Comparison

Spent. vs Tally

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

Head to head
About

Spent.

This private expense tracker logs payments from bank alerts and Apple Pay. It uses on-device AI to read screenshots and receipts, offering insights and budget tracking without cloud storage or accounts.

Highlights
  • Private expense tracking
  • Bank alert and Apple Pay integration
  • On-device AI for receipt scanning
  • AI-powered data entry suggestions
  • Budget creation and tracking
  • Multi-currency support
  • Insights by category and merchant
Features
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Your bank already tells you. Spent. writes it down. Spent. is a private expense tracker for iPhone. After a one-time Shortcuts setup, payments arrive from Apple Pay and, on iOS 27, from your bank's alerts. You check each one and it's logged. No account, no cloud, no tracking. BANK ALERTS (FREE, iOS 27) Your bank or wallet app already tells you when you've paid. Show Spent. one real notification by tapping the amount and the merchant, and every payment alert after that waits in your review list. No bank login, no connection to your bank, no server. Apple Pay capture (FREE) Add the shortcut in Settings > Apple Pay Capture. Each time you pay with Apple Pay, the purchase waits in your review list with the merchant and amount filled in. Approve them one at a time or all at once. AI UNLOCK Screenshot your e-wallet history. Spent. fills in every row. It reads bank and wallet screenshots and receipts, turns "lunch 12" into an entry, and suggests clean names and categories. On iPhone 15 Pro or later running iOS 26 or later with Apple Intelligence on, this runs on Apple's on-device model with nothing to download, and you can try it free for 7 days. Other iPhones download Spent.'s model once (3.6 GB). Either way it all happens on your phone, and you check every entry before it saves. ASK LIL BIT (FREE) Lil Bit, the little bookkeeper inside Spent., answers from what you've recorded, right on your phone. • "How much on food this month?" • "How much at Target last month?" • "Compare this month and last" • "Am I over budget?" BUDGETS Set a monthly limit for any category and Insights draws a quiet bar under it, so you can see under, near or over at a glance. Per currency, and included in your backups. WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO • Track expenses, income and transfers across accounts • Multi-currency: each account keeps its own currency, with no conversions • Insights by category and merchant, month over month • Scan receipts with on-device text recognition for free • Double-tap the back of your iPhone on a payment screen to log it (one-time Back Tap setup) • Pick a category for new captures with one tap in your review list • Select several transactions and change their category, merchant, account or notes at once • See and edit what Spent. remembers about each merchant • Recurring transactions and duplicate detection • Home Screen widget to log, scan or ask in one tap; it shows no data by design • Privacy mask hides every balance with one tap • Siri and Shortcuts • Full backup and restore, any time PRIVACY BY DESIGN Spent. has no server and no account. Nothing is collected, so there is nothing to leak. The AI runs on your iPhone and never uses Private Cloud Compute. Your receipts, balances and habits stay with you. Free: manual tracking, bank alerts, Apple Pay capture, Lil Bit chat, receipt scanning, budgets and insights. AI Unlock is one payment for screenshot import, AI receipt reading, typed entries and AI suggestions. No subscription, ever. Your expenses, tracked privately.

About

Tally

Features
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Tally is the simplest way to track your money on iPhone. Log a coffee in one tap. Set a budget for the month. Ask the built-in AI where your money really goes. No spreadsheets, no overwhelm, just your spending, in plain sight in the tool you always have in hand, your phone... ONE-TAP LOGGING Log expenses directly from your home screen widget, through iOS Shortcuts, or by asking Siri. Skip opening the app entirely. BUDGETS BY CATEGORY Create monthly budgets for any category. Watch progress bars fill as you spend. See exactly when you're getting close, or going over. BUILT-IN FINANCIAL AI Ask anything about your money in plain language. "What did I spend most on this month?" "Am I close to my budget?" "Where can I cut back?" Get clear, personalized answers in seconds. VISUAL INSIGHTS See your full month in one glance, category breakdowns, spending trends, and every transaction. Switch between week, month, or year. Spot patterns you'd never notice in a spreadsheet. PRIVACY FIRST Sign in with Apple. No email lists. No tracking. No ads, ever. Your financial data is encrypted and only yours. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN TALLY PLUS - Unlimited transactions and categories - Unlimited monthly budgets - Financial AI assistant - Spending insights and trends - All future features Tally Plus is a recurring subscription. Try it free for 3 days, then €6,99/week or €59,99/year. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: hellotally.app/terms Privacy Policy: hellotally.app/privacy

Screenshots

Spent.4 screens
Tally4 screens

Verdict

The call

Spent. and Tally 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spent. sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Tally sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Spent. versus Tally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpent.Tally
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChee Leong CHONGDaniel Herreros

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spent.

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • AI Unlock$4.99
2 purchases

Tally

Subscriptions2
  • Tally Plus Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Tally Plus Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Spent. free?
Spent. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spent. or Tally have ads?
Neither Spent. nor Tally shows ads.

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