Comparison

cashBASIC vs Weekly Spend

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

Head to head
About

cashBASIC

Features
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Take control of your finances β€” privately. cashBASIC is a personal finance tracker that keeps all your data on your device. No cloud. No bank connections. No analytics. No accounts to create. Just you and your money. FEATURES - Multiple Accounts: Track checking, savings, credit cards, cash, and more. Each with its own currency and opening balance. - Smart Budgets: Set monthly spending limits by category. Get visual warnings at 80% and alerts when you exceed your budget. - Detailed Reports: See where your money goes with interactive charts. Filter by date range, account, or category. View breakdowns as donut charts with percentage splits. - Dashboard Overview: Your complete financial snapshot on one screen β€” total balance across all accounts, recent transactions, and active budget status. - Transfer Fees: Track bank charges and exchange commissions when moving money between accounts. - Multi-Currency Support: Set a different currency for each account. You can manually add any currency. - Category Management: Comes with pre-loaded expense and income categories, plus full customization β€” add, edit, reorder, or remove categories to fit your life. - Full Privacy: No data ever leaves your device. No tracking, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. Your financial data is yours alone. DESIGNED FOR SIMPLICITY No sign-up required. Open the app and start tracking immediately. Manual entry means you stay conscious of every transaction. Built entirely with Apple frameworks β€” no third-party code. Lightweight, fast, and respects your privacy by design.

About

Weekly Spend

Features
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Weekly Spend answers one question: how much is left to spend this week? Work out what you have after the bills that never change β€” rent, insurance, subscriptions β€” split it across the weeks in the month, and that is your weekly target. Add expenses as you go and watch the number come down. That is the whole idea. Not sure what that target should be? The app works it out with you: answer as many of the prompts as you know β€” pay, rent, insurance, groceries β€” and it does the arithmetic. WHAT IT DELIBERATELY DOES NOT DO There is nowhere to enter your salary, your rent, or any other recurring amount. Those numbers are already decided, and putting them in an app does not change them. Leaving them out is what keeps this on the one figure that actually moves day to day. If money arrives mid-week β€” a refund, a gift, cash back β€” add it as an expense with a minus sign. No budgets to rebalance every month. No charts to interpret. No lectures. SHARED, PROPERLY One budget can live on as many devices as you like. Copy the budget ID, enter it on your partner's phone, and you both see the same running total within seconds β€” add a coffee on the way home and it is there before you are. The same budget opens on other phones and at budget.andrewovens.com, so a household running a mix of phones is not a problem, and neither is checking it from a laptop. WORKS WITHOUT A SIGNAL Everything lives on the device and syncs when it can. Add an expense in a basement car park and it is saved; it reaches the other devices when you surface. Nothing is lost waiting for a connection. WHAT YOU GET β€’ One clear number: what is left this week β€’ Expenses grouped by day, with a running total for each β€’ Categories, and a breakdown by week or month β€’ A month view showing every week against your target β€’ Carry an unspent balance forward into next week β€’ Copy a repeating expense to next week in one tap NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADVERTISING, NO TRACKING There is nothing to sign up for and no password to forget. No advertising, no analytics SDKs, no third-party services of any kind. There is no name, email address or phone number collected, because there is nowhere to enter one β€” a budget is identified by a random ID that only you and the people you share it with have. Built and run by one person, not a company with an exit strategy.

Screenshots

cashBASIC4 screens
Weekly Spend3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Weekly Spend at Free against cashBASIC's $0.99. Weekly Spend also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). cashBASIC's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Weekly Spend is free to download; cashBASIC costs $0.99 up front. cashBASIC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Weekly Spend asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cashBASIC ships an update every 5 days, Weekly Spend every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
cashBASIC versus Weekly Spend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercashBASICWeekly Spend
Price$0.99Free β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days β€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size12 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman BrovarnyiAndrew Ovens

In-app purchases

1 purchases

cashBASIC

One-time1
  • Support the Creator$1.99
None

Weekly Spend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cashBASIC free?
cashBASIC costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Weekly Spend free?
Weekly Spend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do cashBASIC or Weekly Spend have ads?
Neither cashBASIC nor Weekly Spend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cashBASIC or Weekly Spend?
cashBASIC ships an update every 5 days, and Weekly Spend every 3 weeks. Most recently, cashBASIC was updated on October 23, 2026 and Weekly Spend on October 24, 2026.

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