Comparison

DailySpend vs Tappy

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

Head to head
About

DailySpend

Effortlessly track daily expenses, manage budgets, and split bills with friends. Scan receipts to automatically record purchases and view spending insights with home screen widgets. Your financial data stays private on your device with optional iCloud sync and app lock.

Highlights
  • Expense tracking with categories and notes
  • Budget creation and monitoring
  • Fair bill splitting with tax and tip calculation
  • Receipt scanning with OCR
  • Home screen widgets for quick access
  • Private data storage with optional iCloud sync
  • CSV export and encrypted backups
Features
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DailySpend helps you track everyday spending, manage budgets, and split bills with clear, accurate shares. TRACK YOUR EXPENSES Record purchases with categories, dates, and notes. Review your spending history and charts, set overall and category budgets, and create recurring expense entries. SPLIT BILLS FAIRLY Split a total evenly or assign individual and shared items to different people. Include tax and tips, check each person’s share, and export a receipt. You can also save your own share as an expense. SCAN RECEIPTS Use your camera to recognize text on a receipt and suggest a total. Receipt images are processed on your device. Review the suggested amount before saving. CHECK SPENDING WITH WIDGETS View spending and budget information from your Home Screen, or open a new expense with Quick Add. KEEP YOUR RECORDS PRIVATE No app account is required. DailySpend has no ads or third-party analytics. Expenses are stored on your device, with optional private iCloud sync. Enable App Lock to protect access using device authentication. EXPORT AND BACK UP Export expenses as CSV or create passphrase-encrypted backups for later restoration. CSV files are unencrypted, and your backup passphrase cannot be recovered if you lose it. Made for iPhone and iPad. DailySpend calculates bill shares. It does not transfer money or connect to bank accounts.

About

Tappy

Log expenses instantly with quick actions like back taps, Siri commands, or widgets. This app provides clear spending insights and custom categories, all while keeping your data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Log expenses in seconds without opening app
  • Back Tap and Siri integration
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Spending tracking by category
  • Customizable expense categories
  • Data export to CSV
  • 100% private on-device data
Features
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Track expenses the moment they happen, before you forget. Tappy is the fastest way to log spending. Double-tap the back of your phone, ask Siri, or tap a widget to save an expense in seconds, without ever opening the app. Most expense trackers make you unlock your phone, open the app, tap through screens, and type. By then you've already forgotten the coffee or the cab fare. Tappy removes every step between you and a logged expense. WHY TAPPY • Log an expense in seconds, no app open required • Back Tap: double-tap your phone to log instantly • Siri: "Hey Siri, log expense in Tappy" • Widgets: log straight from your Lock or Home Screen • Track spending by category, at a glance • See where your money goes with clear insights • Browse your full expense history anytime • Create your own custom categories • Works in any currency • Export everything to CSV • iCloud backup. Never lose an expense, restore on any device PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-up. Your expenses stay on your device and back up only to your own private iCloud, we never see them. BUILT FOR SPEED Whether it's morning coffee, a quick cab, or splitting dinner with friends, Tappy makes logging effortless, so you actually keep it up and finally know where your money goes. Download Tappy and start tracking in seconds. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DailySpend4 screens
Tappy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DailySpend at none against Tappy's 3. DailySpend also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Tappy's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tappy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DailySpend asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DailySpend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tappy has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of DailySpend's written reviews are positive against 87% of Tappy's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DailySpend versus Tappy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDailySpendTappy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.2% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJINGRUI FENGArranged Social LLP

Customer experience

DailySpend

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tappy

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.3%

In-app purchases

None

DailySpend

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tappy

Subscriptions2
  • Tappy Pro$2.991 Month
  • Tappy Pro$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tappy Pro$29.99

Questions

Is DailySpend free?
DailySpend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tappy free?
Tappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DailySpend or Tappy?
DailySpend is rated higher. DailySpend averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tappy averages 4.7 from 15 ratings.
Do DailySpend or Tappy have ads?
Neither DailySpend nor Tappy shows ads.

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