Comparison

SPENT vs Loops

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

Head to head
About

SPENT

Features
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Turn your Screen Time into a sharp, itemized receipt. SPENT reads a screenshot from Apple Screen Time on your device, organizes the week app by app, and turns the total into memorable reality checks and an annual projection. Review the extracted values before generating your receipt, then keep it in your local history. WHAT YOU GET • Itemized weekly app usage • Total time, daily average, pickups, and annual projection • Reality checks that make the numbers hit differently • Local receipt history • On-device screenshot analysis • No account required PRIVATE BY DESIGN Screenshots and extracted Screen Time data are processed on device and are not uploaded to a SPENT server. Generated receipts stay on your device until you delete them. FREE TO TRY Create one weekly receipt for free. SPENT Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited receipts and full local history.

About

Loops

Features
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I think a lot. You probably do too. Loops is a notebook to help you think. It won't answer, remind you, or connect things. It holds your reasoning until you come back. Writing something feels like learning it. The friction is the point. THE COLD OPEN Come back to a Loop you've left alone for a week or more and the composer is withheld. You get the day count, the last thing you wrote, and your open prediction with three answers: it held, it didn't, still open. Only then do you get to write. CARRY ONE WITH YOU Put a question in your pocket and it moves to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island for as long as you're chewing on it. When the answer turns up on a walk or in the shower, tap it and you're writing before the thought is gone. THINGS DIE Every Loop shows how cold it is and fades as it goes. Untouched for sixty days and it archives itself. If it mattered, open it again. YOUR REASONING CAN LEAVE Copy any loop out as Markdown — the question, why it mattered, the whole trail, every prediction and how it turned out. Straight into any notes app, or as a file. WHAT IT DELIBERATELY WON'T DO No AI. No suggested connections. No daily review. No streaks. No notifications. No account, no sync, no analytics. Totally FREE.

Screenshots

SPENT4 screens
Loops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Loops at 18.0 against SPENT's 26.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. SPENT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Loops sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
SPENT versus Loops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSPENTLoops
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.118.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael HitzkerJames Jackson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SPENT

One-time1
  • SPENT Pro Lifetime$3.99
3 purchases

Loops

One-time3
  • A coffee$1.99
  • A notebook$4.99
  • A good pen$9.99

Questions

Is SPENT free?
SPENT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loops free?
Loops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SPENT or Loops have ads?
Neither SPENT nor Loops shows ads.

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