Float vs LifeCoster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Float
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Float shows one calm number: what you can safely spend today, until payday. No spreadsheets, no budgets that shame you. Tell Float your pay and your bills once, and it works out your daily number, then keeps it honest as you go. KNOW YOUR NUMBER • One safe-to-spend number for today, in a calm ring • See why it is what it is: bills kept aside, goals set aside, days left • Built around your payday: monthly, every two weeks or weekly CATCH EVERY PAYMENT • Auto-log Apple Pay with one Shortcut. Payments land in To review, one tap to confirm • Type it the way you'd say it: "coffee 3.50" or "groceries 42" • Forward order emails or snap a receipt (Float Plus) ASK BEFORE YOU BUY • Can I afford it? See what a purchase does to your days before you buy • Balance check: match your bank balance in five seconds BILLS & GOALS, KEPT ASIDE • Bills come off your number once, so rent is never counted twice • A reminder the day before a bill is due • Save toward goals without touching your daily number SEE YOUR WEEK • Activity by day, a day-by-day calendar and a last-cycle comparison • Share your week as a recap card • No-spend days and gentle streaks ALWAYS WITHIN REACH • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • A Live Activity for the last days before payday • A morning number and an evening check-in, only if you want them PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No bank connection, ever • Works offline. An optional account just backs up and syncs • No ads. Your data is never sold FLOAT PLUS • Unlimited smart logging, receipt scanning and forwarded emails • Unlimited goals • Every past cycle and trend • Multi-currency for travel Start with a 7-day free trial, then Float Plus is billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.getfloat.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.getfloat.org/privacy
LifeCoster
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LifeCoster turns your everyday effort into a number you can watch grow — second by second. Decide to skip something you’d normally buy, or start a work session, and the value of that choice ticks upward in real time. Seeing the number climb makes saving and sticking with good habits feel rewarding instead of restrictive. Three simple tabs, switched at the bottom of the screen: • MISSION — Register something you’ve decided not to buy (a daily coffee, snacks, a subscription you canceled) with an amount and a period. While you keep it up, the money you’re NOT spending grows every second. Reach the goal and you keep the whole amount; give up partway and it resets to zero. • WORK — Set your pay and an end time, then start working. Until that time, your earnings grow second by second. Hourly, daily, or monthly pay are all converted to a live per-second rate. Run several at once — main job, side gigs, and more. • RECORDS — Review your totals for completed and given-up items, and track an overall savings or earnings goal. ALSO INCLUDED • Apple Watch app and complications keep the number on your wrist. • Local notifications cheer you on at the halfway point and when you reach a goal. • Currency follows your device region automatically (¥, $, €, £, and more), or pick a fixed style. A NOTE ON THE NUMBERS The amount you see is a visualization of value created by your own effort — what you saved by holding back, or earned by working. It is NOT real money, points, or a prize, and nothing is paid out by us or the app. It’s not a lottery or sweepstakes. If you’d like to actually save, move that amount into your real savings to turn the on-screen number into money in hand. We deliberately avoid prize-style hype. The goal is simple: let the value of your own effort stack up in a way that feels good to watch. ONE-TIME PURCHASE (OPTIONAL) A single optional purchase removes all in-app ads and unlocks the “Game Style” design (a chase-HUD look). It’s a one-time payment — no subscription — and can be restored after switching devices or reinstalling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Float at none against LifeCoster's shown. LifeCoster's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Float sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LifeCoster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Float ships an update every 2 months, LifeCoster every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Float | LifeCoster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kresimir Galic | SHOTARO TAKAHASHI |
In-app purchases
Float
- Float Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Float Plus — Yearly7 Days trial$22.991 Year
LifeCoster
- 広告を消す&ゲームスタイルの解禁$0.49









