Comparison

Spendly vs Riyu

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

Head to head
About

Spendly

Features
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Spendly was designed for people who want one thing: to know where their money went today — without wading through bank-grade complexity. Your data syncs securely across your own devices, so your records are always up to date. It starts with a living balance card. Your monthly income, expense, and balance sit inside a gently animated display, and when you set a monthly budget, a soft arc fills to show how much room you have left. It is the first thing you see when you open the app, and it tells you exactly what you need to know. RECORD IN SECONDS Tap the + button, enter an amount, pick a category, and you are done. Add a date and an optional note if you want context. The very first time you open Spendly, it detects your device region and sets the default currency automatically — zero setup required. MONTHLY BUDGET TRACKING Set a spending goal for each month. The balance card responds with a visual arc that fills as your expenses grow, giving you an at-a-glance sense of whether you are on track. FLEXIBLE CATEGORIES Built-in categories cover the basics — food, transport, shopping, housing, salary, bonus, and more. When your life does not fit neatly into defaults, create custom categories with any name you like. STATISTICS THAT REVEAL PATTERNS Pie charts break down spending and income by category. Toggle between time ranges — today, this month, last month, this year, last 3 or 6 months, all time, or any custom date range — to spot trends and high-frequency expenses. FIND ANY RECORD Scroll through a date-grouped list of every transaction, or search by keyword, category, or date to jump straight to what you need. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your bookkeeping data stays in sync across your personal devices through cloud backup. Switch phones or restore a device without losing a single record. BACK UP AND RESTORE Export your entire history as a portable file. Import it on another device to pick up right where you left off. YOUR THEME, YOUR CHOICE Switch between light and dark themes, or let Spendly follow your system setting. WHY SPENDLY EXISTS Most finance apps keep adding features until they feel like work. Spendly goes the other way: it removes everything that does not help you record and understand your daily spending. The result is an app that is calm enough to open every single day — and that is the whole point, because the best tracker is the one you actually use.

About

Riyu

Features
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Riyu is a simple daily budget app built around one question: How much can I spend today? Set your income, fixed expenses, and savings plan. Riyu turns the available amount into a daily budget. Unused money rolls forward, while overspending is reflected in the days ahead—so your budget adapts to real life. KEY FEATURES • Daily budget: See what you can safely spend today • Quick expense entry: Record amount, category, note, and time • Rolling balance: Carry unused budget or overspending into future days • Monthly overview: Understand spending trends and budget progress • Home Screen widget: Check today's balance without opening the app • Shortcuts: Record expenses faster • iCloud sync: Keep data in sync across your Apple devices • Shared budgets: Invite up to 5 people to manage one budget together PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device and in your private iCloud database. Shared budgets use Apple CloudKit sharing. Riyu is free to download. You can explicitly start a one-month, device-local trial of core write features. The trial does not renew or charge automatically. A separate one-time in-app purchase permanently unlocks core write features. Shared-budget collaboration for the owner is an auto-renewing monthly subscription, manageable or cancellable in Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy Policy: https://riyu.tandio.cn/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Spendly4 screens
Riyu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Riyu at none against Spendly's shown. Spendly's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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. Spendly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Riyu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spendly ships an update every 3 weeks, Riyu monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Spendly versus Riyu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpendlyRiyu
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer庆鸿 林晓清 赵

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spendly

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
2 purchases

Riyu

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Collaboration7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Riyu Lifetime Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Spendly free?
Spendly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Riyu free?
Riyu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spendly or Riyu have ads?
Spendly shows ads; Riyu does not.
Which is updated more often, Spendly or Riyu?
Spendly ships an update every 3 weeks, and Riyu monthly. Most recently, Spendly was updated on September 26, 2026 and Riyu on September 24, 2026.

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