Expensey vs Backroom Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Expensey
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Expense Manager - Budget Manage Your Finances Efficiently Expense Manager - Budget is your comprehensive tool for managing personal finances. This user-friendly app allows you to track your income and expenses effortlessly, ensuring you stay on top of your financial goals. Key Features: * Multi-Language Support: Customize your experience by changing the app language from the settings menu. * Track Income and Expenses: Easily add income and expense entries, complete with titles, descriptions, amounts, and categories. * Dashboard Overview: View your total income in a green box and total expenses in a red box. The net budget summary indicates whether you are in surplus or deficit. * Recent Transactions: The home screen displays your most recent transactions for quick reference. * Manage Entries: Delete transactions directly from the home screen to keep your records up-to-date. * Yearly Overview: The 'Expansive' screen lets you browse transactions year-wise. Select any year from the list to view detailed entries for that period. * Category Filters: Filter your income and expenses by category for a detailed view and better financial analysis. * Separated Filters: Individually filter income and expenses to focus on specific financial aspects. * Visual Insights: The chart screen presents your total income and expenses in a clear, visual format. Filter these insights by the selected year to understand your financial trends over time. * Settings Menu: From settings, you can change the app language or share the app with friends.
Backroom Journal
Collaborate with others in shared spaces to discuss and propose solutions to societal problems. This app uses AI to analyze conversations and suggest unbiased solutions, making them accessible to everyone.
- Collaborative Rooms for discussion
- AI-powered solution suggestions
- Publicly accessible solutions and conversations
- Social media integration for problem-solving
- Community-driven problem resolution
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Backroom allows people to work together in a Room to discuss and propose a solution to a specific problem they are interested in solving. The goal is to leverage the power of the internet and build on the concept of social media to bring people together from any walk of life and give them the tools to not only communicate with each other, but also work together to create solutions to the problems facing society. To do this, Backroom uses ChatGPT to analyze the conversation between Room participants to suggest a solution to the problem being discussed, helping break the ice and propose an unbiased solution driven by real conversations. Others will then be able to read the solution created by the participants along with the conversation that took place to add context and see the reasoning behind the solution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Expensey at every 3 days against Backroom Journal's every 3 weeks. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Expensey ships an update every 3 days, Backroom Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Expensey | Backroom Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ankur Desai | Ethan Downs |
In-app purchases
Expensey
No in-app purchases
Backroom Journal
No in-app purchases








