Comparison

Defter vs SettledBills

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

Head to head
About

Defter

Manage your finances with a beautiful, on-device ledger. Track cards, accounts, and rewards, with optional bank connections for automatic updates. Offers insights into cash flow and net worth, with a focus on privacy.

Highlights
  • Manual card and account tracking
  • Apple Card, Cash & Savings sync
  • Best-card picker
  • Custom reward rules and benefits
  • Statement cycles and payment reminders
  • Cash flow and net worth history
  • On-device AI assistant
Features
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**Defter** (Turkish for "notebook") keeps your financial life on one calm, beautiful page — and opens like one. **Free, forever:** • Track cards and accounts manually — balances, statements, due dates • Apple Card, Apple Cash & Savings sync, fully on-device • Best-card picker: know which card earns the most before you swipe • Custom reward rules + benefits — tiered earn rates, sign-up bonuses, and perks like companion fares, tracked toward their spend thresholds • Favorite, reorder, and sort your cards however you think about them • Statement cycles, payment-due calendar, and smart reminders • Cash flow, net worth history, monthly forecast, missed-rewards insights • Separate ledgers for personal and business — switch with a tap • An on-device AI assistant that answers questions about *your* numbers • Home-screen widgets, Live Activities, and Spotlight search **Defter Pro** adds direct bank connections, so balances and transactions stream in on their own: • Plus — 3 banks • Pro — 10 banks • Ultra — unlimited banks One connection covers every card at that bank. Everything else in Defter stays free — Pro only meters direct connections. **Private by design.** Your transactions live on your iPhone, not our servers. Bank connections are read-only, powered by Teller. Location is used only when you tap "Best card here" and is immediately discarded. No ads, no tracking, no selling data — ever. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in App Store settings. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SettledBills

Features
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Know what's due, and what covers it — before the day it's due. SettledBills never connects to your bank. You add your bills once — rent, phone, Netflix, the gym — and it quietly keeps track from there. Offline, private, and out of your way. WHAT YOU GET • This month, at a glance — every bill sorted by due date, account or category. One swipe marks it paid • Know what pays for what — tag each bill with the account or card it comes from, so you're never guessing • Payday view (optional) — see what's due before your next payday, and what can wait until after • One reminder that matters — a single daily notice listing what's due, timed to - the day it's due, a day before, or three days before, your choice • Your subscriptions, covered too — add Netflix, Spotify, or anything recurring; SettledBills recognizes the common ones automatically and totals what subscriptions cost you a year, right inside Insights, no separate subscription app needed • Home Screen widget — check what's still unpaid without opening the app • Fixed or variable — some bills are the same every month, some aren't; SettledBills handles both, and asks the real amount when you mark a variable one paid • Quiet insights — an honest look at what you spend monthly and yearly, by category and by account, with charts that don't need a legend to understand • Card on file — track services like Uber or food delivery where your card is saved but there's no scheduled bill to pay • Smart search — find any bill, category, or card by typing a few letters, all in the same place • Your data, your file, on every plan — export everything as CSV or a full backup, free or Pro, anytime; we don't hold your own data behind a paywall WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who's been caught by a bill they forgot was due, or moved money around and guessed wrong account its paid from. If you'd rather not hand your bank login to another app just to see what you owe, this is built for you. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No sign-in. No server holding your bills. No ads. No tracking — not "we don't sell your data," but we never collect it in the first place. FREE, HONESTLY Your first 10 bills are free, forever — not a trial, not a countdown — and that covers most people outright. Need more? SettledBills Pro unlocks unlimited bills and can be shared with your family through Apple Family Sharing. Cancel anytime — you're never locked out, you just drop back to your free 10, forever. SUBSCRIPTION & PRICING TERMS SettledBills Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: USD$3.99/month or USD$39.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically within 24 hours of the end of each period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://settledbills.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://settledbills.com/privacy Support: settledbills.support@icloud.com If SettledBills saves you one overdraft fee, it's already paid for itself.

Screenshots

Defter4 screens
SettledBills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Defter at none against SettledBills's 3. SettledBills's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SettledBills sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Defter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Defter ships an update every 3 months, SettledBills every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Defter versus SettledBills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefterSettledBills
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMediterra AI LLCSaurabh Verma

In-app purchases

None

Defter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SettledBills

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$3.991 Month
  • Pro$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Founder Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Defter free?
Defter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SettledBills free?
SettledBills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Defter or SettledBills have ads?
Neither Defter nor SettledBills shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Defter or SettledBills?
Defter ships an update every 3 months, and SettledBills every 3 weeks. Most recently, Defter was updated on October 10, 2026 and SettledBills on October 25, 2026.

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