Comparison

Money Melon vs DooSpend

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

Head to head
About

Money Melon

Features
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Track income and expenses, manage your money, and plan budgets all in one app. Money Melon is a personal finance and expense tracker built for fast logging and everyday ease, with complete money management tools from receipt scanning and installment tracking to gold portfolios and in depth analytics. Free to start. An offline expense tracker where your core data stays on your device. Fully supports English and Thai. Log an Expense in 3 Seconds • Quick Add: pin your most used transactions to the home screen and log them in one tap • AI Receipt Scanner: snap a photo of a receipt or transfer slip and the app reads the amount, date, and category automatically • Voice Logging: say it out loud and the app turns it into a transaction • Smart Text: type several items at once and the app splits the amounts for you • Home Screen Widget: check today's total and log an expense without opening the app • Built in Calculator: run the numbers while you type • Templates: build shortcuts for the expenses you repeat Accounts and Credit Cards • Multiple account types: cash, bank accounts, digital wallets, and credit cards • Credit card management: separate swiped amounts from statement balances and settle from any account • Transfers between accounts, split transfers, and bill splitting with friends • Balance adjustment to bring any account back in line with reality • Multi currency support with automatic exchange rates, made for travelers and expats Budget Planner and Savings Goals • Set budgets by category and keep monthly spending under control • Alerts before a budget runs out, plus how much you can still spend per day • Count based budgets too, such as no more than 8 food deliveries a month • Savings goals and savings charts to build the habit for real • Accumulated savings so you can see exactly how much you have set aside Gold, Stocks and Net Worth • Gold portfolio for 96.5% gold bars, gold jewelry, and 99.99% gold bars • Enter weight in baht, salueng, grams, or troy ounces • Separate craftsmanship fees from the real gold price so your cost basis is honest • Live gold prices pulled in to calculate gains and losses automatically • Stock portfolio to track holdings with cost basis and current value • Net worth that adds up cash, gold, and stocks, then subtracts your debt Debt, Loans and Installments • Installment tracker for homes, cars, and gadgets with payment schedules and interest • Credit card installments kept separate from your card balance • Lend and borrow tracker with outstanding balances, interest rates, due dates, and batch settlement • Bill reminder for pending and overdue payments so nothing slips • Recurring transactions for expenses and transfers that repeat every cycle Reports and Analytics • Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly overviews broken down by category • Spending trends compared across any two periods • Spending heatmap that shows at a glance which days hit hardest • Financial calendar for daily income and expenses in calendar view • Summaries by tag, by person, and by subcategory • Export PDF and CSV reports: full transaction history, statements, yearly summaries, debt reports, and net worth Fully Customizable • Customizable home screen where you choose and reorder the sections you care about • Multiple ledgers to keep personal, business, and travel money apart • Tags and subcategories for flexible grouping and fast search • Light and dark themes, plus alternate app icons • Daily reminders so you never forget to log an expense • Fully supports English and Thai Secure Backup • Automatic cloud backup through your Google Account • Restore anytime, so nothing is lost when you switch phones • Core data stored on device and usable without an internet connection Start tracking your expenses today and find out where the money actually goes. Download Money Melon now. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://moneymelon.co/th/privacy

About

DooSpend

Features
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DooSpend — 5 ways to log · what's left to spend today · which card pays most before you swipe · yearly money in vs tax thresholds Too lazy to track your spending? Not sure which card earns the most where? ① 5 ways to log — type it · snap a slip · pick a photo/screenshot · scan a QR before paying · say it (AI logs it) ② What's left today — your budget spread across the days, for everyday discipline ③ About to pay? One tap shows which card earns the most — more points and cashback ④ Savings — money set aside stays out of what's safe to spend + a savings chart you tick off ⑤ Instalments & debts — next payment, what's left, reminders before it's due ⑥ Money in by year — compared with the thresholds banks must report to the Revenue Department ⑦ Shared pockets — split with friends + "who owes whom" + PromptPay QR to pay back ⑧ On your device + your own iCloud — no bank linking, no SMS reading ■ Shared Pockets • Split costs with friends, partner, or family — even on different Apple IDs • Invite with a link you can paste into any chat • Per-pocket budgets + category breakdowns ■ Credit-card assistant • Ranked by reward rules you set up yourself once • Co-brand card rules — store-specific (e.g. a Shopee card) or store exclusions (dining promos that skip delivery) • Track the cashback / points / miles you actually earn • 0% installments with interest worked out for you • Statement-cycle and due-date reminders ■ The full picture • Share slips straight from your bank app, Shopee or Lazada · import a whole card statement in one go • Auto-categorize, learn your merchant renames, flag duplicates • Early warning if your pace will overshoot the budget, plus a morning nudge — works on cash & transfers too • This month's overview — card bills, instalments, recurring payments and money you borrowed, sorted by date or on a calendar · card bills follow the real statement cycle, so you see how many days past due and what this bill comes to • Budgets you can start on your salary day • Keep debt/loan payments out of your spending totals — flag them "not counted" (they still hit your balance) • Automatic subscription tracking + price-hike alerts • Tags — several per entry, with totals by tag • Multi-currency, backup/restore, CSV/PDF export ■ Genuinely private • No ads or tracking SDKs · nothing sold • When you use AI, only the image or text you choose is sent (via our proxy) to Anthropic Claude to read it, tagged with a random per-device id for the usage quota — never your name, email, or Apple ID Free: unlimited manual entries · 5 AI scans/month · card rules + Best Card for 1 category · reward tracking · 1 savings goal · CSV/Excel import (first card statement free) · 3 accounts · 1 budget · 1 tag DooSpend Pro: • Daily "safe to spend" + early overshoot warning + morning nudge • Best Card for every category, store chips, and alerts before a reward cap fills • Unlimited card-statement imports (PDF) • Savings chart you tick off box by box + multiple goals • Create shared pockets (joining one is free) • Money in by year: combine accounts at the same bank, compare with the Revenue Department thresholds, export an explanation file (PDF/CSV) • Loan interest, worked out for you · net-worth trend • CSV/PDF export · 150 AI scans/month • Unlimited accounts, budgets & tags Pro is ฿69/month or ฿590/year (your local price is shown at purchase). It's an auto-renewing subscription — payment is charged to your Apple ID within 24 hours before the period ends and renews automatically until canceled. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://doospend.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://doospend.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Money Melon4 screens
DooSpend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Money Melon at none against DooSpend's 2. Money Melon also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. DooSpend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Money Melon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Money Melon ships an update every 6 days, DooSpend every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Money Melon versus DooSpend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoney MelonDooSpend
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerpohnpawit buabanApiwat Pengjam

In-app purchases

None

Money Melon

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DooSpend

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Money Melon free?
Money Melon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DooSpend free?
DooSpend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Money Melon or DooSpend have ads?
Neither Money Melon nor DooSpend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Money Melon or DooSpend?
Money Melon ships an update every 6 days, and DooSpend every 5 days. Most recently, Money Melon was updated on October 8, 2026 and DooSpend on October 17, 2026.

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