Comparison

WeSpend vs Houm

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

Head to head
About

WeSpend

Features
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This app is a progressive web client designed to provide seamless access to Nextcloud Cospend, a powerful budget management tool. It allows users to connect to their Nextcloud Cospend instance directly without needing a separate web browser. Availability & Access: The app is not restricted to a single company or a specific group of companies. Any organization or individual using Nextcloud Cospend can integrate and utilize this app for managing expenses collaboratively. Users are free to set up and access their own Nextcloud instance independently. General Public Use: While the app is beneficial for teams and companies tracking shared expenses, it is also fully available for public use. Anyone with access to a Nextcloud instance that has Cospend installed can connect through this client, making it suitable for personal finance tracking, family budgeting, group travel expenses, and similar use cases. Account Setup: Users obtain an account by setting up their own Nextcloud Cospend instance or gaining access to an existing one hosted by their organization, community, or another provider. This app does not manage account creation directly; instead, it serves as a client for accessing pre-existing accounts. Payment & Costs: The app itself does not include paid content or charge users for access. However, users might need a Nextcloud hosting service, which could involve costs depending on the provider. Access to Cospend features remains free as long as users have an active Nextcloud instance with Cospend installed. With this app, managing shared expenses becomes more efficient, ensuring easy access to financial data while maintaining flexibility in how and where users connect.

About

Houm

This app unifies control of your self-hosted services, including smart home devices and media servers. Monitor and manage your homelab infrastructure, from media requests to server status, all from one place.

Highlights
  • Unified smart home control
  • Media request and tracking
  • Real-time playback monitoring
  • Download queue management
  • Server and container status overview
  • Direct server integration
Features
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Houm is one dark, modular home for everything you self-host — the smart home your phone already talks to, and the media, servers and containers your homelab already runs. Every service is its own switch. Turn on only the ones you actually use, sign each into your own server, and Houm gets out of the way. SMART HOME See and control every accessory from Apple Home or Google Home — lights, locks, thermostats and cameras — without opening a separate app. WATCH SOMETHING Browse what's trending and request new films and shows through Requests, then follow it through Radarr and Sonarr's queues until it's ready. WHAT'S PLAYING The dashboard leads with what's on: streams, transcodes and bandwidth from Plex or Tautulli, updated as they happen. DOWNLOADS Keep an eye on NZBGet's queue and speed without switching to a browser tab. THE RACK Proxmox, Unraid and Portainer put every node, VM, disk and container in your pocket — what's running, what's full, and what needs attention. Sign in once with Plex to connect Requests and the Now Playing card, or skip it and set everything up later from Settings. Houm talks directly to the servers you already run — no new accounts, no subscriptions, no cloud in between. Houm is for people who already run a homelab. Bring your own Plex, Seerr, Radarr, Sonarr, NZBGet, Tautulli, Proxmox, Unraid or Portainer — Houm is the one app to watch them all from

Screenshots

WeSpend3 screens
Houm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WeSpend at 12.0 against Houm's 16.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
WeSpend versus Houm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeSpendHoum
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarshall RawsonTehseen Hussain

In-app purchases

None

WeSpend

No in-app purchases

None

Houm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeSpend free?
WeSpend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Houm free?
Houm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WeSpend or Houm have ads?
Neither WeSpend nor Houm shows ads.

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