Comparison

Spent. vs Sumlet

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

Sumlet

A minimalist personal finance app for quick and effortless daily expense and income logging. It offers clear spending insights and keeps your financial data private and offline on your device.

Highlights
  • Fast expense and income entry
  • Clear spending insights with charts
  • Private and offline data storage
  • Simple daily transaction summaries
  • Intuitive keypad for quick logging
Features
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Expense tracker for everyday spending. Open, type, and done~ Check, sum, and done~ Change, set, and done~ Sumlet is a minimalist personal finance app designed to make recording daily expenses and income quick, clear, and effortless. With a clean interface and an intuitive keypad, logging a transaction takes only seconds. No ads. No account registration. No internet required. Your financial data stays on your device, private and under your control. KEY FEATURES • Fast Expense & Income Entry Record expenses and income in seconds with an intuitive keypad. • Clear Spending Insights Understand your spending habits at a glance with simple charts and summary statistics. • Private & Offline Track expenses without an account, cloud sign-up, or unnecessary data collection. Your financial information stays on your device. • Simple Daily Summaries Filter, review, and edit your transactions with clear day-by-day summaries. WHY SUMLET? Many money management apps are packed with features you may never use, forced sign-ups, and intrusive ads. Sumlet focuses on what matters: fast entry, simple insights, and private expense tracking. Take control of your everyday spending with a clean, clutter-free expense tracker. Download Sumlet today.

Screenshots

Spent.4 screens
Sumlet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sumlet at 5.0 against Spent.'s 3.0. Sumlet also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Spent.'s advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Spent. sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sumlet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sumlet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spent. ships an update every 9 days, Sumlet every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spent. versus Sumlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpent.Sumlet
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChee Leong CHONGKaras Xiang

Customer experience

Spent.

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Sumlet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spent.

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • AI Unlock$4.99
None

Sumlet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spent. free?
Spent. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sumlet free?
Sumlet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spent. or Sumlet?
Sumlet is rated higher. Spent. averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Sumlet averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spent. or Sumlet have ads?
Neither Spent. nor Sumlet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spent. or Sumlet?
Spent. ships an update every 9 days, and Sumlet every 2 weeks. Most recently, Spent. was updated on October 31, 2026 and Sumlet on October 31, 2026.

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