Comparison

PocketActual vs Clipp.net

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

Head to head
About

PocketActual

Manage your finances on the go with this mobile companion for your self-hosted budget server. Browse accounts, check balances, review transactions, and track your monthly budget from anywhere. Add new transactions directly from your phone.

Highlights
  • View accounts and balances
  • Browse and search transactions
  • Track envelope budget by category
  • Navigate between months
  • Add new transactions
  • Sync with server
  • Supports light and dark mode
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PocketActual is a native mobile app for your self-hosted Actual Budget server. If you already run Actual Budget to manage your finances, PocketActual puts your budget in your pocket — browse accounts, check balances, review transactions, and track your monthly budget from anywhere. FEATURES • View all your accounts and balances at a glance • Browse and search transactions across any account • See your envelope budget by category, with spent and remaining amounts • Navigate between months to review past spending • Add new transactions directly from your phone • Pull to refresh or tap to sync with your server at any time • Supports light and dark mode • Respects your currency setting from Actual REQUIREMENTS PocketActual requires a running Actual Budget server. It is not a standalone app — it connects to your own self-hosted instance over your local network or the internet. Actual Budget is free and open source. Learn more at actualbudget.org.

About

Clipp.net

Features
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Clipp syncs clipboard text and images between your own devices, directly. No cloud account, no servers, no telemetry - just peer-to-peer transfers between devices you trust. Pair your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC with a shared group key. Then copy on one device, paste on another. Features: • Sync clipboard text and images between iOS, macOS, and Windows, and Linux • Direct peer-to-peer transfers over your local network • End-to-end encrypted with libsodium primitives • Activity stream of recent items received from your devices • Share Extension — tap Share in any app to send to your devices • No telemetry, no analytics, no accounts • Open source under the MIT License Source: https://github.com/martona/clipp Clipp is LAN-first. To use across networks, put your devices on a trusted VPN or mesh network — Clipp will discover peers there just like on your home Wi-Fi. On iOS, system restrictions prevent background clipboard monitoring; use the Share Extension or open Clipp to send items from your iPhone or iPad. Items received from your other devices are always available in the activity stream when you open the app.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Clipp.net at 4 against PocketActual's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PocketActual versus Clipp.net: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketActualClipp.net
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 10 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPreeti SanmukhaniMarton Anka

In-app purchases

None

PocketActual

No in-app purchases

None

Clipp.net

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PocketActual free?
PocketActual is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clipp.net free?
Clipp.net is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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