Simple Spendings vs Pocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Spendings
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No subscriptions. No ads. No data tracking. Just a clean, powerful tool that helps you stay mindful of your spending. Simple Spendings is your financial single source of truth that puts you in control. By entering your expenses you stay aware of your habits - while smart suggestions make adding new items effortless and fast. Why Simple Spendings? - Manual input, mindful tracking - Stay aware of your spending, one entry at a time. - Smart suggestions - The app remembers your recent spendings to speed up new entries. - Multi-currency support - Track expenses in any currency, ideal for travelers and global users. - Category insights - Instantly see totals, averages, and trends across all your categories. - Future estimates - Get projections of upcoming expenses based on your past patterns. - Private cloud sync - Your data is stored securely and synced across your devices. No one else can access it, just you! - Import & export (JSON) - Easily back up or move your data between devices. - Cross-device simplicity - Works seamlessly on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. - Light and Dark modes - follows system's colour theme. - Completely free - No paywalls, no ads, and no tracking. Just simplicity and privacy. Stay aware, not overwhelmed Simple Spendings is designed to make budgeting clear and effortless. It's not about automation - it's about awareness. You enter each spending mindfully, and the app does the rest: organizing, calculating, and showing where your money truly goes. Spend less time managing. Spend more time understanding. Simple Spendings - completely free, beautifully simple.
This app helps you understand your spending by logging transactions privately on your device. It offers visual breakdowns of expenses, manages multiple accounts, and tracks recurring bills and savings goals. It also includes a feature for splitting travel expenses with friends.
- Private on-device transaction logging
- Visual spending breakdown by category
- Multi-account management
- Recurring bill and subscription tracking
- Savings goal setting
- Travel expense splitting
- Multi-currency support
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Pocket is a beautiful, private budget tracker for people who want to actually understand where their money goes — without handing their bank logins to a stranger. Every transaction you log stays on your device. No bank connections. No servers. No ads. No accounts to sign up for. Just you and your finances, in your pocket. Track spending the way you want Add expenses and income in seconds with a calculator-style entry screen. Pocket learns your habits and surfaces your most-used categories first, so logging that morning coffee or grocery run takes one tap. See where the money goes A live donut chart breaks down each month by category. Scroll back through previous months, filter by category or account, and search across every transaction you've ever logged. Multiple accounts, one home Keep checking, savings, credit cards, and cash wallets side by side. Move money between accounts with built-in transfers — balances update automatically. Personalize each account with its own icon, color, and currency. Recurring bills, never forgotten Add rent, subscriptions, utilities, gym memberships — weekly, monthly, or yearly. Pocket flags what's coming due in the next week so you're never blindsided. Savings goals that feel achievable Set a target, pick a deadline, watch your progress bar fill up. Log each contribution as you go. Travel Split — for the trip with friends Add the people on your trip, log who paid for what, and Pocket calculates who owes whom. Export a clean PDF settlement plan to share. Multi-currency aware. Designed for every wallet. Over 30 currencies built in, from USD and EUR to TRY, JPY, INR, and more. Decimal input adapts to your locale (yes, comma works too). Yours, and yours alone Pocket has no servers. Your financial data never leaves your device. We don't have it, can't see it, and never will. Pocket Pro Upgrade to unlock unlimited accounts, unlimited recurring bills, advanced charts and filters, CSV import, and iCloud sync. Available as monthly, yearly, or one-time lifetime purchase. WHAT USERS SAY "Finally, a budget app that doesn't want access to my entire financial life." "The UI is gorgeous. Actually makes me want to track my spending." "Simple, private, and powerful. Everything I needed, nothing I didn't." --- Your money, your pocket, your privacy. Download Pocket today and take control of your finances the simple way. Note: Some features require Pro subscription. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled. Cancel anytime. Privacy Policy: http://www.atamangirisken.com/apps/pocket.html Terms of Use: Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Spendings at none against Pocket's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pocket sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Simple Spendings asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Spendings ships an update every 3 weeks, Pocket every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Spendings | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrzej Gawron | Ataman Girisken |
In-app purchases
Simple Spendings
No in-app purchases
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$8.991 Year
- Lifetime$12.99









