Ledgely vs Expense Chat Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ledgely
This app helps you manage your personal finances by tracking expenses, organizing transactions, and monitoring budgets. It offers features like OCR receipt import, recurring expense tracking, and detailed reports. Designed for privacy, it requires no account and stores data locally.
- Manual transaction entry
- Import transactions from messages/files
- OCR receipt import
- Category budgets with rollover
- Recurring transaction tracking
- Customizable reports and charts
- iCloud sync
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Ledgely is a totally free, native Apple app built for fast personal expense tracking. Use it to record day-to-day spending, organize transactions into categories, monitor monthly budgets, and review recurring expenses before they surprise you. Key features: - Fast manual transaction entry - Import transactions from pasted bank or SMS-style messages - Import CSV and OFX/QFX-style files - OCR receipt import from images and camera capture - Category budgets with rollover support - Recurring transaction tracking and reminders - Reports and charts across custom time ranges - Automatic FX lookup for foreign-currency transactions which can be overridden by the user - Automatic iCloud sync across your Apple devices - Export backup snapshots and recover data when needed - Home Screen and Lock Screen widget support Designed for privacy-first use: - no Ledgely account required - data stored privately on your device and synced through iCloud when available - no advertising - no third-party analytics Built for people who want a focused finance tool without ads, clutter, or mandatory sign-up.
Expense Chat Tracker
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Track your daily expenses the easiest way possible — just type what you spent, like sending a message. No complicated forms. No spreadsheets. Just type "coffee 150" or "groceries 2400" and the app instantly logs it with the right category, amount, and date. HOW IT WORKS • Type your expense like a chat message • The app auto-detects the amount and category • Browse expenses day by day with a simple swipe • View summaries and totals across all your spending KEY FEATURES • Chat-style expense entry — as easy as texting • Smart category detection — automatically sorts your spending • Day-by-day navigation — swipe through your expense history • Custom categories — add your own when the built-in ones aren't enough • Multi-currency support — INR, USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AED, SGD, AUD, CAD • Beautiful expense cards — see amount, category, and date at a glance • Edit and delete — tap any expense to modify or remove it • Dark mode — easy on the eyes, day or night • Works offline — all data stored locally on your device • No account required — start tracking immediately PRIVACY FIRST All your data stays on your device. No sign-up needed. No data collected. No ads. Sign-in and cloud sync coming in a future update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ledgely at every 4 days against Expense Chat Tracker's every 10 days. Expense Chat Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ledgely ships an update every 4 days, Expense Chat Tracker every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ledgely | Expense Chat Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hesham Heikal | Sumit Vairagar |
In-app purchases
Ledgely
No in-app purchases
Expense Chat Tracker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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