FinApp vs SpendNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FinApp
This personal finance app keeps your financial data private by storing it solely on your device. It offers automatic transaction categorization, spending insights, and recurring bill tracking, all without requiring an account or sending data to external servers.
- On-device data storage
- Automatic transaction categorization
- Net worth tracking
- Spending insights and trends
- Recurring bill detection
- Searchable transaction history
- Customizable account grouping
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FinApp is a personal-finance app built around one idea: your money data should stay on your phone. Connect your bank through SimpleFin and FinApp pulls in your accounts and transactions, then organizes them into a clear picture of where your money goes — without sending your financial data to any server we run. There's no account to create and nothing to track. WHAT YOU GET • Net worth at a glance — every account in one balance, with a history graph you can scrub through across time ranges from a month to all time. • Automatic categories — transactions are sorted into Groceries, Dining, Transport, Subscriptions, and more, with rules you can tune and a Dashboard list that curates itself around where you actually spend. • Spending insight — see your top categories each month and a six-month trend. • Budgets — set a monthly limit per category and track it right on your Dashboard, with an alert the moment you go over. • Quick review — file uncategorized charges in seconds with a swipe-to-categorize flow that suggests the right category for you. • Recurring bills — FinApp spots subscriptions and repeating charges, flags price increases, and a calendar view shows what's due when. • Transactions, searchable — one filter for category, month, and income vs. spending, with active filters shown as chips; attach your own notes to any charge and export everything to CSV. • Accounts, your way — group by type, collapse and sort sections, rename accounts, and add manual accounts (property, loans, cash) alongside synced ones. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your data is stored only on your device, in an encrypted local database. • No analytics, no ads, no third-party tracking SDKs. • The only network connection is to SimpleFin Bridge, to fetch the data you ask for. • Lock the app behind Face ID or your passcode. • Clear all local data anytime, right from Settings. JUST LOOKING? Tap "Preview with sample data" in Settings to explore the whole app with realistic example data — no bank connection needed. FinApp requires a SimpleFin account to connect your bank. SimpleFin is a separate service; see https://simplefin.org. Instructions on how to setup SimpleFin with the FinApp app can be found here: https://normanhoang.github.io/fin_app/simplefin-setup
SpendNote
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Track expenses and income in seconds, plan monthly budgets, and understand where your money goes—without creating an account or connecting a bank. SpendNote is a private, offline-first expense tracker and budget planner. Your ledger stays on your device by default, with no ads and no third-party analytics SDKs. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account required to start • No ads and no ad SDKs • No bank connection required • Your ledger stays on your device by default • No third-party analytics SDKs MADE FOR THE EVERYDAY • Fast amount entry for expenses and income • Useful default categories plus free custom categories • Monthly overview, budget progress, recent activity, search, and repeat bills • Notes, dates, local backup and restore • Recent CSV export in the free plan • Face ID protection when you want it UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGED Use on-device insights, monthly review, and filtered reports to see category drivers, compare periods, and answer specific spending questions without uploading your ledger. SPENDNOTE PRO Pro adds advanced filtered reports, recurring-cost control, deeper trends, unlimited budgets, private Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and full-history or filtered CSV export. Widgets show simple budget status without exposing transaction details. SpendNote Pro is an auto-renewable subscription available monthly or yearly. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial. Prices, billing currency, tax, and trial availability are shown by Apple before purchase and can vary by storefront. Payment is charged to your Apple Account after a trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Restore purchases is available in the app. SpendNote is a personal budgeting and bookkeeping aid, not a financial institution. It does not provide investment, tax, legal, loan, banking, or credit advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FinApp at none against SpendNote's 2. SpendNote's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). 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
Both are free to download. SpendNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FinApp asks for nothing beyond the download.
FinApp ships an update every 10 days, SpendNote every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FinApp | SpendNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nha Hoang | 焕为 叶 |
In-app purchases
FinApp
No in-app purchases
SpendNote
- SpendNote Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- SpendNote Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year









