Costify vs Expensa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Costify
Easily track personal or group expenses with this app. Create multiple trackers, attach receipts, split costs, and analyze spending. Offers installment plans and currency conversion.
- Multiple expense trackers
- Real-time expense sharing
- Automatic cost splitting
- Receipt and file attachments
- CSV/PDF export
- Spending analytics
- Installment plan management
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Costify - Track & Split Expenses Easily Costify is a modern expense tracker designed for individuals and groups who want full control over their spending — without complexity. Whether you’re traveling with friends, managing shared expenses in a group, or tracking personal budgets, Costify helps you stay organized, transparent, and stress-free. What you can do with Costify: - Create multiple trackers for trips, projects, or everyday expenses - Create virtual accounts to mirror your bank accounts, cash wallets, or savings funds - Track expenses with categories, notes, dates, and attachments - Share trackers with friends and see who spent what in real time - Split costs automatically and keep balances clear within groups - Attach receipts, photos, and files to your expenses - Export trackers as CSV or PDF for easy sharing or documentation - Analyze your spending with clean overviews and smart analytics - Create and manage installment plans with flexible payments, extra payments, and full payoff anytime - View a clear budget overview for the current month and see how much you’ve already spent - Convert currencies instantly with the built-in currency converter - Automatically add expenses after Apple Pay payments using Shortcuts automations - Open the expense flow instantly with Shortcuts and tap gestures for faster tracking - Personalize your profile and collaborate seamlessly with others Costify is built with a focus on clarity, collaboration, and privacy — no ads, no clutter, just the features you actually need. Take control of your expenses. Together or on your own. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://costify.app/privacy-policy/
Expensa
This app offers a private way to track expenses and manage budgets without linking bank accounts. It uses AI to automatically categorize transactions and build budgets, with support for over 150 currencies and iCloud syncing for privacy.
- Automatic transaction tracking via Wallet Shortcuts
- AI-powered budget creation and categorization
- Multi-currency support for travelers
- Private iCloud sync, no bank linking
- Shared budgets for family and partners
- Customizable budget cycles and alerts
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Track money without handing over your bank password. Expensa is a private budget and expense tracker built for iPhone. Set up one Shortcut and every card tap lands in your budget automatically. AI builds your first budget in seconds. Works in 150+ currencies. Syncs via iCloud — and only iCloud. No bank linking. No data brokers. Your money stays on your devices. ------------------------------------------------- WALLET + SHORTCUTS — AUTOMATIC TRACKING ------------------------------------------------- Set up one Shortcut; every card tap in Wallet logs a transaction Works with Apple Card and any card you've added to Wallet Auto-categorized from your history, with AI Alerts if a purchase pushes you over a category limit No polling a bank, no waiting for statements ------------------------------------------------- BUDGETS THAT ACTUALLY WORK ------------------------------------------------- Always know what's left — live progress bar on your dashboard A limit for every category (groceries, dining, transport…) Alerts before you overspend, not after Monthly, weekly, or custom cycles — auto-rollover each cycle Smart Allocation: tell Expensa your budget, AI splits it across categories based on your region and spending habits ------------------------------------------------- SEPARATE WALLETS FOR SEPARATE LIVES ------------------------------------------------- Keep personal, household, business, and trip budgets fully isolated. Switch spaces with one tap. Invite family or your partner to shared spaces — real-time sync via iCloud, no extra accounts to create. ------------------------------------------------- BUILT FOR TRAVELERS & EXPATS ------------------------------------------------- 150+ currencies with live exchange rates Original amount + converted amount both stored Per-transaction historical rates — accurate reporting forever ------------------------------------------------- PRIVATE BY DEFAULT ------------------------------------------------- No bank login, no Plaid, no third-party aggregators iCloud sync on your Apple ID — that's it Offline-first: log now, sync later Works on iPhone ------------------------------------------------- EVERYTHING ELSE ------------------------------------------------- Recurring transactions (rent, subscriptions, salary) Tags, categories, folders, custom merchant rules CSV, PDF, TXT import/export — move in from any app, out anytime Net worth across accounts and currencies Dashboard, calendar heatmap, category/tag analytics Optional receipt scanning for the rare paper moment Dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, localized (EN, UK) ------------------------------------------------- FREE, OR GO PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------- Free: 1 space, 2 accounts, 3 recurrences, 5 receipt scans Premium: unlimited spaces & accounts, 30 scans/mo, AI categorization, category budgets, analytics, shared spaces, multi-currency entry. Your money. Your rules. Your devices. Terms of Use: https://getexpensa.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getexpensa.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Costify at 4.6 against Expensa's 3.9. Expensa's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 45%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Costify sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Expensa sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Costify holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Costify's written reviews are positive against 83% of Expensa's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Costify ships an update fortnightly, Expensa weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Costify | Expensa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 3.9 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MARLON JOEL PITTERS | Andrii Sereda |
Customer experience
Costify
Expensa
In-app purchases
Costify
- Costify Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Costify Pro Yearly7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Costify Pro Lifetime$79.99
Expensa
- Expensa PRO Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Expensa PRO Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 1 Espresso$0.99
- 2 Espressos$1.99
- 4 Espressos$4.99
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- 10 Espressos$9.99








