Comparison

Boring Expenses vs Daily Cost

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

Head to head
About

Boring Expenses

A simple, private expense tracker that focuses solely on your spending. Log expenses quickly with one-tap entry and visualize trends with instant charts. Your data is securely stored in your personal iCloud and is never shared.

Highlights
  • One-tap expense entry
  • Interactive charts
  • Customizable categories
  • CSV export
  • Apple Watch app
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Where does your money actually go? Boring Expenses shows you in seconds — a tiny, beautifully boring expense tracker that's 100% free, ad-free, private, and sign-up-free. Your data lives in your personal iCloud, end-to-end encrypted by Apple and invisible to us. JUST EXPENSES — NOTHING ELSE - No income tracking — total focus on spending - No multiple accounts — one number, the whole picture - No complicated budgets or category limits - No welcome screens or personal surveys - No bank connections — log each expense by hand, like a journal - No subscriptions, ads, trackers, or analytics - Apple-only — native look, feel, and animations WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT - Ready in the first second: no questionnaires, budget setup, paywalls, or registration - Truly free: no "premium" tiers, no nagging for donations - Private by design: expenses stay in encrypted iCloud, never shared - Works fully offline - Tiny and fast: opens instantly - No category caps: seeing your trends over weeks and months builds smarter habits on its own KEY FEATURES - One-tap expense entry: pick a category, type the amount — done - Beautiful interactive charts that update instantly — week, month, year - 100+ icons and colors to make categories your own - Quick filters by date and category - CSV export: pull your data into Excel or anywhere, anytime - Apple Watch app and Home Screen widgets - Full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support - Light and dark themes with a true native iPhone feel START TODAY Download Boring Expenses and build smarter everyday spending habits — one tap at a time. Thanks for reading to the end — have a great day! Questions or ideas? Open Settings > Feedback to message the developer directly. Enjoying the app? A quick App Store review means the world.

About

Daily Cost

Effortlessly track your daily spending with a simple, one-tap expense diary. Visualize your financial habits through heat-map calendars and custom labels. Maintain privacy with on-device data and optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • One-tap expense logging
  • Daily spending overview
  • Heat-map calendar visualization
  • Customizable labels with icons/colors
  • Past-date entry logging
  • CSV data export
  • Face ID protection
Features
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Track every dollar you spend — see where your money went, and take back control. Daily Cost is a calm, one-tap spending diary. No bank connections, no forms to fill out, no budgets that make you feel guilty. Just a single number that tells you what today, this month, and this year actually cost. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Log an expense in three taps — amount, label, done • See TODAY at a glance — one big number, plus the entries behind it • Watch the month build with a heat-map calendar — spot your quiet days and your splurge days • Break down every dollar by day and by label — Week, Month, or Year • Organize with custom labels — icons, colors, or emoji • Add past-date entries when you forgot to log at the moment • Export your history to CSV whenever you want it out • Face ID protection through iOS Settings DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 Built natively for iPhone with the new Liquid Glass aesthetic. Respects your system appearance — Light, Dark, or Auto. A home-screen widget shows today's total at a glance. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No bank access. No ads. No tracking. Your history stays on device, with optional iCloud sync when you enable it. https://kashalot.dev/legal/daily-cost-terms

Screenshots

Boring Expenses4 screens
Daily Cost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boring Expenses at none against Daily Cost's 1. Boring Expenses also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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. Daily Cost sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Boring Expenses asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Boring Expenses against 5.0 for Daily Cost. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boring Expenses has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Boring Expenses versus Daily Cost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoring ExpensesDaily Cost
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry KulizhnikovRufat Babayev

Customer experience

Boring Expenses

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Daily Cost

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Boring Expenses

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Daily Cost

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$2.99

Questions

Is Boring Expenses free?
Boring Expenses is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daily Cost free?
Daily Cost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boring Expenses or Daily Cost?
Daily Cost is rated higher. Boring Expenses averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Daily Cost averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Boring Expenses or Daily Cost have ads?
Neither Boring Expenses nor Daily Cost shows ads.

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