Goose vs Margin
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
Margin
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Track expenses and income in your own words. Margin turns everyday money notes into a clear personal ledger, so you can see where your spending goes without filling out forms. WRITE IT LIKE YOU SAY IT Type "coffee 4.50" or "lunch 20 split 4 ways". Add a date or a money source in the same line. Margin reads the details, organizes the entry, and keeps your share. Review and correct anything it reads. KEEP TRACK, EVEN OFFLINE Save typed notes when you have no connection. Clear entries can be read on your iPhone; AI features and syncing need an internet connection. No bank connection or bank password is needed. SCAN A RECEIPT Take a photo of a receipt and turn its items into entries you can review. Receipt reading uses AI and your Reads allowance. SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY WENT Browse your spending by week, month, or year. Check categories, compare your spending with your monthly budget, and search the words you remember. KEEP RECURRING COSTS IN VIEW Record subscriptions and recurring bills. See expected costs separately from the spending you have already recorded. ASK ABOUT YOUR SPENDING Ask "how much on coffee this month?" and see an answer based on your own entries, with the entries shown so you can check it. TAKE YOUR LEDGER WITH YOU Export your entries as CSV, PDF, or JSON. Writing, editing, searching, browsing your ledger, and exporting are free. START FREE Margin includes a free allowance of Reads for AI features: 25 to start, plus 15 each month, with up to 50 saved. A Read is Margin's unit for AI processing; the cost depends on the feature. Margin Plus offers 1,500 Reads per month with a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. See current pricing in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Margin is a personal ledger, not financial advice or an accounting system of record. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://marginmoney.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://marginmoney.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Margin at daily against Goose's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Margin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Goose ships an update fortnightly, Margin daily. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goose | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Kalkouski | Muhammad Daffa Setyoaji |
In-app purchases
Goose
- Goose Pro$2.991 Month
- Goose Pro$19.991 Year
Margin
- Margin Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Margin Pro Yearly$29.991 Year









