Comparison

Obol vs Expense Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Obol

Features
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Obol is a friendly little expense tracker for iPhone. Log what you spent in a few seconds, see how your month is going at a glance, and stay on top of one simple monthly budget. Obol is free to download and use. No accounts. No ads. Your personal data starts on your iPhone and stays there unless you choose to turn on Pro iCloud Sync & Backup. THE FASTEST WAY TO LOG AN EXPENSE Set up Triple Tap once, then tap the back of your iPhone three times to instantly run the Add Expense shortcut, even from the lock screen. Type the name and amount, and you're done. Prefer to use the app? The Quick Add sheet auto-focuses the name field and brings up a decimal pad for the amount, so logging takes about five seconds. AT-A-GLANCE DASHBOARD - Month-to-date total - Remaining against your monthly budget - Daily and monthly spend charts - Category breakdown EXPENSES, ORGANIZED A simple reverse-chronological list grouped by day (Today, Yesterday, then explicit dates). Tap any row to edit, swipe to delete. CATEGORIES Built-in categories cover the basics (Food and Drink, Groceries, Transport, Shopping, Subscriptions, Health, Entertainment, and more). Add your own from the picker any time. EXPORT TO CSV Pick a month, tap share, and get a clean CSV that opens right up in Google Sheets, Numbers, or Excel. OPTIONAL OBOL PRO Upgrade to Obol Pro when you want more planning, backup, and shared tracking tools: - Recurring expenses for rent, subscriptions, bills, and repeat spending - Category budgets to split your monthly budget across the areas that matter - iCloud Sync & Backup through your private iCloud account - Private monthly reports with spending patterns, changes, and practical tips - Household sharing for shared expenses, budgets, and reports PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Everything is stored locally with Apple's SwiftData framework - No analytics, no tracking, no advertising identifiers - No account required - Works fully offline unless you enable Pro iCloud Sync & Backup BUILT FOR iOS - Native SwiftUI throughout - App Intents support, so you can run "Add Expense" via Siri, Shortcuts, or Back Tap - Supports iPhone running iOS 26.2 or later FREE TO USE The core expense tracker is free: quick logging, one simple monthly budget, charts, categories, CSV export, and private local storage. OBOL IS INTENTIONALLY SMALL No accounts to remember. No setup maze. Just a clean, fast log of where your money is going, with Pro available only if you want the extra tools. Terms of Use: https://www.notion.so/Terms-of-Use-354155407d96804c8140d09fcffdeedd Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Expense Tracker

Effortlessly track your spending, subscriptions, and budgets using voice commands or manual entry. Understand your financial habits and see how much money you have remaining for the month.

Highlights
  • Voice-enabled expense tracking
  • Subscription management
  • Budget creation
  • Spending habit analysis
  • Monthly remaining balance view
  • Manual transaction entry
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Left helps you track expenses, subscriptions, budgets, and spending habits in seconds. Add transactions manually or with voice input, organize them by category and see how much you have left for the month. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://left-budget.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Obol4 screens
Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expense Tracker at none against Obol's 3. Expense Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Obol sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Expense Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Obol ships an update every 5 days, Expense Tracker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Obol versus Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObolExpense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnoch TangCoreFlowAI LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Obol

Subscriptions2
  • Obol Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Obol Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Obol Pro Lifetime$34.99
None

Expense Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Obol free?
Obol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expense Tracker free?
Expense Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Obol or Expense Tracker have ads?
Neither Obol nor Expense Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Obol or Expense Tracker?
Obol ships an update every 5 days, and Expense Tracker every 3 days. Most recently, Obol was updated on September 19, 2026 and Expense Tracker on September 23, 2026.

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