Comparison

Spent vs CentsNote

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

Head to head
About

Spent

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Spent is a privacy-focused expense tracker and budget planner that keeps all your financial data on your device — no accounts, no cloud, no data collection. EXPENSE TRACKING MADE SIMPLE • Log daily expenses, income, and transfers in seconds • Manage multiple accounts — Cash, Bank, Savings, Credit Card & more • Custom categories with icons and colors to organize your spending • Quick-add expenses via Back Tap, app icon shortcuts, or clipboard paste BUDGET PLANNER & SPENDING ALERTS • Set monthly budget goals — overall or per category • Get smart push notifications at 80% and 100% of your budget • Real-time budget progress bars on your dashboard • Never overspend again with daily spending check-ins RECEIPT SCANNER WITH OCR • Scan receipts using your camera or photo library • On-device text recognition extracts amount, merchant, and date automatically • No internet needed — all processing happens on your phone • Confidence indicators show extraction accuracy MONEY INSIGHTS & SPENDING ANALYSIS • Discover your spending personality — Saver, Balanced, Spender, or Impulse Buyer • Pattern detection reveals habits like Weekend Splurge and Late-Night Shopping • Monthly financial stories with animated recaps of your spending • Visual reports with charts, CSV export, and PDF generation CURRENCY CONVERTER & MULTI-CURRENCY • Convert between 80+ currencies with live exchange rates • Log transactions in foreign currencies with auto-conversion • Works offline with cached rates — perfect for travel TRIP EXPENSE SPLITTER • Create trips, add members, and log shared expenses • Split bills equally, by amount, or by percentage • Smart settle-up calculator shows minimum payments needed RECURRING TRANSACTIONS & SUBSCRIPTIONS • Automate daily, weekly, or monthly recurring expenses • Track all your subscriptions with renewal reminders • See your true monthly subscription burn rate at a glance FINANCIAL CALCULATORS • EMI Calculator with full amortization schedule • Interest Calculator — compare simple vs compound interest • Plan loans, fixed deposits, and investments LEARN PERSONAL FINANCE • 100 bite-sized financial literacy lessons across 5 levels • Swipeable card-based learning — Hook, Insight, Action Step & Takeaway • Progress tracking from Awareness to Investor Mindset SAVING GOALS • Set savings targets with deadlines • Track contributions and visualize progress • Stay motivated with projected completion dates PRIVACY & SECURITY • 100% offline — your financial data never leaves your device • Biometric lock — Face ID, Touch ID, or Fingerprint protection • No sign-up required — start tracking in seconds • No ads for premium users — one-time lifetime purchase DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE • Light, Dark, and System theme modes • Works beautifully on phones and tablets • Smart notifications — daily reminders, weekly insights, monthly reports • Export your data anytime — CSV, PDF, or visual charts Download Spent today and take control of your money — privately.

About

CentsNote

This app offers a private, manual way to track daily spending, income, and budgets without linking bank accounts. It supports voice input for quick logging and provides clear monthly views of your finances.

Highlights
  • Private expense tracking
  • Voice logging for spending
  • Budget and spending limits
  • Bill and subscription management
  • Manual money ledger
  • Multi-currency support
  • Offline-first operation
Features
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CentsNote is a private daily expense tracker for people who want a simple, safe way to log spending, income, budgets, bills, and subscriptions without connecting a bank account. Use it as a manual expense tracker, spending tracker, money tracker, budget app, bill tracker, or subscription tracker for everyday life. Record breakfast, coffee, groceries, rent, utilities, salary, transfers, travel spending, shared costs, recurring bills, and the small purchases that are easy to forget. It is designed for people who want clarity without a complicated finance setup: students watching daily cash spending, freelancers separating work and personal expenses, travelers logging multiple currencies, families tracking household bills, and anyone who prefers a safe manual money log instead of automatic bank sync. You can type a record manually or speak one money note. CentsNote helps turn voice input into editable drafts, then you review the amount, category, account, date, and memo before saving. One sentence can become multiple records when needed, but every entry stays under your control. CentsNote is useful if you want to: - Track daily expenses, income, and transfers - See where your money goes each month - Plan budgets and spending limits - Separate food, coffee, shopping, transport, rent, utilities, work, and travel expenses - Manage rent, utilities, subscriptions, and recurring expenses - Review subscription costs before they renew - Keep a personal ledger without bank sync - Use an offline-first money log with optional iCloud backup - Track multi-currency spending for travel, work, or daily life Private and local-first CentsNote does not connect to your bank account and does not require account linking. Your daily ledger is local-first by default. When you choose, iCloud backup or sync uses your own Apple account. Fast voice logging Say it, review it, save it. Voice input helps you capture spending before you forget, while manual confirmation keeps the record accurate. Clear monthly view Review cash flow, categories, account activity, budget progress, subscriptions, recurring bills, and recent records in one lightweight tracker. Built for everyday consistency CentsNote is not a complex finance dashboard. It is a simple daily tracker for the moments when you just want to record what happened, understand your habits, and keep a clean history for later review. CentsNote is built to make money tracking feel private, calm, and easy to keep up with. It does not make financial decisions for you and does not provide investment, tax, credit, banking, or financial advice. Terms of Use: https://www.centsnote.com/app/legal/terms.txt Privacy Policy: https://www.centsnote.com/app/legal/privacy.txt

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Spent at 15.1 against CentsNote's 17.0. On price 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. Spent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CentsNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Spent versus CentsNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpentCentsNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
Devices—iPhone — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRahul BhichherKe XinXian

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spent

One-time1
  • Spent Pro$3.99
2 purchases

CentsNote

Subscriptions2
  • CentsNote Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • CentsNote Pro Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Spent free?
Spent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CentsNote free?
CentsNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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