Comparison

Pericles vs Goose

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pericles

Features
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Why Pericles? Named after the Greek statesman who fought Spartan hegemony with creative intellect and cunning, we aim to give our users the right tools and experience needed to beat the stock market. And what better way to do it than through carefully curated historical simulations of different market conditions for users to backtest investment strategies and through competitive paper trading portfolio battles! Our features include: - Competitive paper trading battles - Friendly paper trading battles - Paper trading features - Curated historical financial market conditions such as the 2008 financial crisis - Leaderboard for paper trading portfolios

About

Goose

Manually log your expenses and income to gain better control over your spending. Forecast your monthly budget based on daily averages and receive warnings before overspending. Track multiple accounts with currency conversion and view detailed spending charts.

Highlights
  • Manual expense and income tracking
  • Multiple accounts with separate currencies
  • Spending forecasts and overspending warnings
  • Apple Pay shortcut for quick logging
  • Custom categories and subcategories
  • Weekly, monthly, and category charts
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Money doesn’t vanish. It slips away, one small expense at a time. Goose is a manual expense tracker: you type each expense yourself, in a few seconds. That tiny act is the whole point - what you write down, you remember. What you remember, you control. TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR SPENDING No bank logins. No feed of transactions you scroll past and forget. You add the coffee, the taxi, the groceries - and your month stops being a mystery. KNOW WHAT’S LEFT THIS MONTH Goose takes your average daily spending and projects it across the rest of the month, so you can see where you’re likely to end up. Not a verdict at the end of the month - a number that updates every day, while you can still do something about it. APPLE PAY, WITHOUT THE TYPING Set it up once, and after every Apple Pay purchase, Goose opens with the amount and merchant already filled in. One tap to save. Manual tracking, minus the typing that makes people quit. ADD EXPENSES IN SECONDS Amount, category, done. Add income and expenses in just a few taps. Add a note if you want one, or skip it if you don’t. TRACK MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS Cash, card, savings - each account in its own currency, with every balance in one place. TRANSFERS WITH AUTOMATIC CURRENCY CONVERSION Move money between your accounts, even in different currencies. Goose automatically applies the exchange rate, so both sides stay accurate. GET WARNED BEFORE OVERSPENDING Set a budget for an account or a single category. Goose warns you as you’re adding the expense - not the morning after. SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Weekly and monthly charts show your spending by category, monthly net, daily average, and biggest categories. Filter your history by type, category, or date to find any transaction fast. WHAT’S INSIDE - Manual expense and income tracking - Multiple accounts with separate currencies - Transfers with automatic exchange rates - Monthly spending forecasts based on your daily average - Budgets for accounts and categories, with overspending warnings - Custom categories and subcategories with icons - Weekly, monthly, and category charts - Full transaction history with filters - Apple Pay Shortcut for one-tap logging - Light and dark themes - English and Russian FREE AND PRO The free version includes one account, unlimited history, one account budget, and monthly reports for the last three months. Pro unlocks unlimited accounts, monthly reports for every month you've tracked, budgets for every category, and subcategories. Pro is $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year. A FEW HONEST NOTES Goose uses Sign in with Apple, so your data follows you to any device where you sign in with the same Apple Account. An internet connection is required to save new entries. There are no ads, and Goose never asks for your bank credentials. Geese are famously good at noticing things and loudly telling you about them. This one only does it about your budget. Add your first expense. By the end of the week, you’ll already see the shape of your month. Privacy Policy: https://kolkovsky.app/goose/privacy Terms of Use: https://kolkovsky.app/goose/terms

Screenshots

Pericles4 screens
Goose4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pericles at none against Goose's 2. Pericles also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Goose sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pericles asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pericles versus Goose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPericlesGoose
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size306 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdvanced Semiconductor IC Design Pte. Ltd.Ivan Kalkouski

In-app purchases

None

Pericles

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Goose

Subscriptions2
  • Goose Pro$2.991 Month
  • Goose Pro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Pericles free?
Pericles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Goose free?
Goose is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pericles or Goose have ads?
Neither Pericles nor Goose shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pericles or Goose?
Pericles ships an update fortnightly, and Goose fortnightly. Most recently, Pericles was updated on October 18, 2026 and Goose on October 17, 2026.

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