Comparison

Expense Tracker vs Walti

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

Head to head
About

Expense Tracker

Effortlessly track expenses and manage budgets with this intuitive app. Log transactions in seconds with smart pre-fills, scan receipts on-device, and gain clear financial insights through charts and budget projections. Prioritizes privacy with local-first data storage and no account required.

Highlights
  • Receipt scanning with on-device OCR
  • Fast expense and income logging
  • Monthly budget setting and tracking
  • Clear financial insights and charts
  • Customizable accounts and categories
  • Local-first data storage and iCloud backup
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Expense Tracker is a beautifully simple expense tracker and budget app. No sign-up, no account — just open it and log a transaction in 3 seconds. The app pre-fills your most recent category and account, so you capture every income and expense without the hassle. WHY EXPENSE TRACKER - Scan to log: import a payment screenshot and the app reads the amount, date, and note on-device — confirm and save. No image is uploaded. - Fast entry: add an expense or income from the home screen in one tap, with common amounts a tap away. - Clear insights: monthly balance, income/expense trends, a category donut chart, and period-over-period comparison. - Monthly budget: set a spending cap and see used vs. remaining in real time. It also projects month-end spending from your current pace and warns you before you go over. - Records that stay tidy: grouped by day, searchable by note or amount, swipe to edit or delete. - Daily reminders: pick a time to build a daily logging habit, delivered via local notifications. - Accounts & categories: manage cash, bank cards, and wallets with icons or your own photos and a currency per account; track credit card statement dates and repayments; fully customizable categories. - Shared ledgers (Pro): share a chosen ledger with family through iCloud as read-only or editable. - Themes & currency: choose an accent color; the currency symbol follows your region or can be set manually. Amounts are never converted. - iCloud backup: back up to your own iCloud and restore after a reinstall or a new device. A Home Screen widget is included. - Languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, Malay, Hindi and Spanish. PRIVACY FIRST - No accounts: no registration, no sign-in, no phone number or email collected. - Local-first: your records live on your device. Backups go to your own private iCloud space — we run no servers that store your ledger, and we cannot read it. - We never read your records for ads or profiling, and never sell your data. No ads. - Automatic backup can be switched off in Settings if you prefer manual only. Download Expense Tracker and start with today's first transaction.

About

Walti

This app helps you track your daily spending and understand your financial habits. It offers features for setting budgets, analyzing spending trends, and managing recurring expenses, all while prioritizing your privacy and working offline.

Highlights
  • Fast expense logging
  • Budget and income tracking
  • Spending trend analysis
  • Recurring expense management
  • Home screen widgets
  • Private and offline operation
  • Customizable categories and currency
Features
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Walti is a private, offline expense tracker for iPhone. Record daily spending in seconds, understand where your money goes, and stay within budget — without an account, ads, or tracking. READ RECEIPTS WITH AI Take a photo of a receipt and Walti fills in the store, total, date and category. The receipt is read on your iPhone and never leaves it. Available on iPhones with Apple Intelligence: try 3 scans, then scan as much as you like with Premium. FAST EXPENSE TRACKING - Add the amount, title, category, date, payment method, and an optional note - Press and hold the + button on Overview to instantly re-log frequently added expenses - Edit or delete entries anytime - Search your history and filter by category or day BUDGETS AND INSIGHTS - See your monthly total, category breakdown, recent expenses, and today’s and yesterday’s spending - Set a monthly budget and add monthly income to see what is left - Compare this month with last month - Explore 3, 6, or 12 months of spending trends - Review your spending on a calendar RECURRING EXPENSES Set up weekly, monthly, or yearly expenses for rent, bills, and subscriptions. Walti shows what is due and waits for your confirmation before adding anything to your history, so your records stay accurate. Choose a custom icon for each recurring expense. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Add expenses quickly or check your monthly total, budget progress, categories, and recent activity at a glance. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your expenses, notes, budgets, and settings stay on your iPhone. Walti has no account system, no ads, no cloud sync, and no behavioral analytics. It works fully offline. Export a JSON backup whenever you want and import it without overwriting existing records. MADE FOR YOU - 12 built-in categories with distinct colors and icons - Choose your currency and switch between 40 app languages - Light, dark, and OLED-black appearance - A daily reminder only on days when you have not logged an expense WALTI PREMIUM Walti is useful from day one for free. An optional one-time purchase unlocks: - Unlimited recurring expenses - Per-category budgets - Unlimited custom categories with your own names, colors, and icons - Full analytics: monthly projection, spending pace, category trends, fixed vs. flexible spending, and weekly patterns - Every accent theme No subscription. Buy once and keep Premium. See where your money goes — privately, simply, and on your terms.

Screenshots

Expense Tracker4 screens
Walti4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Walti at every 2 days against Expense Tracker's every 8 days. Expense Tracker's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 72%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Expense Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Walti sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Expense Tracker against 4.8 for Walti. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Expense Tracker's written reviews are positive against 72% of Walti's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense Tracker ships an update every 8 days, Walti every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Expense Tracker versus Walti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpense TrackerWalti
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better72.2% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer献慧 陈Dogukan Yildiz

Customer experience

Expense Tracker

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Walti

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral16.7%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Expense Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro (Lifetime Unlock)$1.99
5 purchases

Walti

One-time5
  • Small tip$4.99
  • Walti Premium$9.99
  • Medium tip$9.99
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  • Walti Premium$14.99
  • Large tip$19.99

Questions

Is Expense Tracker free?
Expense Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walti free?
Walti is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Expense Tracker or Walti?
Walti is rated higher. Expense Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Walti averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Expense Tracker or Walti have ads?
Neither Expense Tracker nor Walti shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense Tracker or Walti?
Expense Tracker ships an update every 8 days, and Walti every 2 days. Most recently, Expense Tracker was updated on October 31, 2026 and Walti on October 31, 2026.

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