Expense Tracker vs Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Expense Tracker
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I kept asking myself: βWhere did my money go?β I didnβt buy anything big. But somehow the money was gone. Then I realized: itβs not one big purchase β itβs the small things, every day. Coffee. Food. Random stuff. It adds up without you noticing. Kakeibo makes it visible. Just log what you spend β it takes seconds. No setup. No complexity. Just awareness. And suddenly, you know exactly where your money goes.
Flow
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Flow is a personal finance app that respects your privacy. Your money data stays on your device. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking SDKs. WHY FLOW Most finance apps are a privacy black box β they read your transactions, sell your spending patterns, and lock features behind subscriptions. Flow doesn't. Everything works offline. The app costs nothing. WHAT'S INSIDE - Smart Add: type "12 coffee" and Flow predicts the category from a 4-layer model β note keyword, your merchant memory, the time of day, and a fallback. Median add is 3 taps. - Recurring bills: track rent, subscriptions, salary. The Plan tab shows what's coming, what's paid, and what's left in your monthly Disposable. - Budgets per category: a soft warning at 80%, a stop sign at 100%. Rollover supported. - Net worth chart: 24 months of history, four time windows, drill into any account. - Insights: month-over-month deltas per category, income vs. spending by month, spike alerts when a category is 2Ο above your rolling mean. - Multi-currency: hold accounts in different currencies, see totals converted to your display currency. FX rates refresh daily from a public provider β opt-in. - 50 locales. Right-to-left layouts for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu. - Demo profile bundled β explore the full app with two years of realistic sample data before adding a single real transaction. PRIVACY Your data is stored only on your device (SQLite + MMKV). No backend. No login. No advertising network. No telemetry by default. Optional: FX rates fetched once per day from a public exchange-rate service; you can switch this off. EXPORT Export your full history as JSON or CSV at any time. Restore from a prior JSON export to a fresh install. Monthly and yearly PDF reports. OPEN ROADMAP Cloud sync, home-screen widgets, and Apple Watch / Wear OS companions are tracked for v1.1+. β Privacy: https://aqsaqal.github.io/moneyapp/flow/privacy/ Terms: https://aqsaqal.github.io/moneyapp/flow/terms/ Support: ak.saken@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flow at none against Expense Tracker's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Expense Tracker | Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | β |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 15.5 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igal Sidoy | Saken Khudaibergenov |
In-app purchases
Expense Tracker
No in-app purchases
Flow
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Expense Tracker free?
Is Flow free?
Do Expense Tracker or Flow have ads?
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