Comparison

Daily Budget vs Expences

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

Head to head
About

Daily Budget

Features
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Daily Budget โ€“ Expense Tracker is a simple yet powerful app designed to help you take full control of your daily spending โ€” instantly and privately. Track your expenses in just 1โ€“2 seconds. See how much youโ€™ve spent today, your daily budget, and how much remains โ€” all at a glance. โ–ถ Fast & Effortless Tracking Log expenses instantly with quick-add amounts or enter details with category and optional notes. Built for real everyday use. โ–ถ Clear Budget Overview Stay in control with real-time insights: Spent Today, Daily Budget, and Remaining โ€” no calculations needed. โ–ถ Simple & Smart Organization Use 4 clean categories: Food, Transport, Shopping, Other. View recent transactions in a clear, reverse chronological list. Delete entries ุจุณู‡ูˆู„ุฉ with confirmation. โ–ถ Visual Insights Track your habits with a 7-day spending chart. Compare This Month and Last Month with mini charts and total spending. โ–ถ Smart Reminders Get notified when you reach 80% of your budget โ€” and when you go over. โ–ถ Privacy First Your data stays on your device. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Ever. โ–ถ Secure Access Protect your data with a 6-digit PIN. Manual lock button and auto-lock options for extra security. โ–ถ Built for Convenience Quick budget overview with widgets. Supports multiple currencies (USD default). Available in 4 languages: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese.

About

Expences

Track your spending with a private, minimal expense tracker. Log expenses quickly, view clear insights, and manage budgets. Your data stays on your device, with no accounts or ads.

Highlights
  • Fast expense logging
  • Receipt scanning
  • Customizable insights and reports
  • Monthly and category budgets
  • Private data storage
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Expence is a fast, private, and beautifully minimal way to track what you spend and nothing you don't. No income, no clutter, no noise. Just your expenses, clearly recorded and clearly understood. Built natively for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Expence works fully offline and never asks you to create an account. Your data stays on your device and syncs privately through your own iCloud Expence runs no servers and never sees it. FAST TO LOG - Add an expense in two or three taps with a clean, amount-first keypad - Capture receipts and let on-device scanning read the amount for you - Log from anywhere โ€” widgets, Control Center, Siri, and a Back Tap shortcut SEE WHERE IT GOES - Insights for any period โ€” today, this week, this month, or a custom range - Category breakdown, spending-over-time, and a calendar heatmap - Your total, daily average, and how this period compares to the last STAY ON TRACK - An overall monthly budget plus optional per-category limits - A gentle heads-up as you approach a limit, with optional rollover - Recurring expenses, tags, saved templates, and trip grouping PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - No account, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking - Your data lives on your device and syncs only through your own iCloud - App lock with Face ID and a hide-amounts mode - Export anytime as CSV or PDF, or back up everything ONE-TIME PURCHASE Try Expence free for 14 days, then unlock it once and keep it forever on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with a single purchase. No subscription, ever. Expence is spending-only by design focused on one thing, done beautifully: clarity on where your money goes.

Screenshots

Daily Budget4 screens
Expences4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Daily Budget at 15.6 against Expences's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Daily Budget versus Expences: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily BudgetExpences
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHai Nam TrinhTahseen Ahamad

In-app purchases

None

Daily Budget

No in-app purchases

None

Expences

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Budget free?
Daily Budget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Expences free?
Expences is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daily Budget or Expences have ads?
Neither Daily Budget nor Expences shows ads.

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