Goose vs Xavier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goose
Manually log your expenses and income to gain better control over your spending. Forecast your monthly budget based on daily averages and receive warnings before overspending. Track multiple accounts with currency conversion and view detailed spending charts.
- Manual expense and income tracking
- Multiple accounts with separate currencies
- Spending forecasts and overspending warnings
- Apple Pay shortcut for quick logging
- Custom categories and subcategories
- Weekly, monthly, and category charts
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Money doesn’t vanish. It slips away, one small expense at a time. Goose is a manual expense tracker: you type each expense yourself, in a few seconds. That tiny act is the whole point - what you write down, you remember. What you remember, you control. TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR SPENDING No bank logins. No feed of transactions you scroll past and forget. You add the coffee, the taxi, the groceries - and your month stops being a mystery. KNOW WHAT’S LEFT THIS MONTH Goose takes your average daily spending and projects it across the rest of the month, so you can see where you’re likely to end up. Not a verdict at the end of the month - a number that updates every day, while you can still do something about it. APPLE PAY, WITHOUT THE TYPING Set it up once, and after every Apple Pay purchase, Goose opens with the amount and merchant already filled in. One tap to save. Manual tracking, minus the typing that makes people quit. ADD EXPENSES IN SECONDS Amount, category, done. Add income and expenses in just a few taps. Add a note if you want one, or skip it if you don’t. TRACK MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS Cash, card, savings - each account in its own currency, with every balance in one place. TRANSFERS WITH AUTOMATIC CURRENCY CONVERSION Move money between your accounts, even in different currencies. Goose automatically applies the exchange rate, so both sides stay accurate. GET WARNED BEFORE OVERSPENDING Set a budget for an account or a single category. Goose warns you as you’re adding the expense - not the morning after. SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Weekly and monthly charts show your spending by category, monthly net, daily average, and biggest categories. Filter your history by type, category, or date to find any transaction fast. WHAT’S INSIDE - Manual expense and income tracking - Multiple accounts with separate currencies - Transfers with automatic exchange rates - Monthly spending forecasts based on your daily average - Budgets for accounts and categories, with overspending warnings - Custom categories and subcategories with icons - Weekly, monthly, and category charts - Full transaction history with filters - Apple Pay Shortcut for one-tap logging - Light and dark themes - English and Russian FREE AND PRO The free version includes one account, unlimited history, one account budget, and monthly reports for the last three months. Pro unlocks unlimited accounts, monthly reports for every month you've tracked, budgets for every category, and subcategories. Pro is $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year. A FEW HONEST NOTES Goose uses Sign in with Apple, so your data follows you to any device where you sign in with the same Apple Account. An internet connection is required to save new entries. There are no ads, and Goose never asks for your bank credentials. Geese are famously good at noticing things and loudly telling you about them. This one only does it about your budget. Add your first expense. By the end of the week, you’ll already see the shape of your month. Privacy Policy: https://kolkovsky.app/goose/privacy Terms of Use: https://kolkovsky.app/goose/terms
Xavier
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Xavier is an expense tracker that does one thing differently: it keeps everything on your iPhone. No account to create, no cloud to sync to, no analytics, no ads. You just tell it what you spent. JUST SAY IT Type or paste what happened — "lunch 12.50 at Subway," "SGD 40 taxi," "coffee 4.20" — and Xavier turns it into a clean transaction. The parsing runs on-device with Apple Intelligence, so your words stay on your phone — unless you choose to connect your own OpenAI or Anthropic account. Every entry shows you a confirmation card before it's saved, so nothing is logged without your OK. BUDGETS THAT TALK BACK Set a monthly budget for any category, watch it on the Dashboard, and ask Xavier "can I afford it?" before you spend. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No sign-up, no email, no account — ever. - No servers of ours. Your financial data never reaches us. - Your database is encrypted at rest on the device. - Optional Face ID lock, off by default — turn it on when you want it. - No third-party tracking or advertising SDKs. - Optional: bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key. Off by default, and Xavier asks before sending anything. EVERYTHING YOU NEED - Snap or import a receipt and let Xavier read the total. - Recurring transactions for rent, subscriptions, and salary. - A Home Screen widget with this month's income and expense at a glance — which hides itself when your phone is locked. - Multiple accounts (bank, cash, credit card, savings). - Categories, payees, and clear monthly summaries. YOUR DATA, YOUR BACKUP Back up to your own iCloud whenever you like, and restore with a tap. The backup is a copy of your own database in your own iCloud space — not ours. We never see it. BUILT FOR MODERN iPHONE Xavier uses on-device intelligence for the natural-language magic. On devices without it, you can still add and edit everything by hand — the core tracker works for everyone. No subscription. No upsell. Just a private place to see where your money goes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Xavier at none against Goose's 2. Goose's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Goose sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Xavier asks for nothing beyond the download.
Goose ships an update fortnightly, Xavier every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goose | Xavier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Kalkouski | Terrence Sng |
In-app purchases
Goose
- Goose Pro$2.991 Month
- Goose Pro$19.991 Year
Xavier
No in-app purchases









