Comparison

SpendWidget vs Barely Spent

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

Head to head
About

SpendWidget

This finance app focuses on your daily spending, offering clear totals with weekly and monthly context. It helps you understand your habits at a glance to make better financial decisions without overwhelming charts or complex budgets.

Highlights
  • Daily spending totals
  • Weekly spending context
  • Monthly spending context
  • Clear habit understanding
  • Simplified financial decisions
Features
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SpendWidget helps you stay aware of your spending by focusing on one simple question: How much did I spend today? Instead of overwhelming charts and complicated budgets, SpendWidget provides clear daily totals with weekly and monthly context—so you can understand your habits at a glance and make better decisions over time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Barely Spent

Features
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Barely Spent is a daily spending tracker with one job: show you how much you spent today. Open the app. Type a number. Done. Under three seconds. No budgets. No categories. No bank linking. No judgment. Just one number and the awareness that comes with it. YOUR WEEK Seven days of spending, then it's gone. Barely Spent keeps a rolling week of daily totals so you can see the shape of your spending without drowning in data. Share your week with a tap. WIDGETS Small and medium widgets show today's total on your home screen. The large widget has a full interactive keypad. Add expenses without opening the app. Lock screen widgets keep your number visible at a glance. 10 THEMES Five tones shift the mood: Mint, Paper, Ink, Graphite, and Carbon. Unlock five Bokashi color palettes in one purchase: Sakura, Matcha, Sumi, Kumo, and Akatsuki. Japanese gradients for your numbers. BRAUN-INSPIRED Graphite and Carbon themes draw from Dieter Rams and the Braun ET 66 calculator. Round keypad buttons. Warm cream and charcoal. An orange checkmark that feels right. FREE TO USE The full spending tracker is free: keypad, daily total, weekly surface, undo, and three themes. Pro unlocks all ten themes and the large interactive keypad widget for a one-time purchase of $4.99. No subscription. Ever. PRIVACY Your data stays on your device. No accounts. No analytics. No servers. No ads. Nothing leaves your phone. Apps that do barely enough. Exactly right.

Screenshots

SpendWidget4 screens
Barely Spent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Barely Spent at weekly against SpendWidget's fortnightly. 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. SpendWidget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Barely Spent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpendWidget ships an update fortnightly, Barely Spent weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SpendWidget versus Barely Spent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpendWidgetBarely Spent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.126.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael SullivanAshley Cornette

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SpendWidget

Subscriptions3
  • SpendWidget Pro7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • SpendWidget Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • SpendWidget Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Barely Spent

One-time1
  • Bokashi Spent Pro$3.99

Questions

Is SpendWidget free?
SpendWidget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Barely Spent free?
Barely Spent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpendWidget or Barely Spent have ads?
Neither SpendWidget nor Barely Spent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpendWidget or Barely Spent?
SpendWidget ships an update fortnightly, and Barely Spent weekly. Most recently, SpendWidget was updated on September 28, 2026 and Barely Spent on October 9, 2026.

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