BuyBye vs Spento
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BuyBye
This app helps you curb impulse spending by showing the real cost of purchases in terms of work hours. It offers features to pause buying decisions and block shopping apps, encouraging intentional spending and savings tracking.
- Visualize purchase cost in work hours
- Cooldown period for impulse buys
- Block shopping apps
- Savings tracking
- 100 Envelope Savings Challenge
- Milestone rewards
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Budgeting is better with your pig. Meet Penny, your money buddy in BuyBye. She earns rewards when you make better money choices, helping budgeting feel more fun, motivating, and a little less overwhelming. BuyBye is the budgeting app that shows you the real cost of your spending. Not just in dollars, but in hours of your life. Most budgeting apps track your money. BuyBye helps you decide how to use it. Use BuyBye to: -Set a monthly budget and see what’s left to spend -Track income, expenses, savings, bills, and no-buy days -Use the Worth It? Analyzer to see what purchases cost in work time -See what your money could become if you invested it instead -Pause impulse buys with Cooldown -Temporarily block shopping apps with Shop Block using Apple’s built-in controls -Create savings goals for travel, an emergency fund, or anything else -Try the 100 Envelope Savings Challenge -Earn rewards with Penny as you build better money habits Subscription Information: Some features in BuyBye require an active subscription. This includes adding income and savings to your BuyBye budget. Subscription terms and pricing are available in the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/
Spento
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ExpenseTracker helps you keep an eye on your spending with a clean, simple, and modern experience. Track expenses quickly, organize them into categories, and get a clear overview of where your money goes. With useful widgets, detailed insights, and spending limits, ExpenseTracker gives you the tools you need to stay in control. Features: - Quickly add, edit, and delete expenses - Organize spending with customizable categories - See daily and monthly spending at a glance - Explore detailed insights by time range - View top spending categories - Set daily, weekly, or monthly spending limits - Monitor your progress directly on the dashboard - Use home screen widgets for weekly spending and spending limits - Clean, modern, and easy-to-use design Whether you just want a lightweight expense tracker or a simple way to stay aware of your spending habits, ExpenseTracker helps you stay focused and organized.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spento at none against BuyBye's 11. Spento also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). BuyBye's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. BuyBye sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Spento asks for nothing beyond the download.
BuyBye ships an update fortnightly, Spento every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BuyBye | Spento |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 10.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BuyBye Inc. | David Kueng |
Bugs and requests
BuyBye
Reported bugs
1 issue- Too many pop-ups
Spento
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BuyBye
- BuyBye Weekly Plan$3.997 Days
- BuyBye Monthly Plan3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- BuyBye Quarterly Plan$9.993 Months
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- BuyBye Yearly Plan (7-day trial)7 Days trial$19.997 Days
- BuyBye Yearly Winback7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$23.991 Year
- BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$26.991 Year
- BuyBye Yearly Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- BuyBye Lifetime$29.99
Spento
No in-app purchases









