Comparison

Deun vs Expense Trail

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

Head to head
About

Deun

Effortlessly manage shared expenses for trips, roommates, and events. Scan receipts to automatically itemize costs, then split them fairly by various methods. Track who owes whom with real-time updates and group-specific currencies.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts to itemize expenses
  • Split costs equally, by shares, percent, or exact amounts
  • Track balances and who owes whom
  • Support for multiple currencies and exchange rates
  • Organize expenses by group
  • Real-time updates and notifications for friends
Features
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Deun makes sharing costs simple and fair, for trips, flatmates, dinners and everything in between. Add an expense, and Deun works out who owes whom. SCAN ANY RECEIPT Snap a photo and Deun pulls out every item. Everyone taps what they had, and the receipt splits itself, to the cent. SPLIT IT YOUR WAY • Equally, by shares, by percent or by exact amounts • Leave someone out of an expense with one tap • A built-in calculator right on the amount keypad SEE WHO OWES WHOM • Balances at a glance, for every group and every friend • Record a payback, even one made on someone else's behalf, and undo it if you need to • See the moment a group is settled READY FOR TRAVEL • Give each group its own currency • Enter expenses in any currency: Deun suggests the exchange rate for the expense's date • Add your card's foreign-transaction fee so the numbers match your bank ORGANIZE BY GROUP Trips, households, office parties: keep every shared cost in its own group, with statistics on how spending develops over time. TRACK IT WITH FRIENDS Invite people with a link or a QR code. Add friends who are not on Deun yet; they can claim their spot later. Everyone sees changes in real time and gets notified when something is added. FREE Every feature, no paywalls. Sign in with Apple, Google or GitHub. Available in English and German.

About

Expense Trail

Features
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Your money, your data, your control. Zero ads, Zero tracking, 100% yours! App built ground up without ads, keeping user privacy at the core. A modern & minimal expense and income tracker, designed to be fast, simple, and completely ad-free. With a clean, intuitive interface, it helps you track expenses and income effortlessly, without bloated features or unnecessary complexity. Just the essentials, done right - so you can focus on your money, not the app. Take control of your finances - without sacrificing your privacy. Built from the ground up with privacy as the core principle, the app collects no personal data, shows zero ads, and does not track you in any way.  Your financial information stays entirely on your device - secure, private, and yours alone. Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://simpl-sols.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Deun4 screens
Expense Trail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deun at none against Expense Trail's 2. Deun also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Expense Trail's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). On price 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. Expense Trail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Deun asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deun ships an update every 5 months, Expense Trail every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Deun versus Expense Trail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeunExpense Trail
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJakob AuerSimplSols Software Pvt Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Deun

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Expense Trail

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Deun free?
Deun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Expense Trail free?
Expense Trail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deun or Expense Trail have ads?
Deun shows ads; Expense Trail does not.
Which is updated more often, Deun or Expense Trail?
Deun ships an update every 5 months, and Expense Trail every 9 days. Most recently, Deun was updated on October 30, 2026 and Expense Trail on October 30, 2026.

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