Windfall vs Sift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Windfall
Effortlessly track expenses using natural language, voice commands, or receipt scanning. Visualize spending trends, set budgets, and gain financial awareness without connecting to your bank. Offers smart alerts and customizable transaction details.
- Natural language expense entry
- Voice command and Siri integration
- Receipt scanning and import
- Weekly, monthly, and yearly budgets
- Spending trend visualization
- On-device data processing option
- Multi-currency support
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Track expenses without slowing down. Type a transaction, say it to Siri, or scan a receipt. Windfall prepares the merchant, amount, category, account, and date for review before saving. SMART ENTRY • Enter expenses and income in natural language • Add several transactions at once from a single sentence • Use Siri, Shortcuts, and personal automations • Choose Automatic or On Device Only processing • Scan receipts and import multiple transactions ASK WINDFALL (PRO) • Ask about your spending in plain language, right from the search bar — get clear answers with charts and matching transactions • Ask follow-up questions and see spending broken down by account • Chat history stays private on your device; answers are powered by Apple Intelligence SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE • A Monthly Summary that shows each month at a glance • Weekly, monthly, and yearly budgets with clear progress • Spending summaries, trends, categories, forecasts, and activity heat maps • Merchant logos, calendar browsing, search, CSV export, and Notion sync • Multi-currency totals with exchange-rate conversion BUILT FOR IPHONE • Widgets for trends, activity, budgets, latest transactions, and quick entry • Add photos, locations, tags, and notes to transactions PRIVATE BY DESIGN Windfall never asks for banking credentials or connects to your bank. Choose On Device Only when you want Smart Entry parsing to stay on your device. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trywindfall.app/privacy
Sift
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Money just... disappears. By the 23rd you look at the balance and wonder where it went. Sift is a spending tracker that answers that question in one sentence. THE SIMPLE MODE Tap the S and Sift says the single thing worth knowing about your month you're over budget, a category jumped, a small habit is quietly adding up and draws the one picture that explains it. Not twelve charts. One sentence and one chart, chosen for your situation. ADD A PURCHASE IN SECONDS • Say it "twelve fifty at the bakery" and it's logged • Photograph a paper receipt and Sift reads the total • Screenshot your banking app and every line lands categorised • Import a CSV from Revolut, Trading 212, Wise and most banks • Set up a Shortcut so Sift opens itself the moment you pay with Apple Pay NEVER MISS A RENEWAL Sift spots repeating charges on its own — the ones you forgot you signed up for — and warns you the day before the money leaves. SPLIT WITH ANYONE Split any purchase, keep a running balance per person, and mark it settled when they pay you back. No accounts, no invites, no one else needs the app. BEFORE YOU SIGN A LOAN Add a loan and Sift tells you what's actually left each month once the payment is out — and whether the next one is at risk. AN AI COACH THAT KNOWS YOUR NUMBERS Ask "can I afford this?" in plain words. Every answer is worked out from your own spending. Most questions are answered on your iPhone and nothing is sent anywhere. WIDGETS Today's spending and what's left, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, without opening the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your purchases live on your iPhone. Reading receipts, cleaning up shop names, categorising, spotting subscriptions and building the insights all happen on the device — none of it is uploaded. There's no account to create, no ads, and nothing is ever sold. The full detail is in Settings ▸ Privacy, written in plain language. MADE BY ONE PERSON I'm a student, and Sift is the app I wanted and couldn't find. Every email you send me is read by me. If something is wrong or missing, tell me and I'll fix it. SIFT PRO Sift is free to log your spending. Pro adds the Simple mode, the deep dives, subscription alerts, splitting, loans, widgets and the AI coach. Try it free for 3 days. Available in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. privacy page: https://www.iosvisual.com/privacy/sift terms page: https://www.iosvisual.com/terms/sift
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Verdict
Windfall and Sift are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Windfall sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Sift sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Windfall | Sift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swapnanil Dhol | ali tavakolbakhoda |
In-app purchases
Windfall
- Money Buddy Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Monthly Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Pro$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$49.99
Sift
- Sift Pro — Monthly$9.001 Month
- Sift Pro — Yearly (Welcome)3 Days trial$36.001 Year
- Sift Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$45.001 Year









