Monthly vs SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monthly
This app helps you understand your real monthly budget by automatically accounting for fixed costs like rent and subscriptions. It provides clear statistics and payment reminders to help you manage your finances without manual entry.
- Automatic fixed cost calculation
- Income and expense tracking
- Payment reminders
- Category-based spending statistics
- CSV data export
- Home screen widgets
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Monthly shows what’s left of your income after rent, bills, and subscriptions – without tracking every coffee. Add your income and recurring expenses once. Monthly uses their schedules and due dates to work out your budget. FIXED COSTS WITHOUT THE MATH Rent every month, insurance once a year: Monthly includes each payment in the budget month it falls in. You can plan for one-time income and expenses, too. YOUR BUDGET, YOUR SCHEDULE Choose when your budget month starts, whether that’s payday or another date that suits you. Roll your remaining budget into the next month if you want to, and make adjustments when needed. HOUSEHOLDS & ACCOUNTS Manage separate households and assign income and expenses to accounts. See the budget for each account as well as your household total. REMINDERS ON YOUR TERMS Set a reminder for an individual expense. You choose the day and time, and Monthly sends you a notification. CATEGORIES & INSIGHTS Group expenses into categories such as housing, transportation, or leisure, with colors and icons of your choice. See how your income, expenses, and budget change over time. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Check your monthly budget and upcoming expenses from your Home Screen, without opening Monthly. CSV EXPORT Export your income and expenses as a CSV file to review them in a spreadsheet or use them elsewhere. FREE & PRIVATE No ads, tracking, subscription fees, or sign-up. Monthly stores your entries locally on your device, with no cloud syncing. Plan your month knowing what’s left for you.
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
Track your personal finances without connecting to your bank. Log expenses via voice or tap, set custom budgets, and monitor recurring bills. Gain clear insights into your spending habits with detailed analytics and smart alerts.
- Voice-activated transaction logging
- Manual transaction entry
- Budget creation and tracking
- Recurring transaction management
- Spending analytics
- Customizable alerts
- No bank connections
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Add an expense just by saying it out loud. No bank logins, no spreadsheet. SimplifyPocket is a personal finance tracker and budget app that keeps money simple: log spending by voice, scan a receipt or bill, or ask your own money assistant, then see exactly what's left to spend. Bills and paychecks add themselves, and savings goals keep money set aside. Nothing to connect, so you are tracking in under a minute. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Add expenses by voice Hold the mic and say what you spent. "Twenty on lunch, fifteen on parking." SimplifyPocket fills in the amount, merchant, category, and date, then you review and save. Add a note the same way: "45 at the flower shop, note: mom's birthday." Speech is transcribed on your iPhone, so audio never leaves the device. • Scan anything Snap a receipt, a bill, or a bank screenshot, or pick a PDF. Pocket works out what it is: a receipt becomes an expense, a bill becomes an upcoming payment, and a bank screenshot becomes a list of transactions. Anything you already logged is skipped, and documents are read once and never stored. • Bills and paychecks that add themselves Set rent, subscriptions, or a paycheck to repeat weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly, or yearly, or schedule a one-off. It's added on the day, and you get a notification you can undo or edit. Turn on bill reminders to get a heads-up before each bill. • Savings goals Make a goal, then say "put 50 toward Japan" or add a set amount every month. Money in a goal comes out of Left to spend, so it doesn't get spent by accident. When you use it, pay with goal money. • Know what's left to spend Left to spend starts from what you earn and subtracts your expenses, including bills that are still coming. Tap the number to see the math. • A widget on your Home Screen See what's left to spend without opening the app, in small, medium, and large sizes. On the medium and large widgets, tap Say it to log by voice. • Ask Siri Say "Hey Siri, log a purchase in SimplifyPocket", ask how much you have left, check a budget, or add money to a goal, all without opening the app. • Ask Pocket anything Chat with a money assistant that actually knows your budget. "Can I afford dinner out?" "Where did my money go this month?" Pocket answers in plain language, with charts and a monthly report built from your real numbers. • Just say "Hey Pocket" Turn it on in Settings, and while the app is open just say "Hey Pocket" to log a purchase, jump to a screen, or ask about your money. • Budgets that update live Set a budget for each category and watch the progress move as you spend, with alerts before you go over. A budget planner that works the way you actually spend. • Start your budget month on payday Your paycheck doesn't arrive on the 1st, so your budget month doesn't have to start then either. Pick the day it starts. • Share it with your partner Budget together in one shared space. Invite your partner by email and you both see the same transactions, bills, goals, and budgets, kept in sync. One subscription covers you both. • Catch up in one go Add several expenses at once, each with its own date, or write them out like "coffee 4.50 this morning, lunch 18 yesterday" and Pocket finds each one. • Speak and chat in your language Voice entry, scanning, and Pocket work in English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese. PERFECT FOR Couples who budget together, anyone who quit a bank-syncing budget app, and spreadsheet trackers who want something faster. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY • No bank connections. Ever. You enter what you want to track. • No ads. No tracking across apps. • Audio from voice entry stays on your iPhone. Only the transcript reaches our backend. • Delete your account in the app any time. Privacy Policy: https://simplifypocket.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://simplifypocket.com/terms Support: support@simplifypocket.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monthly at none against SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker's 3. Monthly also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (40 vs 5). SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Monthly asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monthly has 40 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Monthly's written reviews are positive against 100% of SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker's.
Monthly ships an update every 5 days, SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Monthly | SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arno Richter | Otis Kelley |
Customer experience
Monthly
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
In-app purchases
Monthly
No in-app purchases
SimplifyPocket Expense Tracker
- Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$4.99
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