Expense Tracker vs Çetele
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Expense Tracker
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Run every store, salon, or shop from one dashboard. Track income and expenses, scan receipts in seconds, manage employees, and book appointments — all from one place built for small business owners. MULTI-STORE MANAGEMENT Create unlimited locations and track finances for each separately. A consolidated dashboard shows income, expenses, and net balance across every shop. Daily, weekly, and monthly reports keep you informed in real time. TEAM & EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT Assign employees to specific stores with role-based access. Owners see everything; employees only see their assigned location data. Add or remove staff in seconds with atomic updates that never leave orphan records. RECEIPT & INVOICE SCANNING (OCR) Snap a photo of any receipt, invoice, or handwritten note. The app detects the amount, date, and category automatically using on-device Vision technology. Supports multiple document types with confidence scoring — no cloud upload required. APPOINTMENT SYSTEM Define your business services with name, duration, and price. Customers register with a store code and book appointments. Track every booking on a calendar view with status updates: planned, completed, missed, or cancelled. ANALYTICS & EXPORT Category breakdowns, income vs. expense charts, and monthly net balance calculations. Export transactions to XLSX for your accountant, tax season, or personal records. Filter by date range and store. SECURITY Face ID and Touch ID app lock, Apple Sign-In and Google authentication, encrypted data transmission via Firebase infrastructure. Your business data stays private and protected. ADDITIONAL FEATURES • iOS home screen widgets for quick summaries • Recurring income and expense automation • Multi-currency support (TRY, USD, EUR, GBP) • Push notification reminders • Real-time cloud sync across devices Perfect for cafes, restaurants, retail shops, salons, barbershops, pharmacies, mini markets, and every small business owner who needs control without complexity.
Çetele
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Çetele is a mobile app that keeps the till, costs, stock, appointments and members for small businesses. Note the day in a few taps; Çetele tells you what you earned and where the money went. It doesn't issue invoices and isn't accounting software. YOUR MONEY: WHAT'S IN THE TILL, WHAT DID YOU EARN? • Today, this week, this month: sales, purchases, fixed-cost share and net • Where the money went: purchases, rent and bills, bank spending, refunds • Rent covered? "Fixed costs need about ₺1,200 profit a day; this month averages ₺950." • What should be in the till: cash apart, card payments apart; ₺ $ € in separate drawers • Share a bank statement; spending sorts itself (Turkish banks, TRY) TAX: NO SURPRISES AT MONTH END • Log the invoices you issue and mark receipts; see roughly what VAT the month will cost (till-receipt sales not included) • Rent withholding: your real rent and what you pay every 3 months, with the deadline • An estimate; your accountant has the exact figure FROM EXCEL IN ONE GO • Bring your stock, product, customer, member, staff and cost lists from Excel, CSV, Numbers, a Google Sheets link or a paste • See every row before saving; undo the whole import in one tap QR MENU AND YOUR WEB PAGE • Your prices, services or packages at cetele.site (in each customer's language); customers scan the QR, no app needed • Change a price in Çetele and your page follows within a minute • A QR poster and a printed A4 price list in one tap; 12 themes A PRICE RISE REACHES EVERY PRODUCT • "Pistachios went up 18.2%. 4 products affected." • Recipe costs update themselves; Çetele suggests the price that keeps your margin • Flags anything you sell at a loss FOR SHOPS AND WORKSHOPS • I bought stock · I made a batch · I recorded sales · Something was wasted · I counted stock • End of day: the day's batches, sales and leftovers in one go • Days of stock left, order suggestions, WhatsApp orders, store credit, returns, expiry • Records work offline FOR APPOINTMENT BUSINESSES • Hair, nails, barbers, skin care, physiotherapy, psychologists: tap "Done" and the fee goes into the till • Session packages, "pays later", the same time every week in one save • No-shows, last visit and what they owe on the customer's page FOR MEMBERSHIP BUSINESSES • Pilates, gyms and courses: packages, classes left, the class schedule • No register: everyone counts as present when a class ends; you only mark who didn't come or can't • Instalments, freezes, teacher pay, "Renewed?" and how many members cover the rent WITH YOUR TEAM • Staff record but never see money; managers see everything • Pay, advances, bonuses and leave; a month-end "To pay" sheet on WhatsApp RECORDING IS ALWAYS FREE Purchases, sales, stock, appointments, members, classes and alerts are free on every plan. Every new business gets the till, profit, costs and reports free for its first 40 entries. ÇETELE PRO • The till, earnings and where the money went • Costs, margins and price suggestions • Reports, the weekly summary, bank statements and Tax • Order suggestions, adding people to your team, the staff "To pay" sheet • Publishing your web page and QR (not part of the first 40 entries) Monthly or yearly, same features; 3-day free trial on the yearly plan for eligible accounts. Covers every business the owner has; you see the price in the app before you buy. YOUR DATA IS YOURS No ads, no data selling, no tracking. Delete your account and all your data from inside the app. iPhone and iPad, in 13 languages. Çetele Pro (monthly or yearly) is an auto-renewing subscription managed by your Apple Account. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; cancel in iOS Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://cetele.site/terms Privacy Policy: https://cetele.site/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Çetele at none against Expense Tracker's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Expense Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Çetele sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Expense Tracker ships an update every 8 days, Çetele every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Expense Tracker | Çetele |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nihat Basmacı | Yunus Emre BARIS |
In-app purchases
Expense Tracker
- Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$99.991 Year
Çetele
- Çetele Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Çetele Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year






