Comparison

Billy Expenses & Subscriptions vs Spook

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

Head to head
About

Billy Expenses & Subscriptions

Features
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Billy is the no-fuss way to track every subscription, bill, and one-time expense in one place — without connecting your bank account or sharing financial data with anyone. WHY BILLY • See every recurring charge before it hits your card • Scan paper receipts with your camera and skip manual entry • Get smart insights about where your money actually goes — without nagging • Share an expense view with your partner via household sync • Set savings goals, budgets, and monthly start days that match how you actually live • Works fully offline — your data stays on your device unless you choose to sync KEY FEATURES • Subscription & one-time expense tracking • Receipt scanning with on-device OCR (no photos uploaded) • Multi-currency, 8 languages • Calendar view of upcoming bills • Savings goals & income tracking • Budget alerts and spending insights • Household sharing (up to 2 people) • Face ID / Touch ID app lock • Biometric-secured backup • iCloud-free design — your data is yours Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://billy-expenses.com/privacy

About

Spook

Features
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Stop paying for ghost subscriptions. Spook brings all your subscriptions together: what you pay each month, your next payments and the dates that matter. New: find them in your bank statements, your first import is free (beta). SEE PAYMENTS COMING • Your next payment, the month's total and a calendar with each service's logo • A reminder the day before every payment and every free trial end • The key dates of each subscription: trial end, promotion end, end of contract, notice period, price increase PAY LESS • Savings: what you would save by paying yearly instead of monthly, with the public prices Spook collected in your country • What to do before the next charge: a free trial that ends, a contract to cancel in time ADD EVERYTHING IN SECONDS • Quick import: choose a bank statement as a PDF, CSV or photo, and Spook finds the payments that come back every month. Your first import is free, up to 6 subscriptions (beta) • Popular U.S. services with their plans and public prices, each with the date it was checked • Or any subscription, typed in by hand; no logo? Pick its icon and color • Each subscription in its own currency: dollars, euros, pounds. Totals stay separate for each currency • Export and import your data in one file • On iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo: list and details side by side on a large screen FREE TO START Tracking, the day-before reminder, the calendar, your first statement import and the export are included, for 6 active subscriptions. SPOOK PRO: TRACK EVERYTHING, WORRY-FREE A one-time purchase, no subscription, shared with your family: • Import bank statements without limit (beta): PDF, CSV or photo, even paper or scanned. Spook spots your subscriptions and offers them, ready to add • All your subscriptions, no limit • All your spending: the next 12 months, each category and your usage history • Smart reminders: 3 or 7 days before, at the time you choose, and before a promotion end, an end of contract or a notice period • The Next payment and This month widgets on your Home Screen, and your next payment on the Lock Screen • 8 colors for the app, its icon and its widgets Get your purchase back on a new iPhone with Settings › Restore purchases. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU Your subscriptions, amounts and notes stay on your iPhone, and there is no bank to connect. An imported statement is read on your iPhone, photo included, then forgotten: it is never sent or kept. The public catalog is downloaded without sending your subscriptions. On first launch, Spook asks whether it may send usage statistics and diagnostics: nothing leaves without your consent, and each choice can be changed later in Settings › Privacy. Spook does not cancel subscriptions for you and does not guarantee savings. Public prices can change: correct a price if your bill is different. Terms of Use: https://www.getspook.app/en/terms Privacy: https://www.getspook.app/en/privacy

Screenshots

Billy Expenses & Subscriptions4 screens
Spook4 screens

Verdict

The call

Billy Expenses & Subscriptions and Spook are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Billy Expenses & Subscriptions sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Spook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Billy Expenses & Subscriptions versus Spook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBilly Expenses & SubscriptionsSpook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEspen LarssonQuintaneiro Matteo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Billy Expenses & Subscriptions

Subscriptions1
  • Billy Pro1 Month trial$2.991 Month
1 purchases

Spook

One-time1
  • Spook Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Billy Expenses & Subscriptions free?
Billy Expenses & Subscriptions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spook free?
Spook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Billy Expenses & Subscriptions or Spook have ads?
Neither Billy Expenses & Subscriptions nor Spook shows ads.

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