 10 members, 100 expenses and 5 invoices a month, duplicate receipt detection, and PDF and CSV export. Plus raises the limits: up to 10 workspaces, unlimited projects, 25 members, and 1,000 expenses a month. Premium adds cloud AI receipt reading and QuickBooks and Xero, with up to 25 workspaces, 100 members, and 5,000 expenses a month. Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, and Polish. TaskSpend Plus and TaskSpend Premium are auto-renewable subscriptions. • Plus Monthly: $7.99 per month • Plus Yearly: $79.99 per year (introductory offer: $59.99 for the first year) • Premium Monthly: $14.99 per month • Premium Yearly: $149.99 per year (introductory offer: $129.99 for the first year) One subscription covers every workspace you own. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of that period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.taskspend.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bookkeeper at 17.0 against TaskSpend's 26.5. 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. Bookkeeper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and TaskSpend sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Bookkeeper | TaskSpend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ordrop, LLC | Uday Boyanapalli |
In-app purchases
Bookkeeper
- Full Access1 Month trial$4.991 Month
TaskSpend
- TaskSpend Plus$7.991 Month
- TaskSpend Premium$14.991 Month
- Plus Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
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- Taskspend Premium (Yearly)1 Year trial$149.991 Year








