Refundly vs Purchy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Refundly
This app automates the process of tracking online returns, monitoring refund statuses, and alerting users when their money is credited. It helps users manage returns from various retailers and visualize their total refunded amounts.
- Track online returns automatically
- Monitor refund status in real-time
- Receive instant refund notifications
- Visualize total refunded amounts
- Manage returns from any retailer
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Refundly takes the guesswork out of online returns by tracking what you sent back, how much you’re owed, and notifying you the moment your refund is credited to your account. - Track every return. Automatically log returns from your email receipts and monitor refund status. - Get notified when refunds hit. Receive real-time alerts when your money comes back. - See your total refunded. Understand your return behavior with easy-to-read visuals. - Never miss a refund. Refundly catches what falls through the cracks. Whether you’re managing returns from Amazon, Nordstrom, Target, or anywhere else, Refundly helps you stay in control—and get your money back faster. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Purchy
This app helps you track purchases, manage return deadlines, and identify price drops on items you own. It organizes your receipts, provides spending insights, and ensures you don't miss out on potential refunds or savings.
- Tracks return deadlines
- Monitors price drops
- Organizes receipts
- AI-powered spending insights
- Secure data encryption
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Your bank already knows what you spend. Purchy reads it and tells you what's coming. Connect an account and Purchy pulls your real charges — the recurring ones, the ones that renew quietly, the ones you meant to cancel months ago. Add your inbox second and each charge gets its receipt: what you bought, what the bill is supposed to be, and how long you have to send it back. Night watch for your money. The Perch Your day in one card. Available balance, today's budget, and the days left until your next paycheck. Purchy finds the paycheck in your own transaction history, sets aside the bills due before it, and divides what's left across the days remaining. Spend nothing today and tomorrow's number goes up. At a glance A month calendar with a figure on every day — what posted, what's due, payday, return deadlines. Next 7 and next 30 totals sit above it, and tapping a day tells you what lands on it. Recurring review Purchy shows you the charges it found and asks one thing at a time: keeping it, cancelling it, or not yours. It only asks about the ones that could still bill you this cycle, so dead subscriptions stop asking and stop counting against your budget. Before the charge, not after For a charge you said you'd deal with, Purchy pushes three days out, again two days out, and again the day before. If a bill lands well off what it usually costs, you hear about that too. Purchy calendar The charges you care about, written into the calendar app you already use, with reminders two days and one day ahead. Ask Purchy Ask about any charge and Purchy goes and reads the receipt email behind it, then links you straight to that email. Answers are generated by AI and can be wrong — the receipt is right there to check. Capture Point the camera at a paper receipt and Purchy reads it — merchant, total, date — and starts the return clock on it. Returns and receipts Purchy tracks the return window on what you bought and reminds you before it closes. Bank first, inbox second The bank is the source of truth. Your inbox explains it. Start with either one and add the other whenever you want — connecting a bank costs nothing. iPhone and iPad Purchy runs on both, from the same account. Privacy Bank access is read-only and inbox access is read-only — Purchy never moves money and never modifies your mail. Your data is used to provide the service and is not sold. Receipt and charge text is processed by AI services (OpenAI and Anthropic) to produce answers, and those answers can be wrong. What is collected and why: https://purchy.app/privacy Subscription information Purchy Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. • Monthly: $12.99/month • Yearly: $99.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://purchy.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://purchy.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Purchy at 5.0 against Refundly's 4.4. Purchy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and ads (none vs shown). Refundly's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Refundly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Purchy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Purchy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refundly has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Refundly's written reviews are positive against 100% of Purchy's.
Refundly ships an update every 2 weeks, Purchy every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Refundly | Purchy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oshri | Dynamic Dev Solutions |
Customer experience
Refundly
Purchy
In-app purchases
Refundly
- Plus - Monthly Subscription3 Months trial$6.991 Month
- Plus - Annual Subscription3 Months trial$70.001 Year
Purchy
- Purchy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Purchy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year









