Control vs Trackle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Apple Pay transaction import
- Voice transaction entry
- Split bills
- AI-powered financial insights
- Investment tracking
- Shared budgets
- Receipt scanning
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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/
Trackle
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Trackle brings your daily expenses, income and subscriptions together, so you can see where your money goes. • Record expenses and income, and organize transactions by category. • View upcoming payments and renewals in the calendar. • Plan budgets and explore spending statistics by category. • Manage accounts and schedule recurring transfers. • Track subscriptions and get insights from the AI Assistant. • Access key information with widgets. • Back up and sync your data with iCloud. The free plan includes expenses, income, categories and the transactions calendar. Trackle Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription that unlocks subscriptions, statistics, budgets, multiple accounts and transfers, the AI Assistant, and backup and sync. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://samuelclr91-del.github.io/Trackle/privacy.html
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Verdict
Control and Trackle are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Trackle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Control ships an update every 3 days, Trackle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control | Trackle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Patrick Palacean | SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ DIEZ |
In-app purchases
Control
- Control Monthly$3.991 Month
- Control Club$3.991 Month
- Lifetime payment$14.99
Trackle
- Trackle Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Trackle Pro Lifetime$24.99







