Comparison

SpendByMe vs Trackate

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

Head to head
About

SpendByMe

Effortlessly manage your finances with an AI-powered app that automatically tracks expenses, subscriptions, and bills by analyzing SMS and email. Gain clarity on your spending without manual entry, organize transactions with smart categorization, and monitor credit card usage and upcoming payments.

Highlights
  • Automatic expense tracking via SMS/email
  • Smart expense categorization
  • Credit card bill and due date tracking
  • Subscription, loan, and EMI tracker
  • Expense splitting with friends/couples
  • Budget planner and goal tracking
  • Spending map and insights
Features
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Stop tracking expenses manually. Most expense tracker apps expect you to enter everything yourself. That’s where people give up. SpendByMe is an AI-powered SMS & email-based automatic money management app that helps you track expenses, subscriptions, credit card bills, EMIs, and upcoming payments automatically. Instead of manually entering transactions, SpendByMe analyzes transactional SMS messages, statement emails, receipts, and bank statements to organize your finances automatically. No spreadsheets. No daily effort. No confusion. Just clarity. Works with almost every major currency worldwide. ▶ Track your money in 3 simple ways 1. Automatic expense tracking Transactions can be tracked automatically using transactional SMS messages and email alerts. Connect your email to fetch transaction alerts and credit card statements automatically. 2. Paste any transaction Paste a bank message and it gets categorized and added instantly. 3. Manual entry Add amount, merchant, and account. SpendByMe completes the rest automatically. ▶ Smart expense categorization • Automatically categorizes your transactions • Learns from your usage and improves over time • Set custom rules for full control • No need to fix categories again and again ▶ All your money in one place • Bank accounts, credit cards, wallets, and cash • Automatic balance tracking • One clean view of your finances • Automatic currency conversion support No switching between apps. No guesswork. ▶ Smart credit card management • Track credit card bills, due dates, and limits • Monitor spending across multiple cards • Understand your real credit usage • Avoid missed payments and late fees ▶ Subscription, loan & EMI tracker • Detect subscriptions, EMIs, loans, and recurring payments • Track upcoming payments and due dates • Avoid missed payments and hidden charges ▶ Splits with friends & couples • Split expenses with friends instantly • Track shared expenses for trips and groups • Manage couple expenses easily • Send reminders in one tap ▶ Tags & sub-tags for better organization • Organize transactions using tags and sub-tags • Track reimbursements and shared payments • Create trip budgets and event budgets • Filter transactions exactly how you want ▶ Spending map & smart insights • See where you spend money on a map • Track location-based spending habits ▶ Upcoming payments & invoice tracker • Track upcoming bills and payments • Create and manage invoices ▶ Budget planner & goal tracking • Create budgets in seconds • Track savings goals and financial targets ▶ Accurate financial tracking • Separates expenses, income, and transfers properly • Clean and reliable data • Search any transaction instantly • Real insights into your spending ▶ Powerful search & insights • Search transactions, tags, merchants, or notes instantly • AI-powered insights • Understand where your money goes Privacy-first expense tracker ▶ Your data stays yours. • Everything stays on your device unless you enable sync • Only transactional messages and emails are processed • No access to personal chats • No unnecessary data collection SpendByMe does not read personal chats, OTPs, or unrelated messages. Flexible and easy to use • Want full automation? It’s there • Prefer manual control? That works too SpendByMe adapts to you. Gets smarter over time. The more you use it, the better it becomes. Better categorization. Better accuracy. Less effort. Take control of your money today. Download SpendByMe — your smart expense tracker, budget planner, subscription tracker, split expense app, EMI tracker, credit card manager, and automatic money management app. Terms of Use: This app uses the standard Apple Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA). You can find it here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Trackate

Features
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Trackate is the smart expense tracker for real life — track your spending, split bills with friends, and plan group trips, all without the manual math. TRACK YOUR SPENDING Log expenses in seconds with detailed categories. Browse your history on a calendar, or see your monthly spending intensity on a GitHub-style heatmap. A weekly bar chart on the home screen shows your heaviest spending days at a glance. SPLIT BILLS & MANAGE DEBTS Add friends via QR code or username search. Split any expense equally or with custom amounts. Track exactly who owes what, send payment reminders, and mark debts as settled — all in one place. PLAN GROUP TRIPS Create a trip, add your travel group, and log shared expenses as you go. Trackate calculates live balances so everyone knows their share without any manual maths. BUDGET SMARTER Set budgets by category — daily, weekly, or monthly. Get real-time alerts as you approach your limits. See your budget vs. actual spending at a glance, and get a month-end projection so you know before you overspend. INSIGHTS THAT ACTUALLY HELP See your peak spending day, peak hour, and weekday vs. weekend breakdown. Monthly and yearly trend reports show how your habits are changing over time. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS See today's spend, weekly total, monthly budget progress, and friend balances right from your home screen — without opening the app. A Quick Add widget lets you log an expense in one tap. SECURE & PRIVATE Sign in with Google or Apple. Control exactly what friends can see with privacy settings. Delete your account and all your data anytime from Settings. Secured with Firebase App Check. Questions: support@svnate.com Privacy Policy: https://trackate.svnate.com/privacy-policy Download Trackate today and take control of your money — solo, with friends, or on your next trip.

Screenshots

SpendByMe4 screens
Trackate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trackate at none against SpendByMe's 7. SpendByMe's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, device support 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. SpendByMe sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Trackate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpendByMe ships an update every 5 days, Trackate monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
SpendByMe versus Trackate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpendByMeTrackate
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews58.8% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhinav Ranjan JhaSVNATE

In-app purchases

7 purchases

SpendByMe

Subscriptions7
  • SpendByMe Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Spendbyme Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Spendbyme Max Monthly$7.991 Month
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  • SpendByMe Pro 6 Months$7.996 Months
  • SpendByMe Pro 1 Year$14.991 Year
  • Spendbyme Plus Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Spendbyme Max Yearly$59.991 Year
None

Trackate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpendByMe free?
SpendByMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trackate free?
Trackate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpendByMe or Trackate have ads?
Trackate shows ads; SpendByMe does not.
Which is updated more often, SpendByMe or Trackate?
SpendByMe ships an update every 5 days, and Trackate monthly. Most recently, SpendByMe was updated on October 24, 2026 and Trackate on October 14, 2026.

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