Comparison

Cenno vs Spendra

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

Head to head
About

Cenno

Track your expenses offline without needing an account or bank connection. Record spending, manage budgets, and review your financial accounts locally. Optional iCloud sync and Pro features are available for enhanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Offline expense tracking
  • No account or bank connection required
  • Receipt photo attachments
  • Monthly and category budgets
  • Account, credit card, and asset management
  • Optional iCloud sync
  • CSV export and backups
Features
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Cenno is an offline expense tracker for iPhone and iPad. No account, no ads and no bank connection required. Record everyday spending while keeping control of your ledger. Start with an amount or an expression such as 24+3.5. Reuse templates, record several entries in a row, attach receipt photos, and search merchants, notes, tags or amounts locally. Keep monthly and category budgets, carry unused amounts forward, and review accounts, credit cards, assets and liabilities. Ordinary bookkeeping includes transfers and refunds linked to an expense. Your ledger is processed on device and is not uploaded to the developer. Free, optional iCloud sync uses your own iCloud container and is off by default. Feedback is sent only when you choose to submit it. Free everyday tracking includes unlimited basic records, budgets, accounts, refunds, iCloud sync, CSV export and restorable backups with receipt attachments. The optional piggy-bank activity records savings from skipping a takeaway; no real purchase or transfer takes place. Optional Cenno Pro adds statement import, multiple ledgers, advanced reports, recurring entries, the reimbursement center and personalization. Choose a yearly subscription or one-time lifetime purchase; current local prices are shown by the App Store. Purchases work on iPhone and iPad. Users who bought version 1.0 receive Pro lifetime in 2.0. Interface: English, Simplified Chinese and French. Light and dark appearance. Requires iOS 17 / iPadOS 17 or later. Privacy Policy: https://cenno.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Spendra

Features
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Know where your money goes and plan what comes next. Spendra helps you record purchases, set a monthly budget and review spending across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Free, always: • Add, edit, duplicate and delete unlimited expenses. • Organise records with grouped categories, recent category shortcuts, tags and notes. • See a clear Spending summary and searchable history with useful filters. • Plan future one-off expenses and see upcoming payments separately until they are due. • Set an overall monthly budget and configure reminders. • Protect access with Face ID or other device authentication. • Create and restore versioned JSON backups, and delete your data at any time. Spendra Pro is an optional monthly, annual or lifetime upgrade that unlocks: • Unlimited receipt scanning with Apple Vision; three useful scans are complimentary. • Full Insights with weekly, monthly and yearly periods, comparisons, charts and category drill-down. • Recurring-expense automation with upcoming payments, subscription tracking and detection, price-change insights and renewal reminders. • CSV export. • Quick add with Siri and App Intents, from the Mac menu bar, and on Apple Watch. Pricing and any eligible introductory offer are shown in the app before purchase. Restore Purchases is available from the paywall and Settings. If Pro lapses, existing data is never deleted, hidden or made unreadable. Records sync through a private iCloud database. Apple Watch entries transfer to the paired iPhone through WatchConnectivity and then sync; availability depends on pairing and connection. Preferences remain device-local. Choose from the full ISO currency list. Spendra reports each currency separately and does not convert currencies or provide exchange rates. Spendra requires no separate account, does not connect to banks and does not provide financial advice. Camera, device authentication, notifications, Siri, exports and WatchConnectivity depend on device capabilities, permissions and system support. Terms of Use: https://nsdsrinivas.github.io/apps/spendra/index.html#terms-of-use

Screenshots

Cenno4 screens
Spendra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cenno at weekly against Spendra's every 4 weeks. Cenno also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Spendra's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Cenno sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spendra sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cenno ships an update weekly, Spendra every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cenno versus Spendra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCennoSpendra
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer明慧 张Srinivas Naathireddy

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cenno

One-time1
  • Cenno Pro Lifetime$3.99
6 purchases

Spendra

Subscriptions2
  • Spendra Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Spendra Pro Annual$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Spendra Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Cenno free?
Cenno is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spendra free?
Spendra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cenno or Spendra have ads?
Neither Cenno nor Spendra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cenno or Spendra?
Cenno ships an update weekly, and Spendra every 4 weeks. Most recently, Cenno was updated on November 9, 2026 and Spendra on October 31, 2026.

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