Comparison

Pennygrove vs No Spend Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Pennygrove

This app gamifies the no-spend challenge by growing a virtual garden based on your skipped purchases. Track your progress visually with a growing plant and unlock new species as you save money. It offers a guilt-free way to build streaks and see your savings accumulate.

Highlights
  • Daily 1-tap check-in
  • Visual garden growth
  • Streak calendar with monthly freeze
  • Unlockable plant species
  • Home screen widget
  • Savings in local currency
Features
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Every day you don't spend, your garden grows. Pennygrove turns the no spend challenge into a living garden. Check in once a day, watch your plant grow, and build a streak of skipped purchases you can actually see. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick what you're skipping — coffee, impulse buys, online shopping, or everything. 2. Check in with one tap each evening. Skipped it today? Your plant grows. Spent? It just waits — progress never resets. 3. Log what you would have spent (optional) and watch your saved total fill the grove. WHAT YOU GET • 1-tap daily check-in — no bank sync, no spreadsheets, no guilt • Streak calendar with a free monthly freeze — and a slip never erases your plant's growth • Your first plant blooms after 7 no-spend days, then joins your grove and a new seed sprouts • Seed collection: unlock 12 plant species as your no-spend days and savings add up — then plant them next • Home Screen widget that keeps your streak in sight • Share cards — post your grove when it blooms • Savings shown in your own currency WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most no spend trackers are a calendar you mark by hand. Pennygrove gives your self-control a shape: skipped days become growth, milestones become new species, and the money you didn't spend becomes a garden you did. FREE. NO ACCOUNT. NO BANK LOGIN. Your check-ins are stored on your device. No account, no sign-up, no bank connection. If you add friends, your progress is shared with them. The app is free with occasional ads — a single one-time purchase removes them forever. No subscription, ever. (An app about not spending shouldn't bill you monthly.) Start your no buy challenge tonight. Plant the first seed.

About

No Spend Tracker

Features
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Spend with greater intention, one day at a time. No Spend helps you complete practical spending challenges without connecting your bank account or building a complicated budget. Choose a challenge, decide what is allowed, set genuine exceptions and follow one clear rule each day. CHOOSE A PRACTICAL CHALLENGE Start with ready-made challenges including: • No-Spend Day • No Takeaways Week • No New Clothes Month • Use What I Already Own • Pantry-First Week • Cancel Three Subscriptions • No Impulse Weekend KNOW TODAY’S RULE Your Today screen shows exactly what your current challenge asks of you. Allowed spending, restricted categories and agreed exceptions remain visible, so you do not have to remember complicated rules. CHECK IN WITHOUT GUILT Record each day as: • Successful • Successful with an allowed exception • Partially successful • Challenge broken • Not yet checked in A difficult day does not erase the progress you have already made. Continue tomorrow, adjust your challenge, restart or finish when it is right for you. RECORD TEMPTATIONS Log something you nearly bought, what triggered the urge and whether you resisted, postponed or purchased it. Amounts are always optional. No Spend only includes money in your totals when you explicitly enter it. TRACK REAL PROGRESS See: • Successful challenge days • Strict success streak • Participation streak • Challenges completed • Temptations resisted • Money intentionally not spent • Milestones and challenge history Different currencies are kept separate rather than combined into an inaccurate total. BUILD YOUR OWN CHALLENGES No Spend Premium adds custom challenge creation, configurable rules and exceptions, advanced progress insights, additional widgets, export formats and other planning tools. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required. Your challenges, check-ins, spending events and reflections stay on your device. No Spend does not connect to your bank or require access to financial accounts. Optional local notifications can remind you about today’s challenge or evening check-in. Notification previews can be kept private. No Spend is a behavioural planning tool. It does not provide financial, debt, investment, medical or legal advice. Essentials, necessary purchases and genuine emergencies should always remain allowed. We use standard terms: "Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/"

Screenshots

Pennygrove4 screens
No Spend Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: No Spend Tracker at none against Pennygrove's shown. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pennygrove sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and No Spend Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pennygrove versus No Spend Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPennygroveNo Spend Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIHWAN SEOKThomas Richardson

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pennygrove

One-time2
  • Watercolor Plant Pack$2.99
  • Pennygrove Forever$4.99
2 purchases

No Spend Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Pennygrove free?
Pennygrove is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is No Spend Tracker free?
No Spend Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pennygrove or No Spend Tracker have ads?
Pennygrove shows ads; No Spend Tracker does not.

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