SELF.IO vs Invest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SELF.IO
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Stop tracking. Start owning. Most finance apps tell you where your money went. SELF.IO shows you who you're becoming. Every expense is a habit. Every habit is a choice. You decide what's building you up — and what's tearing you down. HOW IT WORKS Log an expense. Name it. Mark it as self-improvement or self-destruction. That's your habit now. Every time you spend on it again, log it under the same name. Watch your money move. SET A BUDGET THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Enter your monthly budget. SELF.IO breaks it down into a daily number so you always know what you can actually spend — not what you feel like spending. ARCHIVE YOUR PERIODS When a chapter ends, you close it. Hit Archive Period and get a full breakdown of where your money went and a score out of 100 based on how you lived. Every euro spent on self-destruction counts double. Go over budget? Lose 20 points. Stay under 75% of budget? Gain 5. Under 50%? Gain 10. THE VERDICT 70–100 → Thriving 40–69 → Surviving 0–39 → Struggling No accounts. No ads. No data leaving your phone. Just you, your money, and the truth about both. Own your habits. Own your life.
Invest
This platform offers interactive lessons, realistic simulations, and hands-on practice to build essential money management skills. It covers budgeting, saving, investing, and debt management through engaging activities and financial tools, preparing users for real-world financial decisions.
- Interactive financial lessons
- Realistic money simulations
- Budgeting and cash flow tools
- Stock market simulator
- Personalized learning paths
- Financial calculators and planners
- Gamified learning with XP and streaks
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Financial literacy for the real world. Invest-U is a free, nonprofit platform that helps teens, college students, and new earners build lifelong money skills through interactive learning, realistic simulations, and hands-on practice. Instead of memorizing definitions, you'll make financial decisions, experiment without risk, and build confidence before managing real money. Master topics schools often overlook, including: • Budgeting and cash flow • Banking and taxes • Saving and emergency funds • Credit scores and debt management • Investing and compound growth • Retirement accounts • Insurance and fraud prevention • Renting, salary negotiation, and other real-world financial decisions Lessons include real-life examples, quizzes, interactive exercises, and personalized learning paths designed for your stage of life. Apply what you learn using 20+ built-in financial calculators and simulators, including: • Budget Builder • Paycheck Decoder • Compound Growth Calculator • Emergency Fund Planner • Credit Score Simulator • Debt Payoff Planner • Student Loan Planner • Tax Calculators • Savings Goal Planner • Investment Analysis Tools Practice investing with a realistic stock market simulator featuring: • $10,000 virtual portfolio • Real market data • Market, limit, stop, and trailing stop orders • Portfolio analytics • Watchlists and price alerts • Performance tracking Learning becomes a habit with: • XP and leveling • Daily streaks • Achievements • Weekly challenges • Leaderboards • Financial IQ scoring • Personalized financial identities based on your decisions and learning habits Explore realistic financial scenarios like getting your first paycheck, renting an apartment, managing unexpected expenses, choosing between job offers, and more. Then, see how your decisions shape your financial future. Whether you're preparing for college, starting your career, or simply want to become more financially confident, Invest-U provides the knowledge, practice, and tools to help you make smarter financial decisions. Always free. No ads. No subscriptions. Built to improve financial literacy for everyone.
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Verdict
SELF.IO and Invest are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | SELF.IO | Invest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Franco Lo Cane | Invest-U |
In-app purchases
SELF.IO
No in-app purchases
Invest
No in-app purchases









