Comparison

Control vs SPENT

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

Head to head
About

Control

Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable iOS widgets
  • Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
  • Private data storage on device
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • No sign-ups or dark patterns
Features
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - track your investments • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SPENT

Features
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Turn your Screen Time into a sharp, itemized receipt. SPENT reads a screenshot from Apple Screen Time on your device, organizes the week app by app, and turns the total into memorable reality checks and an annual projection. Review the extracted values before generating your receipt, then keep it in your local history. WHAT YOU GET • Itemized weekly app usage • Total time, daily average, pickups, and annual projection • Reality checks that make the numbers hit differently • Local receipt history • On-device screenshot analysis • No account required PRIVATE BY DESIGN Screenshots and extracted Screen Time data are processed on device and are not uploaded to a SPENT server. Generated receipts stay on your device until you delete them. FREE TO TRY Create one weekly receipt for free. SPENT Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited receipts and full local history.

Screenshots

Control4 screens
SPENT4 screens

Verdict

The call

Control and SPENT are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SPENT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Control versus SPENT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlSPENT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.226.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanMichael Hitzker

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99
1 purchases

SPENT

One-time1
  • SPENT Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SPENT free?
SPENT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Control or SPENT have ads?
Neither Control nor SPENT shows ads.

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