Comparison

Control vs Expense Tracker

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 • Shared Budgets via iCloud • 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

Expense Tracker

Effortlessly manage your finances by tracking income and expenses with smart reminders and a clear financial health score. Gamified features like streaks and achievements make staying disciplined engaging. Visualize your financial trends with a beautiful dashboard.

Highlights
  • Quick income and expense logging
  • Smart bill reminders
  • Financial health score
  • Gamified streaks and achievements
  • Beautiful dashboard visualization
  • iCloud sync
  • Budgeting by category
Features
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Paguei! turns managing your money into something simple — and even addictive. Track your income and expenses, never miss a bill again, and watch your financial health grow month after month. No boring spreadsheets, no noise: just what you need to pay today. KEY FEATURES • Quick entry — log income and expenses in seconds, with category, amount and due date • Smart reminders — get notified before bills are due and never pay late again • Financial Health score — a clear diagnosis of how your month is going • Streaks & achievements — stay disciplined and earn XP for paying on time • Beautiful dashboard — balance, spending by category and monthly trends at a glance • Light & Dark mode — a calm, premium design PAGUEI! PRO • iCloud Sync — your data on every device • Smart PDF reading — import statements and amounts fill in automatically • Credit Cards — track current statement, available limit and due dates • Savings Goals — set targets and reach them • Budgets by category — get alerts before you overspend • Export PDF statement — perfect for taxes or planning Now available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Paguei! Your financial peace starts here.

Screenshots

Control4 screens
Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Control at free against Expense Tracker's freemium. Control also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 78%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Expense Tracker 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

Control ships an update every 3 days, Expense Tracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Control versus Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlExpense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB24 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanWilton Fernandes da Silva

Customer experience

Control

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

Expense Tracker

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Control

Subscriptions1
  • Control Club$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$11.99
2 purchases

Expense Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Paguei! Pro Mensal7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Paguei! Pro Anual7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expense Tracker free?
Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Control or Expense Tracker have ads?
Neither Control nor Expense Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or Expense Tracker?
Control ships an update every 3 days, and Expense Tracker every 4 days. Most recently, Control was updated on September 29, 2026 and Expense Tracker on September 18, 2026.

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