Comparison

Save Wise vs Centsei

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

Head to head
About

Save Wise

Features
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SaveWise — Premium Expenses Tracker Built for Malaysians Stop guessing where your money goes. SaveWise gives you real-time financial clarity with the depth most budget apps skip — EPF dividends, loan auto-deduct, credit card cycles, and full insight analysis, all in one beautifully designed app. SMART SCAN — SCAN RECEIPTS IN ONE TAP Set up iPhone Back Tap, scan any receipt with a double tap on the back of your phone. On-device OCR extracts the amount, merchant, and date automatically. Confirm in the Dynamic Island and you're done — no typing, no friction. FULL ACCOUNT COVERAGE • Assets: bank, e-wallet, cash, investments • Loans: personal, hire purchase, housing (with construction stages) • Credit cards with statement cycles • Provident Fund: MY EPF, SG CPF, India EPF, or custom — with sub-accounts, auto-contribution, and dividend calculation LOAN AUTO-DEDUCT Set your monthly repayment once. SaveWise deducts it automatically every month in the background — no missed payments, no manual entry. SMART CATEGORY PREDICTION Learns from your past transactions and gets better the more you use it. Fuzzy match plus keyword fallback across 7 categories means most scans are categorized correctly on the first try. REAL-TIME INSIGHTS • Net worth at a glance • Monthly income vs expense breakdown • Spending by category, with trend analysis • Saving goals with progress tracking BUILT FOR PRIVACY — OFFLINE-FIRST All your financial data lives on your device. No accounts, no cloud sync of personal data, no ads. Your money is your business. PREMIUM DESIGN, NATIVE FEEL Crafted specifically for iOS with Apple's Liquid Glass design language — translucent materials, fluid animations, and native controls throughout. It feels like it belongs on your iPhone because it was designed that way. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Glance at your balance, today's spending, or net worth without opening the app. DAILY REMINDERS Optional spending reminders, loan payment alerts, and contribution reminders to keep you on track. CUSTOMIZABLE Choose your accent color, set a custom background, adjust blur intensity — make it yours. MADE IN MALAYSIA Designed with Malaysian users in mind — EPF, hire purchase loans, local categories — but flexible enough to work anywhere in the world with any currency. No subscription. No ads. No data harvesting. Just a thoughtful expenses tracker that respects your time and your privacy. Download SaveWise and finally know exactly where you stand.

About

Centsei

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Centsei is a private, offline-first expense tracker built for people who just want to know where their money goes — without handing their financial life to a cloud server. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Everything is stored on your device. No sign-up, no login, no account required. • No ads. No trackers. We never see your numbers. • Optional cloud sync is end-to-end encrypted with a code only you hold — even we can't read it. FAST, HONEST MONEY TRACKING • Add an expense or income in seconds with clean, tappable categories. • Built for Malaysian Ringgit (RM) with proper formatting — amounts are always calculated to the exact cent. • Beautiful monthly reports: spending, income, balance, and a category breakdown at a glance. BUDGET & PLAN • Set a monthly budget and get a gentle nudge before you overspend — overall and per category. • Recurring expenses auto-fill each month, so rent and subscriptions are never forgotten. • A 6-month trend shows whether you're heading the right way. FIND ANYTHING • Search and filter your entries instantly. • Tap any category to drill into its line items. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Lock the app with a PIN. • Works fully offline — open it on a plane, in the basement, anywhere. • Export your data anytime as JSON or CSV. It's your money; it's your data. BILINGUAL • Full Traditional Chinese and English — switch any time. Centsei is designed to be the calmest, most private money tracker on your phone. Open it, log it, get on with your day.

Screenshots

Save Wise4 screens
Centsei4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Save Wise at none against Centsei's shown. Centsei's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Save Wise sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Centsei sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Save Wise ships an update every 6 weeks, Centsei every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Save Wise versus Centsei: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSave WiseCentsei
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkian haw yoonChin YU XUAN

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Save Wise

One-time4
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • Buy me a snack$2.99
  • Buy me lunch$4.99
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  • Super supporter$9.99
1 purchases

Centsei

Subscriptions1
  • Centsei Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Save Wise free?
Save Wise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Centsei free?
Centsei is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Save Wise or Centsei have ads?
Centsei shows ads; Save Wise does not.
Which is updated more often, Save Wise or Centsei?
Save Wise ships an update every 6 weeks, and Centsei every 2 weeks. Most recently, Save Wise was updated on September 9, 2026 and Centsei on September 8, 2026.

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