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 • 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

Features
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Worthful brings your cards, bills, spending, savings goals, and net worth together in one simple app. Manage your cards and loans, check balances and due dates, and stay on top of bills with timely reminders. See your income and spending by category, track your savings goals, and watch your net worth grow over time. The free plan works fully offline, keeping your data on your device unless you choose to sync. Premium and Lifetime include secure sync across the app and web. Start with a 3-day free trial of all Premium features, then choose Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime through Apple’s In-App Purchase. Sign in with Apple supported. No ads. No selling your data. Ever. Terms of Use: https://worthful.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://worthful.app/privacy

Screenshots

Control4 screens
Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Control and Expense Tracker 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Expense Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Control versus Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlExpense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanEgi Fermana Putra

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Control

Subscriptions2
  • Control Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Control Club$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$17.99
3 purchases

Expense Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Worthful Lifetime$24.99

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 2 days. Most recently, Control was updated on October 25, 2026 and Expense Tracker on October 26, 2026.

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