Comparison

TrackaExpense vs CentsNote

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

Head to head
About

TrackaExpense

Features
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Take full control of your finances with TrackaExpense — the free, ad-free expense tracker, budget planner, and bill splitter app for iPhone and iPad. No ads. No premium paywalls. No data selling. Just a clean, powerful personal finance app that works. TRACK DAILY EXPENSES & INCOME Log every expense and income in seconds. Categorize transactions, add notes, capture receipts with your camera, and review your complete expense log at a glance. PLAN YOUR MONTHLY BUDGET Set monthly budgets by category and see your spending vs. budget in real time. The built-in budget planner helps you stay on track before the month ends — not after. SPLIT BILLS WITH FRIENDS TrackaExpense's bill splitter lets you split expenses with friends and groups, track IOUs, and settle up in one tap. A Splitwise-style feature built right into your personal finance tracker. HIT YOUR SAVINGS GOALS Create savings goals, track progress visually, and stay motivated to reach financial milestones. Whether saving for a trip or an emergency fund, TrackaExpense keeps you on track. POWERFUL ANALYTICS & CHARTS Understand spending patterns with interactive bar and pie charts. Filter by 7 days, 30 days, 3 months, 6 months, or 1 year to see your full financial picture. 100% AD-FREE TrackaExpense is completely free with zero ads, zero premium tiers, and zero upsells — the ad-free expense tracker we always wanted to use. PRIVACY-FIRST & SECURE Your data is never sold or shared with advertisers. Syncs securely via Firebase. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. KEY FEATURES • Expense tracker & income log • Monthly budget planner by category • Bill splitter with group & IOU support • Savings goals with visual progress • Receipt capture via camera or gallery • Interactive analytics charts • Real-time cloud sync • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email • Smart reminders & push notifications • Custom expense categories • 100% ad-free, no premium tiers • Privacy-first — your data stays yours Built by Dhruv Chheda — an independent developer dedicated to making personal finance simple, private, and free for everyone. Download TrackaExpense and make your money work for you.

About

CentsNote

This app offers a private, manual way to track daily spending, income, and budgets without linking bank accounts. It supports voice input for quick logging and provides clear monthly views of your finances.

Highlights
  • Private expense tracking
  • Voice logging for spending
  • Budget and spending limits
  • Bill and subscription management
  • Manual money ledger
  • Multi-currency support
  • Offline-first operation
Features
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CentsNote is a private daily expense tracker for people who want a simple, safe way to log spending, income, budgets, bills, and subscriptions without connecting a bank account. Use it as a manual expense tracker, spending tracker, money tracker, budget app, bill tracker, or subscription tracker for everyday life. Record breakfast, coffee, groceries, rent, utilities, salary, transfers, travel spending, shared costs, recurring bills, and the small purchases that are easy to forget. It is designed for people who want clarity without a complicated finance setup: students watching daily cash spending, freelancers separating work and personal expenses, travelers logging multiple currencies, families tracking household bills, and anyone who prefers a safe manual money log instead of automatic bank sync. You can type a record manually or speak one money note. CentsNote helps turn voice input into editable drafts, then you review the amount, category, account, date, and memo before saving. One sentence can become multiple records when needed, but every entry stays under your control. CentsNote is useful if you want to: - Track daily expenses, income, and transfers - See where your money goes each month - Plan budgets and spending limits - Separate food, coffee, shopping, transport, rent, utilities, work, and travel expenses - Manage rent, utilities, subscriptions, and recurring expenses - Review subscription costs before they renew - Keep a personal ledger without bank sync - Use an offline-first money log with optional iCloud backup - Track multi-currency spending for travel, work, or daily life Private and local-first CentsNote does not connect to your bank account and does not require account linking. Your daily ledger is local-first by default. When you choose, iCloud backup or sync uses your own Apple account. Fast voice logging Say it, review it, save it. Voice input helps you capture spending before you forget, while manual confirmation keeps the record accurate. Clear monthly view Review cash flow, categories, account activity, budget progress, subscriptions, recurring bills, and recent records in one lightweight tracker. Built for everyday consistency CentsNote is not a complex finance dashboard. It is a simple daily tracker for the moments when you just want to record what happened, understand your habits, and keep a clean history for later review. CentsNote is built to make money tracking feel private, calm, and easy to keep up with. It does not make financial decisions for you and does not provide investment, tax, credit, banking, or financial advice. Terms of Use: https://www.centsnote.com/app/legal/terms.txt Privacy Policy: https://www.centsnote.com/app/legal/privacy.txt

Screenshots

TrackaExpense4 screens
CentsNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrackaExpense at none against CentsNote's 2. CentsNote's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CentsNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. TrackaExpense asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TrackaExpense ships an update every 11 days, CentsNote weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and July 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TrackaExpense versus CentsNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrackaExpenseCentsNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDhruv ChhedaKe XinXian

In-app purchases

None

TrackaExpense

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CentsNote

Subscriptions2
  • CentsNote Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • CentsNote Pro Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is TrackaExpense free?
TrackaExpense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CentsNote free?
CentsNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TrackaExpense or CentsNote have ads?
Neither TrackaExpense nor CentsNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrackaExpense or CentsNote?
TrackaExpense ships an update every 11 days, and CentsNote weekly. Most recently, TrackaExpense was updated on September 8, 2026 and CentsNote on July 11, 2026.

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