Comparison

WeBudget vs Expense Tracker

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

Head to head
About

WeBudget

Features
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WeBudget is the simple and effective way for couples and households to manage shared money together. Track expenses, plan monthly budgets, build savings and stay perfectly aligned with the people you share your life with. Whether you live together, split bills, or want more clarity around shared spending, WeBudget gives you one shared space where everything is transparent and easy to manage. Features that make shared money easy: Shared Household Space Create a shared home for your finances. Invite your partner or other members and keep everyone aligned with the same real-time numbers. Expense Tracking Track every expense and always know who paid. Categorize transactions, add notes and understand exactly where your money goes. Monthly Budget Planning Plan your monthly budget as a team. Set limits, track progress and stay in full control of your spending throughout the month. Savings Plans Set shared savings goals and watch progress grow from both partners. Saving feels more motivating and more achievable when done together. Instant Sync Every update instantly appears for all household members. No messages, no reminders, no confusion. WeBudget Pro (Paid Upgrade) Unlock additional features with WeBudget Pro: • Unlimited household members • Custom categories • Advanced savings features The upgrade is optional and applies to the entire household. Perfect for couples and households WeBudget is designed for couples, partners, roommates and families who want clarity, fairness and shared responsibility in their finances. Reduce stress, avoid misunderstandings and build healthier money habits together. Use WeBudget for • Shared expenses and bills • Couple budgeting and spending tracking • Household planning and organization • Monthly budget control • Saving toward joint goals • Clear communication around money Build better habits together Manage shared expenses, plan budgets, track spending and build savings as a team. WeBudget helps you stay organized, aligned and confident about your money every day. Privacy Policy: https://appicorn.me/privacy-policy-webudget/ Terms of Use: https://appicorn.me/term-of-use-webudget/

About

Expense Tracker

Effortlessly track personal or shared expenses with this native app. Automate expense logging via Apple Wallet and categorize spending. Share financial insights with invited family or friends, controlling access levels and privacy.

Highlights
  • Automated expense logging via Apple Wallet
  • Shared tracking for couples and families
  • Customizable categories with icons and colors
  • Detailed spending insights and budget tracking
  • Private iCloud sharing with access control
  • Multi-currency support with automatic conversion
  • Data export and import options
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Track your spending on your own, as a couple or as a family. PayShare is a native app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that keeps your transactions in your own iCloud and shares them only with the people you invite. With a Shortcuts automation you set up once, a tap to pay with Apple Wallet becomes an expense in PayShare: you just pick the category. No ads, no account to create, no bank to connect. PAY WITH APPLE WALLET, PICK A CATEGORY Create one personal automation in the Shortcuts app. From then on, each time you tap to pay with a card in Apple Wallet, it runs PayShare's Add Expense action: you choose a category without opening the app, and PayShare saves the expense. Skip the question and it is saved as Uncategorized, ready to edit later. A payment in another currency is converted to your primary currency with the latest rates PayShare has downloaded. Wallet can report a payment a few seconds late and Apple's automations do not always run, so now and then a payment still needs adding by hand. SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU CHOOSE Invite a partner, family or friends through private iCloud sharing. Everyone keeps ownership of their own transactions: you share yours, and you see theirs once they share back. Give each person read-only or read-and-write access, decide whether they may delete or split your transactions, and remove a connection at any time. Switch your Timeline to anyone who shares with you, search their transactions, see their spending in your budgets and insights, and hide any single transaction from the people you pick. YOUR TIMELINE • Expenses and income with a category, merchant, payment method and tags • Location and notes, and splitting one payment across categories • Your own categories, with more than 700 icons and any color • Your five most recent payment methods ready in a menu • Transactions grouped by day, with what each day cost • Recurring transactions for rent, salary or subscriptions, from daily to yearly • A second currency shown alongside your primary one • Search by text or category, and filter by date, amount, tag or place • Export to CSV, JSON or PDF, import from CSV or JSON, and restore from backups SEE WHERE IT WENT Your months sit side by side as a bar chart. Pick one to see its total, the change from the month before, your biggest expense, your top merchant, a day-by-day chart and your categories, for expenses or income. Group by tag, merchant, place, payment method or recurring transaction, choose several months, the whole year or a past year, and open any group for the details. BUDGETS AND SAVINGS Set a monthly budget and a budget for any category, and follow your progress. A marker shows how far through the month you are, so you can compare what you have spent with how much of the month has gone, and a row of months shows which ones stayed within budget. Plan across several months, and track savings accounts toward a goal. Turn on activity budgets to unlock spending through your Apple Health steps, running minutes and mindful minutes. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Everything stays in sync through your iCloud account. PayShare works offline and syncs when you are back online. Home Screen widgets show today's spending and this month's by category. PRIVACY Your transactions are stored in your own iCloud and shared only with the people you invite. PayShare sends anonymous usage events and crash reports to help improve the app; they never include amounts, merchants, notes or categories. Exchange rates come from a public currency service, and on iPhone and iPad the app asks Apple Ads whether an ad led to the install. Some features require PayShare Premium, offered as a monthly or annual subscription or a one-time purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://boogdan.com/apps/payshare/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://boogdan.com/apps/payshare/privacy/

Screenshots

WeBudget4 screens
Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Expense Tracker at fortnightly against WeBudget's every 5 weeks. WeBudget's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. WeBudget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Expense Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeBudget ships an update every 5 weeks, Expense Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WeBudget versus Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeBudgetExpense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermaxim oulitzkyBOGDAN-GEORGIAN ALEXA

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WeBudget

Subscriptions2
  • WeBudget Pro$3.991 Month
  • WeBudget Pro3 Days trial$79.996 Months
One-time1
  • WeBudget Lifetime$299.99
3 purchases

Expense Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Pro – Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro – Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • One Time Payment Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is WeBudget free?
WeBudget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expense Tracker free?
Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WeBudget or Expense Tracker have ads?
Neither WeBudget nor Expense Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WeBudget or Expense Tracker?
WeBudget ships an update every 5 weeks, and Expense Tracker fortnightly. Most recently, WeBudget was updated on October 22, 2026 and Expense Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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