Comparison

Thrwa vs Masarefy

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

Head to head
About

Thrwa

Features
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Thrwa App helps individuals turn income into wealth by combining Financial Literacy, Personal Finance Management, Wealth Planning and Investment Access into one digital ecosystem. We help young professionals and families build, plan and grow their financial lives without juggling banks, brokers, advisors and YouTube videos.

About

Masarefy

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Masarefy is a private, local-first expense tracker for iPhone - built for everyday spending in Egypt, the Gulf, and beyond. Your transactions, wallets, budgets, and goals stay on your device. If you turn on iCloud Sync, your data syncs through your own iCloud account - not ours, because we don't run any servers. No sign-up, no ad network, no analytics following you around the web. An alternative to subscription-based money trackers that hold your data hostage. ***WHAT MASAREFY DOES ***Log expenses and income in seconds - quick-add from a home-screen widget, lock-screen widget, Siri shortcut, or the app. Multiple wallets - cash, debit cards, credit cards, bank accounts, savings - track balances side-by-side in EGP or any currency. Custom categories - rename, recolor, reorder. Monthly budgets per category with progress rings. Savings goals with visible progress. Gold tracker - grams + 18k / 21k / 24k purity. Zakah calculator - Hijri-aware due dates, nisab thresholds, breakdowns of cash, gold, and trade goods. Merchants - 28 built-in (Talabat, Carrefour, Uber, Vodafone, Netflix, Spotify) plus your own. CSV import and export - no lock-in. ***BANK SMS PARSING (EGYPT-FIRST) ***Paste a bank or wallet SMS - or trigger a Shortcut - and Masarefy turns it into a transaction with the right amount, merchant, and date. Built-in parsers cover CIB, Banque Misr, NBE, Alex Bank, InstaPay, and Vodafone Cash, in English and Arabic. The app never reads your SMS inbox. SMS content reaches Masarefy only when you paste it or run your Shortcut. ***WIDGETS AND SIRI ***Home-screen and lock-screen widgets with Quick-Add. Siri shortcuts: Add expense, Add income, Log bank SMS. Widgets and the app icon follow your accent color. ***PRIVACY BY DESIGN ***No backend server holds your finances. No account required. Ever. No ads. No marketing trackers. No data brokers. No access to your contacts, photos, location, microphone, or camera. Optional iCloud Sync through your private CloudKit database. Optional crash reporting, off by default. Read the full policy in-app: More, Privacy policy. ***ARABIC AND ENGLISH ***Full Arabic localization with RTL layout, Arabic-Indic numerals toggle, and Hijri-aware Zakah dates. Built for Arabic, not translated to it. ***FREQUENTLY ASKED ***Does Masarefy require an account? No. There is no sign-up. Your data is keyed to your device (and your iCloud, if you opt in). Does it read my SMS inbox automatically? No. iOS does not allow that, and we would not want it. SMS content reaches Masarefy only when you paste it or run a Shortcut you set up. Where does my data live? On your device, in Apple's SwiftData store. If you turn on iCloud Sync, it also lives in your private CloudKit database - your iCloud, not ours. Which banks are supported? CIB, Banque Misr, NBE, Alex Bank, plus InstaPay and Vodafone Cash, in English and Arabic. You can also write your own rules. Is there a subscription? No. Masarefy is free. Does it support multiple currencies? Yes. Set any currency code; the app formats amounts using your device's locale.

Screenshots

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Masarefy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Thrwa at 16.6 against Masarefy's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Thrwa versus Masarefy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThrwaMasarefy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.6 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size54 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermahmoud elmoghazyMohamed ElZoghbi

In-app purchases

None

Thrwa

No in-app purchases

None

Masarefy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thrwa free?
Thrwa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Masarefy free?
Masarefy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thrwa or Masarefy have ads?
Neither Thrwa nor Masarefy shows ads.

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