ExpensePad vs Pebble
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExpensePad
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Keep track of all your expenses and have peace of mind. EXPENSE MANAGEMENT: • Track your daily expenses effortlessly with multi-currency support. • Use iCloud to have your expenses synced across all your devices. • Filter by category or search your transactions by description, place, or online store name. AUTOFILL: • Connect it with a Wallet Tap automation in the Shortcuts app to automatically register expenses in the app. • Log expenses easily by pasting a description from your clipboard. • Detect common expense names and add icons automatically. SHEETS: • Tag your transactions to a custom sheet • Assign a color to your sheets to get a visual indicator for your transactions. • Use the top menu to filter the transactions of a sheet. STATS: • Quickly view your monthly spending patterns without opening the app. • View your expenses by category at a glance with charts. • See your total spent per category. CLEAN USER INTERFACE: • Enjoy a modern, clean, and easy-to-use interface. • View the locations of your purchases on a map. • Support for Dark Mode.
Pebble
This finance app helps you budget by paycheck, not by month. It provides a clear "Remaining" number for each paycheck after bills and spending, offering detailed transaction tracking and card management.
- Paycheck dashboard with remaining balance
- Upcoming bills sorted by date
- Transaction ledger with filters
- Credit and debit card tracking
- Split expenses with payment requests
- Recurring bills and income templates
- Net worth tracking (Pro)
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Pebble - Budget by Paycheck Most budgeting apps think in months. Your money doesn't. Pebble budgets the way you actually get paid — paycheck by paycheck — so you always know what's safe to spend before the next one lands. Set your pay schedule once (semi-monthly, biweekly, or weekly) and Pebble pages every month into its real paychecks. Each paycheck gets its own dashboard with a clear "Remaining" number after bills, card payments, and everyday spending settle. See where you're heading. Pebble projects your paychecks forward and shows where each month ends up — what lands, what goes out, and what's left when it does. It tells you your tightest point and warns you when you'd run short, and it counts your everyday spending, not just your bills, so the months ahead aren't quietly optimistic. Track a loan the way your lender does. Enter what you owe today and Pebble projects the payoff forward from there, tells you which month makes the last payment, and stops charging it after that. Planning to pay extra? Add a one-off or monthly extra principal payment and Pebble shows how many months sooner the loan ends and how much interest you keep. Moving money to savings? Record the transfer and Pebble counts it as saving, not spending — with a Savings home that tracks your balance month by month, and a linked savings account (Pro) that updates as your moves land. Set a monthly limit on any category and Pebble shows what you've spent against it — with the transactions behind every figure — and Pebble Pro draws your net worth month by month, so you can see exactly what moved it. PLAN EVERY PAYCHECK • A paycheck dashboard with a live Remaining hero card • Upcoming bills for the selected paycheck, sorted by date • Reorderable cards so the layout matches how you think • Variable paycheck amounts, bonus income, and start-balance overrides TRANSACTIONS, YOUR WAY • A clean ledger with search, category, and card filters • Browse any month with the new month switcher • Multi-select bulk edit: move to paycheck, move to card, or delete • Per-expense paycheck assignment with smart defaults CREDIT + DEBIT CARDS • Charges attribute to the paycheck that will actually pay the statement • Carry-in / carry-out badges show what's settling this cycle vs next • Track balances and log payments; debit cards settle instantly SPLIT EXPENSES • Split any expense across as many people as you need • Request via Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, or cash and track who has paid • Received shares flow back in as income on the right paycheck ACCOUNTS & NET WORTH (Pro) • Manual-balance accounts for assets and liabilities • A net-worth roll-up: assets − liabilities − card debt • Per-account and per-card "include in net worth" toggles • Always your numbers — Pebble never fetches or guesses balances RECURRING & REMINDERS • Set a bill once; it materializes each cycle on its due date • Recurring income templates for predictable extra money • Optional local reminders a few days before each bill is due • Subscription health view with monthly + yearly totals EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • iPhone and iPad, with an adaptive layout • Apple Watch app — glance, bills due, quick-add, and complications (free) • Home and Lock Screen widgets for Remaining, next bill, and splits • Private iCloud sync across your devices, plus daily iCloud Drive backups PRIVACY FIRST Your data lives in your own private iCloud. No account to create, no ads, no third-party trackers, no bank connections. Pebble never sees your finances. PEBBLE PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE The free tier covers everyday paycheck budgeting. Pebble Pro is a single $9.99 purchase (no subscription) that unlocks: • Unlimited cards, recurring templates, and split participants • Accounts and net-worth tracking • Full history and year recap • Unlimited future-month planning • CSV and PDF export Budget the way you get paid. Download Pebble and take control of every paycheck.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pebble at Free against ExpensePad's $3.99. Pebble also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). ExpensePad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Pebble is free to download; ExpensePad costs $3.99 up front. Pebble sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ExpensePad asks for nothing beyond the download.
ExpensePad ships an update every 8 days, Pebble every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ExpensePad | Pebble |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar De Moya | CLMS Studio LLC |
In-app purchases
ExpensePad
No in-app purchases
Pebble
- Pebble Pro$9.99









