PayShare vs ChronoPay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PayShare
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.
- 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/
ChronoPay
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Stop reacting to bills. Start mastering them. This isn’t just another bill tracker. It’s a smarter way to plan, predict, and stay ahead. With powerful forecasting, intelligent payment timing, and a real-time Bill Stress Score, you always know exactly where you stand. No surprises. No scrambling. No late fees. SMART BILL PLANNING WITH PROCESSING TIME Most apps assume payments happen instantly. Real life doesn’t. Add a custom processing time to any bill and guarantee your payment arrives exactly when it needs to. Perfect for slow payers, mailed payments, or services that take days to process. Plan ahead with confidence and never miss a due date again. YOUR BILL STRESS SCORE One quick glance tells you everything. The Bill Stress Score instantly evaluates your current bill situation and upcoming income. Know whether you’re comfortably covered or if action is needed. No spreadsheets. No guesswork. Just clarity. 90 DAY FORECASTING See what’s coming before it happens. Track income, upcoming bills, and projected balances across the next 90 days. Watch your balance trend evolve and make smarter decisions with real financial visibility. SHARED HOUSEHOLD Money is easier when it’s shared. Invite your partner and manage expenses together in real time. Add bills, update payments, and stay aligned without endless messages or confusion. SUBSCRIPTIONS, ORGANIZED Streaming services. Memberships. Recurring charges. All subscriptions live in their own dedicated space so you can review, edit, and manage them anytime. See totals instantly and stay in control of recurring spending. CUSTOM BILL ICONS Make your finances visual. Upload custom icons for bills and subscriptions to personalize your dashboard and make navigation faster and more intuitive. SMART NOTIFICATIONS Only get notified about what matters to you. Choose exactly what you want alerts for and what you don’t. Upcoming bills, due soon reminders, income alerts, and more. Powerful and customizable. PRIVACY FIRST. ALWAYS. Your financial data belongs to you. • No third-party servers • No selling data • No tracking your finances • No accounts required All syncing and backups are powered exclusively by Apple CloudKit and iCloud. Your information stays securely within Apple’s ecosystem and under your control. Designed for simplicity. Built for clarity. Powered by privacy. Download today and take control of your financial flow! Terms of Use: https://steinmetzlabs.com/apps/chronopay/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://steinmetzlabs.com/apps/chronopay/privacy.html
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Verdict
PayShare and ChronoPay are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PayShare sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ChronoPay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PayShare ships an update fortnightly, ChronoPay every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PayShare | ChronoPay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BOGDAN-GEORGIAN ALEXA | John Steinmetz |
In-app purchases
PayShare
- Pro – Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro – Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- One Time Payment Premium Lifetime$39.99
ChronoPay
- ChronoPay Pro-Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- ChronoPay Pro - Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
- ChronoPay Pro - One Time Purchase$14.99









