Boring Expenses vs Daily Cost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- One-tap expense entry
- Interactive charts
- Customizable categories
- CSV export
- Apple Watch app
- Offline functionality
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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.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Daily Cost sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Boring Expenses asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Boring Expenses | Daily Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitry Kulizhnikov | Rufat Babayev |
Customer experience
Boring Expenses
Daily Cost
In-app purchases
Boring Expenses
No in-app purchases
Daily Cost
- Lifetime Access$2.99









