Comparison

Simple Expense Tracker vs GlassLedger Budget Log

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

Head to head
About

Simple Expense Tracker

Features
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Simple Expense Tracker is an easy budget and spending app for everyday money management. Record daily expenses, add planned payments, and check your remaining budget at a glance. The app automatically shows your actual spending, planned total, daily budget, and monthly pace so you can avoid overspending without complicated bookkeeping.

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GlassLedger Budget Log

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GlassLedger is a calm, manual-first budget tracker for people who want spending awareness without connecting financial accounts. Record expenses, income, and transfers from one clean sheet. Review this month’s income, spending, net flow, budget progress, recent records, recurring items, category totals, and account balances in a simple native iOS interface. GlassLedger is designed for daily manual logging: - Quick expense, income, and transfer records - Monthly budget and category budget tracking - Local account balances for cash, bank, savings, and credit cards - Recurring income and expense rules - Daily totals and category spending trends - Automatic regional currency or manual major-currency selection - English and Korean interface - Local-first SwiftData storage No bank connection. No account signup. No server upload for your ledger records. Use GlassLedger when you want a focused money journal that helps you notice your spending without turning personal finance into a complex dashboard.

Screenshots

Simple Expense Tracker3 screens
GlassLedger Budget Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GlassLedger Budget Log at none against Simple Expense Tracker's shown. Simple Expense Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Simple Expense Tracker versus GlassLedger Budget Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Expense TrackerGlassLedger Budget Log
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUKI HIGASHILee Hyojoong

In-app purchases

None

Simple Expense Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

GlassLedger Budget Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Expense Tracker free?
Simple Expense Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GlassLedger Budget Log free?
GlassLedger Budget Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Expense Tracker or GlassLedger Budget Log have ads?
Simple Expense Tracker shows ads; GlassLedger Budget Log does not.

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