Comparison

Masarefy vs oweless

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

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About

Masarefy

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Masarefy is a private, local-first expense tracker for iPhone - built for everyday spending in Egypt, the Gulf, and beyond. Your transactions, wallets, budgets, and goals stay on your device. If you turn on iCloud Sync, your data syncs through your own iCloud account - not ours, because we don't run any servers. No sign-up, no ad network, no analytics following you around the web. An alternative to subscription-based money trackers that hold your data hostage. ***WHAT MASAREFY DOES ***Log expenses and income in seconds - quick-add from a home-screen widget, lock-screen widget, Siri shortcut, or the app. Multiple wallets - cash, debit cards, credit cards, bank accounts, savings - track balances side-by-side in EGP or any currency. Custom categories - rename, recolor, reorder. Monthly budgets per category with progress rings. Savings goals with visible progress. Gold tracker - grams + 18k / 21k / 24k purity. Zakah calculator - Hijri-aware due dates, nisab thresholds, breakdowns of cash, gold, and trade goods. Merchants - 28 built-in (Talabat, Carrefour, Uber, Vodafone, Netflix, Spotify) plus your own. CSV import and export - no lock-in. ***BANK SMS PARSING (EGYPT-FIRST) ***Paste a bank or wallet SMS - or trigger a Shortcut - and Masarefy turns it into a transaction with the right amount, merchant, and date. Built-in parsers cover CIB, Banque Misr, NBE, Alex Bank, InstaPay, and Vodafone Cash, in English and Arabic. The app never reads your SMS inbox. SMS content reaches Masarefy only when you paste it or run your Shortcut. ***WIDGETS AND SIRI ***Home-screen and lock-screen widgets with Quick-Add. Siri shortcuts: Add expense, Add income, Log bank SMS. Widgets and the app icon follow your accent color. ***PRIVACY BY DESIGN ***No backend server holds your finances. No account required. Ever. No ads. No marketing trackers. No data brokers. No access to your contacts, photos, location, microphone, or camera. Optional iCloud Sync through your private CloudKit database. Optional crash reporting, off by default. Read the full policy in-app: More, Privacy policy. ***ARABIC AND ENGLISH ***Full Arabic localization with RTL layout, Arabic-Indic numerals toggle, and Hijri-aware Zakah dates. Built for Arabic, not translated to it. ***FREQUENTLY ASKED ***Does Masarefy require an account? No. There is no sign-up. Your data is keyed to your device (and your iCloud, if you opt in). Does it read my SMS inbox automatically? No. iOS does not allow that, and we would not want it. SMS content reaches Masarefy only when you paste it or run a Shortcut you set up. Where does my data live? On your device, in Apple's SwiftData store. If you turn on iCloud Sync, it also lives in your private CloudKit database - your iCloud, not ours. Which banks are supported? CIB, Banque Misr, NBE, Alex Bank, plus InstaPay and Vodafone Cash, in English and Arabic. You can also write your own rules. Is there a subscription? No. Masarefy is free. Does it support multiple currencies? Yes. Set any currency code; the app formats amounts using your device's locale.

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oweless

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OweLess is the money app for people who are done guessing where their salary goes. Track what you owe, what you save, and exactly how much is safe to spend โ€” all the way to payday. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK โ€ข Debts โ€” credit cards, store cards and personal loans, with balances that shrink as you log payments โ€ข Installments โ€” finite, scheduled payoffs so you always know how many months are left โ€ข Bills & Subscriptions โ€” rent, utilities, Netflix, gym, Anghami โ€” never get surprised by a charge again โ€ข Gam3yas โ€” manage your rotating savings groups, contributions and payout rounds โ€ข Save Boxes โ€” named pots for an emergency fund, a new phone, or a trip KNOW YOUR REAL SPARE CASH OweLess does the payday math for you. It takes your income, subtracts your bills, debts, installments and gam3ya contributions, and shows the money that's actually free โ€” before you spend it. BUILT TO BE PRIVATE AND FAST โ€ข Sign in with Apple or Google โ€ข Lock the app behind Face ID or a PIN โ€ข Clean, fast, dark-first design โ€ข Reminders so a payment never slips Start today and owe a little less every month. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Masarefy4 screens
oweless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Masarefy at none against oweless's 3. oweless's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. oweless sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Masarefy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Masarefy versus oweless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMasarefyoweless
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size59 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohamed ElZoghbiAlameer Ashraf

In-app purchases

None

Masarefy

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

oweless

Subscriptions2
  • OweLess Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • OweLess Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • OweLess Premium Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Masarefy free?
Masarefy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is oweless free?
oweless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Masarefy or oweless have ads?
Neither Masarefy nor oweless shows ads.

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