Comparison

Jot vs Spend Monthly

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

Head to head
About

Jot

Track your spending and manage your budget privately without connecting to your bank. Easily record expenses, set budgets, and organize your finances with customizable categories and recurring transactions. Syncs across Apple devices and offers offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Private expense tracking
  • Set monthly budgets
  • Record income and expenses
  • Customizable categories
  • Recurring transactions
  • Offline recording
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Know where your money goes and what is left this month. Jot is a private budget and expense tracker that keeps daily spending simple, without connecting your bank or creating a Jot account. SET A BUDGET. SEE WHAT IS LEFT. Choose your monthly budget and watch the remaining amount update as you record expenses. Decide whether to move unused budget to the next month, start fresh, or choose each month. BOUGHT IT? JOT IT. Record expenses and income with a quick number pad. Add who you paid, a category, notes, tags, and a date. Search your activity, change a category, or edit a transaction when you need to. MAKE IT YOURS. Organise spending with categories and subcategories. Schedule recurring expenses or income. Choose your currency and switch between Light, Dark, and System appearance. PRIVATE BY DESIGN. No bank login. No advertising. No tracking or analytics software. Your records stay on your devices and can sync through your private iCloud database. Use App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. Record transactions offline and sync when a connection is available. A CLEARER VIEW WITH JOT PRO. Jot Pro adds unlimited transactions and categories, extended history, spending trends, category breakdowns, top merchants, custom date ranges, and household sharing through iCloud. Pro features require a purchase. ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES. Use Jot on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Siri shortcuts, and Live Activities help you keep spending close at hand. Import existing records from CSV and export your data when you need it. START FREE. UPGRADE WHEN YOU NEED MORE. The free version includes up to 50 transactions per month, 12 categories, and 90 days of history. Jot Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one time lifetime purchase. Available options and local prices appear before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Any trial offer, its duration, and the price afterward are shown before purchase. Privacy Policy: https://jot.sksoumik.com/privacy Support: https://jot.sksoumik.com/support Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Spend Monthly

Features
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Spend Monthly is a quiet expense tracker. You write down what you spend, and it tells you where the money went. HOW AN EXPENSE GETS IN Type it. The plus button, a keypad, and it is saved. Works with no internet, and works for cash, which nothing automatic can see. Photograph a receipt. Point the camera at it and the amount, the shop and the date are read for you. You see it before it is saved. Share a receipt. Paid with DuitNow QR, a transfer or a card? Send the receipt your banking app shows you straight to Spend Monthly, and the expense fills itself in. Forward it by email. Every account gets its own address. Anything with a payment on it becomes an expense, and you check each one before it is kept. WHAT IT SHOWS YOU What you have spent this month, and how that compares with last month. Budgets you set yourself, per category or across everything. It tells you once when you are getting close, and never nags. Which days cost the most, what you spend on repeatedly, and where this month is heading if the rest of it looks like the start. THE SMALL PRINT Free to use, with a limit on how many expenses arrive each month. Plus lifts the limits and is a monthly or yearly subscription; the price in your own currency is shown before you pay, and you can cancel any time in Settings. English and Bahasa Melayu. Light and dark. Your records are yours: you can export them, and you can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app or from spendmonthly.com/delete-account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://spendmonthly.com/policy

Screenshots

Jot4 screens
Spend Monthly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Jot at none against Spend Monthly's shown. Spend Monthly's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Jot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Spend Monthly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Jot versus Spend Monthly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotSpend Monthly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSadman Kabir SoumikWan Kamaruzaman Bin Muhammad

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Jot

Subscriptions2
  • Jot Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Jot Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Jot Pro Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

Spend Monthly

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Jot free?
Jot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spend Monthly free?
Spend Monthly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jot or Spend Monthly have ads?
Spend Monthly shows ads; Jot does not.
Which is updated more often, Jot or Spend Monthly?
Jot ships an update every 3 weeks, and Spend Monthly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Jot was updated on October 31, 2026 and Spend Monthly on November 10, 2026.

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