Comparison

Thrive vs Vesi

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

Head to head
About

Thrive

Gain control over your finances with a flexible budgeting system. This app helps you understand your spending habits through custom tags and real-time tracking, offering visual breakdowns of your financial activity. Plan your budget monthly with easy transaction logging.

Highlights
  • Tag income and expenses
  • Create custom views
  • Track spending against budget
  • Visual spending breakdowns
  • Monthly budget planning
  • Log transactions with Apple Shortcuts
Features
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Take control of your budget, your way. Thrive helps you understand your spending with simple tools that adapt to how you manage money. There are no strict categories or spreadsheets; just a clear, flexible system that you set up yourself. Features: - Tag income and expenses in a way that makes sense to you - Create custom views - Track your spending against your budget in real time - Get clean, visual breakdowns of where your money goes - Plan budgets one month at a time - Log transactions easily with Apple Shortcuts - Organize your budget with tags that fit your approach Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Vesi

Effortlessly track your finances using voice commands or by scanning receipts. This app uses AI to categorize expenses and provides insights into your spending habits and forecasts. It offers various logging methods and prioritizes user privacy with on-device data storage.

Highlights
  • Voice expense logging
  • AI receipt scanning
  • Spending forecasts
  • Anomaly alerts
  • iCloud sync
  • Budgets and recurring charges
Features
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Vesi is the fastest way to track your money. Say "spent 20 on lunch" and it's logged — amount, category, and note filled in by AI. Snap a receipt, upload one from your library, or share an order confirmation from any app, and Vesi reads the details for you. LOG YOUR WAY • Voice logging — just speak, no typing • Receipt scanning — camera, photo library, or share sheet • Bank statement import — bring months of history from a PDF or screenshots • Manual entry — always free, beautifully fast • Siri, widgets, and Apple Watch — log without opening the app UNDERSTAND YOUR MONEY • Spending forecast — see where the month is headed • Anomaly alerts — catch unusual spending early • Comparisons, patterns, and category drill-downs • Net worth trend and a shareable Year in Review BUILT RIGHT • Budgets, recurring charges, split expenses, multiple wallets • iCloud sync across your devices — your data stays yours • Home & Lock Screen widgets, Spotlight search • Available in 9 languages PRIVACY FIRST Your financial data lives on your device and in your personal iCloud — we never see it. Voice and receipt text is sent only to parse your entry, never used to train AI, and never sold or shared. VESI PRO Everything above is free with manual entry — forever. AI capture comes with 15 free logs to try; Vesi Pro unlocks 300 AI logs a month, as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in Settings; payment is charged to your Apple Account. Start with manual entry free, or try 15 AI logs — no account, no bank connection, no ads. Terms: https://tryvesi.app/terms/ · Privacy: https://tryvesi.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Thrive4 screens
Vesi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vesi at every 8 days against Thrive's every 2 months. Thrive's advantage is iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Thrive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Vesi sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrive ships an update every 2 months, Vesi every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Thrive versus Vesi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThriveVesi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSabrina GhadiehMIKHAIL PAK

Customer experience

Thrive

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Vesi

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

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Thrive

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly (Reduced)$2.991 Month
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly (Reduced)$29.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Yearly$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$79.99
3 purchases

Vesi

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vesi Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Thrive free?
Thrive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vesi free?
Vesi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thrive or Vesi have ads?
Neither Thrive nor Vesi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thrive or Vesi?
Thrive ships an update every 2 months, and Vesi every 8 days. Most recently, Thrive was updated on October 6, 2026 and Vesi on October 24, 2026.

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