Comparison

Claimio vs CentsNote

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

Head to head
About

Claimio

Streamline expense tracking and approvals for teams and individuals. Automatically extract details from receipts with AI, log mileage, and manage claims efficiently. Integrates with accounting software and offers AI tax assistance.

Highlights
  • AI receipt scanning and data extraction
  • Automated mileage tracking with GPS
  • Expense claim submission and real-time tracking
  • AI tax assistant for HMRC rules
  • Direct integration with Xero, QuickBooks, Sage
  • Team spending policies and multi-level approvals
  • MTD-ready VAT export
Features
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Stop chasing receipts. Stop waiting to get paid back. Claimio is the expense claims app for modern teams, small businesses, and self-employed professionals — track, submit, and manage business expenses from your phone, with AI doing the heavy lifting. FOR INDIVIDUALS & FREELANCERS • Track your own business expenses in one place — no spreadsheets • Snap receipts and let AI extract the details automatically • Log mileage with live GPS and automatic HMRC-rate calculations • Save receipts to your wallet and submit when ready • Export your expenses for your accountant or self-assessment return • Ask the AI tax assistant about allowable expenses, VAT, mileage rates, and more • MTD-ready VAT export to stay HMRC-compliant FOR EMPLOYEES • Submit an expense claim in seconds — just snap your receipt • AI reads the receipt and fills in the details automatically • Save receipts to your wallet to submit later • Track mileage automatically with live GPS journey tracking and HMRC-rate calculations • Log per diems and cash expenses with ease • Group expenses by project or trip for easy reporting • Track every claim in real time — pending, approved or rejected • Get notified the moment your claim is reviewed • Ask the AI tax assistant about HMRC rules, VAT reclaim, or mileage allowances — and get instant, cited answers FOR ADMINS • Review and approve your team's claims in one tap • Set spending policies — category limits, receipt thresholds, approval tiers • Pay approved claims directly to employee bank accounts via Stripe • Export to Xero, QuickBooks or Sage — with custom accounting codes per category • MTD-ready VAT export so your records are always HMRC-compliant • Duplicate receipt detection to prevent double claims • AI-powered spending insights and category breakdowns across your entire team • Daily or weekly digest emails to stay on top of spend ACCOUNTING & TAX • Direct sync to Xero, QuickBooks and Sage • Custom accounting codes mapped per expense category • MTD VAT export for Making Tax Digital compliance • HMRC-rate mileage calculations built in • AI chatbot trained on UK tax rules — VAT, P11D, business expense eligibility and more • CSV, Excel and PDF exports for your accountant PLANS • Pro — unlimited claims, AI receipt scanning, analytics, Stripe reimbursements • Business — everything in Pro, plus department budgets, multi-level approvals, and Xero, QuickBooks and Sage exports • Solo accounts available for individuals and freelancers Every new account starts with a free 7-day Business trial. No credit card required. After the trial, a subscription is required to continue. Monthly and yearly plans available. Terms of Use: https://claimio.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://claimio.org/privacy

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

Claimio4 screens
CentsNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: CentsNote at free against Claimio's freemium. Claimio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Claimio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Claimio against 5.0 for CentsNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Claimio ships an update every 2 days, CentsNote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Claimio versus CentsNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClaimioCentsNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSyed Saif Ali ShahKe XinXian

Customer experience

Claimio

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CentsNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Claimio

Subscriptions4
  • Claimio Pro (Monthly)$19.991 Month
  • Claimio Business (Monthly)$49.991 Month
  • Claimio Pro (Annual)$199.991 Year
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  • Claimio Business (Annual)$499.991 Year
2 purchases

CentsNote

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

Questions

Is Claimio free?
Claimio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CentsNote free?
CentsNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Claimio or CentsNote?
Claimio and CentsNote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Claimio or CentsNote have ads?
Neither Claimio nor CentsNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Claimio or CentsNote?
Claimio ships an update every 2 days, and CentsNote weekly. Most recently, Claimio was updated on October 1, 2026 and CentsNote on October 2, 2026.

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