Comparison

Puff vs Pouch

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

Head to head
About

Puff

Effortlessly track your spending by speaking, typing, or using your smartwatch. This app automatically categorizes expenses and integrates them into your budgets, offering quick summaries and multi-currency support.

Highlights
  • Voice expense recording
  • Create trip and personal budgets
  • Split shared costs
  • Multi-currency tracking
  • Spending summaries and charts
  • Log expenses from iPhone and Apple Watch
Features
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Puff helps you capture expenses before you forget them. Speak an expense, type it, or add it from your Apple Watch. Puff figures out the amount, category, and currency, then drops it into the right budget. Use Puff for: - travel budgets - everyday spending - shared trips with friends and family - quick summaries by category, person, and day What you can do: - record expenses with your voice - create trip budgets and personal budgets - split shared costs with friends and family - track spending in multiple currencies - review totals and charts in one place - log expenses from iPhone, Apple Watch, and widget Start free. Pro unlocks unlimited budgets and more flexibility. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pouch

Features
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Pouch is a minimalist expense tracker that keeps your money data where it belongs — on your phone. Log an expense in seconds with a fast keypad, then organize it three ways: a category (always one), tags (as many as you like), and a group (for trips, projects, or budgets). Everything else — insights, calendars, group dashboards — is computed live from what you've logged. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE • No account, no sign-up — open the app and start • Works completely offline; the app makes no network requests • No ads, no analytics, no tracking • Export your full history anytime as CSV or JSON via the share sheet • Delete the app and the data is gone — nothing lives in a cloud DESIGNED TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • Fast add: keypad, date strip, and inline category, tag and group pickers • Today: your day at a glance with a running monthly pulse • Calendar: your spending mapped over the month • Groups: budgets with progress bars and per-group dashboards • Insights: honest, card-based analysis that appears only when your data supports it • Search your entire history by note, amount, category, or date • Custom categories and tags with a curated icon set FIRST LAUNCH Pouch starts with a short guide and a few clearly-marked sample entries so you can feel the app immediately. One tap ("Start fresh") wipes the samples and hands you a clean ledger. Pouch is completely free. Questions or ideas? coding.harshp@gmail.com

Screenshots

Puff4 screens
Pouch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pouch at none against Puff's 3. Pouch also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puff sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pouch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puff ships an update monthly, Pouch every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Puff versus Pouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuffPouch
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKirill ShumakovHarsh Pandey

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Puff

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly — Save 87%$39.991 Year
None

Pouch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puff free?
Puff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pouch free?
Pouch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Puff or Pouch have ads?
Neither Puff nor Pouch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puff or Pouch?
Puff ships an update monthly, and Pouch every 10 days. Most recently, Puff was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pouch on October 31, 2026.

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