Comparison

Financial Payment Tracker vs Payoff Dots

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

Head to head
About

Financial Payment Tracker

Features
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Take control of your debt, without connecting a single bank account. Financial Payment Tracker is a privacy-first app for managing credit card, loan, and mortgage payments. You enter only what you want to track: balances, APR, and due dates. No account numbers, no bank logins, no data ever leaves your device (unless you choose to sync with your own iCloud). WHAT YOU CAN DO • Track multiple accounts (credit cards, auto loans, personal loans, student loans, mortgages) all in one place. • Log payments and charges manually and watch your balance update with every entry. • Never miss a due date. Set smart payment reminders and the app notifies you a few days before each payment is due. • Sync your payment due dates, loan/mortgage maturity dates, and savings goal targets to Apple Calendar, so they show up alongside the rest of your life. Amounts stay out of your calendar by default; you decide if and where they appear. • Plan your payoff with Avalanche or Snowball strategies. See exactly which account to attack first, how much interest each strategy saves, and the month you'll be completely debt-free. • Track your savings goals alongside your debt. See your full financial picture in one app. • Export your payment history as a PDF statement or Excel-compatible CSV, perfect for budgeting reviews or sharing with a financial advisor. • Back up everything, accounts, payments, and savings goals, to a file you keep, and restore it any time. • View a monthly bar chart of all payments at a glance on the History tab. • Add a home screen widget to see your next payment due without opening the app. • Pair with your Apple Watch for a read-only companion showing upcoming payments and a watch face complication with a due-date countdown. • Lock the app behind Face ID or Touch ID so your financial data stays private even if someone picks up your phone. • Optionally sync across all your Apple devices with iCloud, in your own private iCloud database, never on our servers. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Most finance apps require you to connect your bank and hand over your login credentials. Financial Payment Tracker never asks for any of that. Every number you enter stays on your device. We have no servers, no analytics, and no advertising. With iCloud sync on, your balances, rates, account names, and notes are encrypted with keys kept in your iCloud Keychain. And if you ever type something that looks like a card number, Social Security number, or bank routing number, the app warns you and offers to remove it, because Financial Payment Tracker never needs them.

About

Payoff Dots

Visualize and track your debt repayment progress with a unique dot-filling system. Monitor multiple debts, record payments, and see your balances decrease over time. Archive debts and use discreet widgets for a clear overview.

Highlights
  • Visual payoff dots for each debt
  • Progress tracking for individual and overall debts
  • Quick balance updates
  • Archive completed or paused debts
  • Discreet widgets without dollar amounts
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Light and dark appearance modes
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Payoff Dots makes paying down debt feel visible and achievable. Add your balances, record updates, and watch each payment fill your payoff dots. The dashboard brings every active debt together while individual pages show exactly how far each balance has moved. FEATURES • Visual payoff dots for every debt • $100 dots for balances up to $25,000 and $1,000 dots above that • Overall and individual progress tracking • Quick balance check-ins • Archive completed or paused debts without deleting them • Discreet widgets that never show dollar amounts • Small, medium, and large widget layouts • Light and dark appearances designed for iPhone and iPad • Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad • No separate Payoff Dots account required FREE AND PRO The free version supports up to two active debts. Payoff Dots Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited active debts. There is no subscription and no advertising. PRIVACY Your debt information is stored on your devices and in your private iCloud database for syncing. Waypoint Labs LLC does not operate a separate debt-data server. Payoff Dots does not include advertising, third-party analytics, or tracking. Payoff Dots is a tracking tool and does not provide financial, lending, tax, or investment advice.

Screenshots

Financial Payment Tracker4 screens
Payoff Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Financial Payment Tracker at none against Payoff Dots's 1. Financial Payment Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Payoff Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Financial Payment Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Financial Payment Tracker ships an update every 5 days, Payoff Dots every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Financial Payment Tracker versus Payoff Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinancial Payment TrackerPayoff Dots
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAegisMGK Technologies LLCWaypoint Labs LLC UT

In-app purchases

None

Financial Payment Tracker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Payoff Dots

One-time1
  • Payoff Dots Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Financial Payment Tracker free?
Financial Payment Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Payoff Dots free?
Payoff Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Financial Payment Tracker or Payoff Dots have ads?
Neither Financial Payment Tracker nor Payoff Dots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Financial Payment Tracker or Payoff Dots?
Financial Payment Tracker ships an update every 5 days, and Payoff Dots every 2 weeks. Most recently, Financial Payment Tracker was updated on October 16, 2026 and Payoff Dots on October 11, 2026.

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