Comparison

Free Spend vs Ez Expense Log

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

Head to head
About

Free Spend

Track your running spending total with a simple home screen widget. Log purchases and income manually to gain a clear, immediate view of your outgoing funds without complex setup or bank connections.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget for running total
  • Manual purchase and income logging
  • No bank account connections
  • No setup required
  • Focus on mindful spending
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You know how much you make. You know how much you save. But do you know how much you've actually spent? Free Spend puts one number on your home screen: your running spending total. No budgets to set up. No bank accounts to connect. No categories to configure. Just open the app, log what you spent, and see your total — right from your home screen widget. Built for people who already have their finances figured out but need one simple thing: a clear, running view of what's going out the door. Your spending total, always visible. Add the widget to your home screen and see your total at a glance. Log a purchase in seconds. Add money when you get paid. That's it. Why Free Spend exists: No more jumping between bank apps, adding up balances in your head just to know what you've spent. Free Spend puts it all in one place. Log each purchase yourself, and feel the weight of each purchase. Free Spend gives you that number. One place. One glance. No setup. No friction. Just your number. Home screen widget with your running total Log purchases and add funds in seconds Manual logging means you feel every purchase and think twice about the next one No account required — no sign-ups, no bank connections Whether you use it as a daily spending tracker, a monthly running total, or just a way to stay honest with yourself about what's going out — Free Spend keeps it simple.

About

Ez Expense Log

Features
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A clean, clutter-free Expense log designed entirely around speed and absolute privacy. No account creation required, no forced cloud subscriptions, and absolutely no data tracking. Just a seamless, efficient tool to log your spending and keep full ownership of your financial data.

Screenshots

Free Spend4 screens
Ez Expense Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

Free Spend and Ez Expense Log 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 · 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Free Spend versus Ez Expense Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFree SpendEz Expense Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam Bray-CottonRafael Bobaru

In-app purchases

None

Free Spend

No in-app purchases

None

Ez Expense Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Free Spend free?
Free Spend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ez Expense Log free?
Ez Expense Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Free Spend or Ez Expense Log have ads?
Neither Free Spend nor Ez Expense Log shows ads.

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