Comparison

Control vs Expenses & Subscriptions

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

Head to head
About

Control

An elegant budgeting app designed for clarity and control over your finances. It offers features like voice transaction entry, bill splitting, and AI-powered financial insights. Track expenses, manage multiple jobs, and monitor investments with beautiful reports.

Highlights
  • Apple Pay transaction import
  • Voice transaction entry
  • Split bills
  • AI-powered financial insights
  • Investment tracking
  • Shared budgets
  • Receipt scanning
Features
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Control is an elegant budgeting app designed for clarity without complexity. Its beautifully crafted interface makes managing finances feel magical. • Apple Pay transaction import • Bank notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Split bills when adding a transaction • Groceries list with Live Activity • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Net worth and portfolio tracking, with prices you update yourself • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • Ask AI - instant financial insights powered by AI • Apple Watch • Business page • Credit cards • Debt tracker • Past trips page • Wishlist shopping page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Receipt scanning with camera • Add transactions by sharing a receipt, email, or webpage • Monthly/weekly/yearly and category budgets with visual progress • Investments transactions • Beautiful reports and spending insights • Wrapped - your year in review summary • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Multiple currency support with conversion • Tags for organizing transactions • Siri Shortcuts • Custom budget start day • Rollover budget • Photos for transactions • Custom budget start day • Variable recurring payments amount • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • iCloud backup • Face ID • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Expenses & Subscriptions

Features
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Expenses & Subscriptions is the iOS app to control your expenses, subscriptions and shared accounts without relying on any server. Your data lives on your iPhone and is synced only with the people you pick via iCloud Drive. FEATURES • Subscription hub with automatic logos, monthly total and upcoming renewals. • Personal and shared expenses, with your real share calculated automatically. • Financings with installments, remaining debt and next charges. • Full salaries with breakdown, plus other income in the same month: extra payments, rent, one-off jobs. • Hypothetical scenarios to simulate raises, moving houses or new expenses. • Dashboard with alerts, category radar and monthly/yearly breakdown. • Calendar with upcoming charges and filters. • Import and export your full data as CSV (no lock-in). • Multi-select with bulk archive/delete and Undo. • Payment methods, colors and full personalization. PRIVACY • No account, no sign-up, no external servers. • Data never leaves your iPhone except to the iCloud Drive folder you choose. • No ads, no trackers, no in-app purchases. Perfect for couples, flatmates or anyone who wants detailed control of their finances without depending on someone else's cloud.

Screenshots

Control4 screens
Expenses & Subscriptions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expenses & Subscriptions at none against Control's 3. Control's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Expenses & Subscriptions asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update every 3 days, Expenses & Subscriptions every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Control versus Expenses & Subscriptions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlExpenses & Subscriptions
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanBlas Orti Moya

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Control

Subscriptions2
  • Control Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Control Club$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$14.99
None

Expenses & Subscriptions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expenses & Subscriptions free?
Expenses & Subscriptions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Control or Expenses & Subscriptions have ads?
Neither Control nor Expenses & Subscriptions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or Expenses & Subscriptions?
Control ships an update every 3 days, and Expenses & Subscriptions every 5 days. Most recently, Control was updated on October 16, 2026 and Expenses & Subscriptions on October 12, 2026.

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