Comparison

Save Wise vs NYS

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.

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NYS

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NYS — Know Your Self One simple equation runs your whole month: Income āˆ’ Fixed āˆ’ Variable = what you can save. Most trackers only tell you what you already spent. NYS tells you what you can still spend — today. TODAY'S NUMBER • "You can still spend RM47" — recalculated every day from what is actually left this month • Spending pace: on track, a little fast, or red line, with today's marker on the bar • Home-screen widget and a one-tap shortcut to log an expense in three seconds YOUR MONTH, AT A GLANCE • Fixed costs set once, added automatically every month, with due-date reminders • Monthly caps per category and an instant warning the moment you cross one • Charts by category plus a six-month income-vs-expense trend • Twelve-month savings view, savings goal with an estimated finish date • Malaysian income tiers (B1 to T2) — see where this month lands and how far the next band is • Rent vs buy calculator LIFE TOOLS, BUILT IN • What to eat — dishes that fit today's food budget, plus nearby eateries with typical prices (data from OpenStreetMap) • Health — log weight and height for a BMI band on Asian cutoffs, a daily calorie range matched to how active you actually are, and a simple wellness score; estimate calories from a photo of your meal • Cycle tracking — log period start dates and see your average cycle length • Family — due date and pregnancy week, plus each child's growth log, vaccination record and milestone notes • Travel — trip budget with a reality check, live exchange rates, an AI day-by-day itinerary that stays inside your budget, and a pre-trip checklist • AI money coach — three specific tips read from your own numbers, plus a chat helper for cooking and saving questions • Receipt scanning — the total is read on your device and the photo is kept as your record BUILT FOR MALAYSIA Categories that match real life here — F&B, Grab, Toll & TNG, Petrol, PTPTN, Angpau, Takaful — and EPF handled inside the savings equation. Ringgit first, with English, Chinese and Bahasa Melayu throughout. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No ads. No tracking. Your ledger, your receipts and your health data live on your device. AI features are opt-in and stay off until you turn them on. When you do, only anonymous totals are sent — never your notes, names or account details. Food photos are sent only with a separate consent and are discarded after analysis. Location is used only while you are looking for nearby food. AI suggestions and price estimates are for general guidance only, and are not professional financial or medical advice.

Screenshots

Save Wise4 screens
NYS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NYS at none against Save Wise's 4. NYS also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. NYS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Save Wise ships an update every 6 weeks, NYS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Save Wise versus NYS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSave WiseNYS
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB78 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerkian haw yoonShang Cheng Group SDN BHD

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
None

NYS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Save Wise free?
Save Wise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NYS free?
NYS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Save Wise or NYS have ads?
Neither Save Wise nor NYS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Save Wise or NYS?
Save Wise ships an update every 6 weeks, and NYS every 2 weeks. Most recently, Save Wise was updated on September 9, 2026 and NYS on September 17, 2026.

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