Comparison

Flow vs Money Bee

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

Head to head
About

Flow

This personal finance tracker allows you to manage your money with ease. It offers full control over your data and can function offline, with features like multiple accounts, currencies, and financial statistics.

Highlights
  • Multiple accounts
  • Multiple currencies
  • Full data control
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud backup
  • Financial statistics
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A free and open-source personal finance tracker app built with love. Flow offers full control over you data, and works fully offline*. Features: - Multiple accounts - Multiple currencies - Full control of your data - iCloud backup support - Simple and smooth UX - Statistics about your finance Please consider supporting Flow by leaving a review, suggesting ideas through Flow's GitHub issue tracker, contributing and more! * If you use multiple currencies, Flow needs an internet connection to fetch foreign currency exchange rates.

About

Money Bee

This app simplifies financial management with intuitive income and expense tracking. It offers detailed analytics, collaborative budgeting features, and convenient widgets for home screen control. Manage multiple wallets and recurring payments with ease.

Highlights
  • Intuitive income and expense tracking
  • Detailed financial analytics
  • Collaborative budgeting
  • Home screen widgets
  • Recurring payment management
  • Multi-wallet support
  • Data import
Features
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Money Bee is a simple budget and expense tracker you can share with your partner or family. Log spending in seconds, see where your money goes and plan your budget together. TRACK EXPENSES AND INCOME IN SECONDS Add a transaction in a few taps. Use ready-made categories like groceries, home, transport and eating out, or create your own with custom icons. SHARED BUDGET FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES Share any wallet with a QR code. Everyone adds expenses to the same wallet and sees the balance update in real time. Great for couples, roommates, families and small teams. SPENDING STATISTICS AND MONTHLY INSIGHTS Charts show your top spending categories and income vs. spending by month. Monthly insights compare each month with the previous one. Export reports to PDF for taxes or your accountant. MULTIPLE WALLETS Keep personal spending, household costs, travel and savings in separate wallets, each with its own categories and currency. RECURRING PAYMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS Set up rent, bills and subscriptions once and Money Bee adds them automatically, so nothing gets forgotten. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Check your balance and monthly spending without opening the app. QUICK START Import your transaction history from a CSV file. Protect your data with Face ID. MONEY BEE PREMIUM Premium unlocks unlimited wallets, budgeting together with family, friends or colleagues, recurring payments, detailed statistics and custom categories. Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Privacy Policy: https://money-bee.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://money-bee.app/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

Flow4 screens
Money Bee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flow at none against Money Bee's 2. Flow also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Money Bee sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Flow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flow against 5.0 for Money Bee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Flow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Money Bee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flow ships an update every 2 weeks, Money Bee fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flow versus Money Bee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowMoney Bee
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBatmend GanbaatarAnatolii Valieiev

Customer experience

Flow

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

Money Bee

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flow

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Money Bee

Subscriptions2
  • Money Bee Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Money Bee Premium Annual$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Flow free?
Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Money Bee free?
Money Bee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flow or Money Bee?
Money Bee is rated higher. Flow averages 5.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Money Bee averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Flow or Money Bee have ads?
Neither Flow nor Money Bee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flow or Money Bee?
Flow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Money Bee fortnightly. Most recently, Flow was updated on October 20, 2026 and Money Bee on October 12, 2026.

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