Windfall vs Fern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Windfall
Effortlessly log expenses by typing a sentence, using Siri, or scanning receipts. The app intelligently extracts transaction details, categorizes them, and offers bill management and budget tracking. It provides a clear overview of your finances without requiring bank logins.
- Natural language expense logging
- Siri integration for transactions
- Receipt scanning and import
- Upcoming bill and income tracking
- Customizable account card designs
- Budget progress visualization
- Multi-currency support
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Turn a sentence into a transaction you can review. Type ‘Lunch at Starbucks $12’, ask Siri, or scan a receipt—Windfall prepares the merchant, amount, category, account, and date before you save. LOG SPENDING YOUR WAY • Describe expenses and income in natural language • Ask Siri, use Shortcuts, or run a personal automation • Review every prepared transaction before saving • Scan receipts or import multiple transactions NEVER MISS A BILL (PRO) • See upcoming bills and income on an Upcoming screen and on Home • Log recurring payments automatically, or have Windfall ask first • Get reminders, price-change alerts, and a duplicate warning • Find recurring payments hiding in your history • Budgets set money aside for bills that are coming up • Check and log payments with Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight ACCOUNTS THAT LOOK LIKE CARDS • Pick a card design and a network such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover • Tap a card to flip it, or drag to tilt it • Account pickers suggest the account you usually use at a merchant, and tell you why KEEP YOUR MONEY CLEAR • See weekly, monthly, and yearly budget progress • Follow trends, categories, forecasts, and activity heat maps • Use merchant logos, calendar browsing, search, and CSV export • Track multiple currencies with exchange-rate conversion NO BANK LOGIN REQUIRED Windfall never asks for banking credentials or connects to your bank. Saved financial records stay on your device. Smart Entry can run on device; when Automatic or receipt parsing uses a service provider, only the text, receipt image, and relevant context needed to return the parsed result are sent. Choose your parsing mode in Settings. A focused ledger, ready for your approval, with native iPhone tools that fit your routine. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trywindfall.app/privacy
Fern
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Fern is a calm budgeting companion. It turns each pay cycle into one simple, visual plan, tells you what you can spend today, and reflects your progress back with kindness. Money moves the way a fern grows: quietly, steadily, one cycle at a time. Open the app and you'll see one number — what's yours to spend today — plus your plan laid out plainly: bills, needs, wants, savings, and any projects you're working toward. At the end of each cycle, the Sweep walks you through what's left over: save it, hold it for next time, or roll it forward. No red numbers, no countdowns, no scoring — just a clear look at where you stand. FREE, FOREVER, IN MANUAL MODE Enter your income and spending by hand and Fern is completely free: the Plan, Today's number, the Sweep, core insights, one Life Project, and three savings vaults. Manual mode makes zero network calls — no account, no sign-in, nothing leaves your phone. FERN PLUS For $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year (with a 14-day free trial on the yearly plan), Fern Plus adds: • Unlimited Life Projects and savings vaults • Full history in the Flow view, Fern's signature picture of where your money goes • The widget pack for your Home Screen and Lock Screen • iCloud sync across every device you own WHERE YOUR DATA LIVES Fern is local-first. Everything you enter stays on your phone. Turning on iCloud sync mirrors your world into your own private iCloud database — never Fern's servers. Fern carries no third-party analytics or advertising tools, ever. What happens in your plan stays with you. Fern doesn't do red alarms or streak-breaking shame. It's the app version of watering a plant, not defusing a bomb. Privacy policy: https://rovalapps.com/fern/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Fern at 17.0 against Windfall's 26.0. 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. Windfall sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Fern sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Windfall | Fern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Swapnanil Dhol | Roval Apps Inc. |
In-app purchases
Windfall
- Money Buddy Weekly$2.997 Days
- Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
- Yearly Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$19.99
Fern
- Fern Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Fern Plus Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year









