Comparison

Obolos vs Mote.

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

Head to head
About

Obolos

Track expenses effortlessly on your iPhone with offline capabilities. Log spending via keypad, receipt scan, text, voice, or Apple Pay. Analyze your finances with detailed reports and manage multiple currencies and budgets.

Highlights
  • Offline expense logging
  • Receipt scanning
  • Text and voice input
  • Apple Pay integration
  • Multi-currency support
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Bank statement import
Features
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Obolos is an expense tracker that lives on your iPhone. Your records are kept on the phone itself, with a copy in your own iCloud, so the app opens instantly and works offline — on a plane, abroad, anywhere without signal. LOG SPENDING IN SECONDS Four ways in, all a tap away: • Keypad — with a calculator built in, so you can add up a bill as you type. • Receipt — point the camera and your phone reads the total, on the device. (Premium — every account gets three free scans.) • Text & voice — type or say "coffee 4.50, taxi 12 and groceries 38.20", check the three expenses, add them in one go. (Smart mode, Premium — every account gets five free tries.) • Apple Pay — a one-time Shortcuts automation logs each card payment as you pay, to the right account, and asks for the category. DROP IN A STATEMENT Upload a bank statement as PDF, CSV or XLSX. Obolos compares it with what you have already logged and adds only what is missing — no duplicates and no bank login. (Premium — your first statement is free.) SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Spending by category and by day, your balance over time with upcoming payments ahead, and Insights that tell you whether this month is a normal one. Week and month views for this month and last are free; the year view, older months, forecasts and Insights are Premium. EVERY CURRENCY, ONE TOTAL Accounts in any of 159 currencies, each kept in its own. Totals convert to your main currency at daily rates, and a transfer between currencies is one operation at the rate you actually got. WHAT THE TRIP REALLY COST Set the dates and the spending inside them joins the trip: the total in the local currency and in yours, per day and by category. AND THE REST • Planned payments — rent, subscriptions, salary — with reminders that come from the phone itself, even offline. • Savings goals — each goal is a real account you transfer money into. • Balance adjustment — enter what the account really holds and Obolos records the difference. • Monthly category budgets with alerts (Premium). • CSV and JSON export (Premium). • Home-screen widgets, App Lock with Face ID, and light or dark mode that follows your iPhone. FREE Unlimited accounts, operations, transfers, goals and trips. Keypad with calculator, three receipt scans to try, and Apple Pay logging. Planned payments and reminders. Statistics for this month and last. No ads. PREMIUM Unlimited receipt scanning. Smart mode: a sentence, typed or spoken, becomes several expenses, and receipts your phone can't read are read for you. Bank statement matching. Category budgets. Insights, the year view, forecasts and your full history. Export. Monthly or yearly subscription, with a free trial for new subscribers. YOUR DATA Your ledger lives on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. Obolos never connects to your bank and never asks for bank credentials. Sign in with Apple. When you use Smart mode or statement matching, the text, photo or file you send is read once by our server and an AI provider and is not used for anything else. No ads, no data sales. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://evless.github.io/obolos/privacy

About

Mote.

Effortlessly track your spending with a minimalist expense tracker. Quickly log expenses using natural language and receive daily summaries of your financial activity. Gain simple insights into your spending habits without complex features.

Highlights
  • Natural-language expense entry
  • Automatic expense categorization
  • Daily expense receipt
  • Monthly and yearly spending summaries
  • Light and dark mode
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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Every expense is a mote. Small alone. Meaningful together. Mote is a minimal expense tracker designed to make recording your spending feel effortless. No forms. No complicated setup. No unnecessary steps. Just swipe up and type what you spent: “6 coffee” “18 taxi” “42 dinner” “12.5 lunch” Mote automatically organizes the details, so you can focus on recording the moment instead of managing your expense tracker. YOUR DAY, IN ONE RECEIPT At the end of each day, Mote brings your expenses together into a simple daily receipt — a quiet snapshot of where your money went. SIMPLE SPENDING INSIGHTS See your spending over time with clear, minimal summaries. Understand your expenses by category, month, and year without complicated dashboards. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • Fast natural-language expense entry • Automatic expense categorization • Daily expense receipt • Monthly and yearly spending summaries • Light and dark mode • Clean, distraction-free design No budgeting pressure. No complicated spreadsheets. Just record what you spend and move on. Mote. Small alone. Meaningful together.

Screenshots

Obolos4 screens
Mote.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mote. at none against Obolos's 4. 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. Obolos sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Mote. asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Obolos versus Mote.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObolosMote.
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgenii GrachevYun Ju Tseng

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Obolos

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Family Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
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  • Premium Family Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Mote.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Obolos free?
Obolos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mote. free?
Mote. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Obolos or Mote. have ads?
Neither Obolos nor Mote. shows ads.

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