Comparison

Swish vs Minimal Expense

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

Head to head
About

Swish

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Swish โ€” one entry in seconds. No thinking, no friction, no interruption. Expense tracking, as natural as breathing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Minimal Expense

Features
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Minimal Expense: Travel, Split โ€” daily, travel and shared ledgers in one app. And when you're done logging, a finance report written just for you. โ–  Journal design - Warm paper tones, a terracotta seal, soft Japanese-inspired colors, dark mode retuned page by page. Logging feels like keeping a quiet journal. โ–  Everyday logging & splitting - Custom categories and payment methods: your own colors and icons; cash, card and e-payments tallied separately. - Recurring entries: set rent, subscriptions, salary or that annual insurance once, and they post themselves โ€” monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly. - Income and expenses tallied separately, with a budget that shows what's left. - Everyday splitting: no trip needed โ€” build a dinner or household event and add saved contacts as a group in one tap. - Multiple accounts & net worth: bank, cash and e-payments tracked apart. Transfers never count as spending, and the main ledger shows total and net worth at a glance. โ–  Why Minimal Expense? - Three kinds of ledger, kept apart: daily, travel and shared each get their own book. Trip expenses file themselves. - Split with companions: who paid, how to split, who's in โ€” three taps. Settlement reports work out who owes whom; mark as settled and share. - Treemap charts: the bigger the block, the more you spent. Understand your spending at a glance. - Multi-currency with locked-in rates: log in local currency abroad; the exchange rate is locked at entry time, so reports never shift. - Voice logging: "Lunch ramen 250" โ€” one sentence logs category and amount. Works offline, completely free. - Transaction search: notes, categories, payment methods, amounts โ€” find any entry in seconds. - Daily reminder + streak: a gentle knock each day to keep the habit going. โ–  Weekly, monthly and yearly reports (Premium) - Weekly report: appears by itself every Monday โ€” where last week went, how many days you logged. No waiting for month end. - Monthly Report: published on the 1st โ€” spending trend, category ranking, a rhythm calendar, and a one-line summary. - Year in Review: a once-a-year page-flip ritual โ€” seasons, top categories, records โ€” shareable as a beautiful card. - Insights: see where you are this month (compared with the same day in your own past months, not with strangers), and which charges are still due before month end. - Trip Recap & Trip Report: statistics and share cards worth keeping. โ–  Shared ledgers: one book, two people - Send a link and you're in: family, a friend, or your partner. No account, no friend requests. - Every entry shows who logged it, and syncs over iCloud to both phones. - Shared money is kept apart: it never mixes into your own ledger, so your reports and budget stay as clean as before. - Shared fund: each put some in, then spend from it โ€” or let one person pay first and settle later. โ–  Built for travel - Trip list: ongoing, upcoming, and finished trips at a glance; keep multiple trips. - Pre-trip expenses: log flights and hotels before departure for complete trip costs. - Travel footprint map: countries and cities light up on the map with per-trip spending (Premium). - Currency converter: quick conversions on the road, cached for offline use. โ–  Subscription - Free: full main ledger + 1 travel ledger + 1 shared ledger + 1 account + splitting & settlement + voice logging + ledger search + charts. No ads. - Premium: weekly reports, monthly reports, year in review, insights, trip recap & footprint map, unlimited travel and shared ledgers, unlimited accounts, iCloud backup, export (CSV / JSON / PDF). - 3-day free trial; monthly or yearly (yearly saves more), cancel anytime in Settings. โ–  Contact - Website: https://www.miniexpense.com - Privacy Policy: https://www.miniexpense.com/privacy-policy - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.miniexpense.com/eula Thank you for choosing Minimal Expense โ€” let's keep daily, travel and shared spending clear, together.

Screenshots

Swish4 screens
Minimal Expense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Minimal Expense at every 3 days against Swish's monthly. Swish's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Swish sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Minimal Expense sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swish ships an update monthly, Minimal Expense every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Swish versus Minimal Expense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwishMinimal Expense
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size50 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai Yun ChioPOEN HSIEH

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Swish

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
2 purchases

Minimal Expense

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$7.991 Year

Questions

Is Swish free?
Swish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minimal Expense free?
Minimal Expense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Swish or Minimal Expense have ads?
Neither Swish nor Minimal Expense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swish or Minimal Expense?
Swish ships an update monthly, and Minimal Expense every 3 days. Most recently, Swish was updated on October 25, 2026 and Minimal Expense on October 28, 2026.

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