Comparison

Cashlog vs Pouch

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

Head to head
About

Cashlog

Manually track your daily income and expenses with a simple keypad interface. Visualize your spending with charts and home screen widgets. Sync your records across devices using iCloud.

Highlights
  • Manual income and expense recording
  • Home Screen widgets for spending overview
  • iCloud sync across iPhones
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly summaries
  • Spending charts and calendar views
  • Customizable currency codes
  • Backup and restore functionality
Features
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Cashlog records your daily income and expenses. There are no ads. There's no bank or card connection either โ€” instead, the keypad is the first thing you see, and you record an amount just by typing it. A Home Screen widget shows your spending without opening the app, and iCloud keeps your records in sync across your iPhones. Record - Enter income and expenses quickly on the number keypad - Entries appear in the list and charts right away - Choose your currency code Summary - See today's, weekly, monthly and yearly spending - Monthly and yearly income is shown as well Charts - Spending through the day, hour by hour - Weekly and monthly views in a calendar layout - Compare one month or year against another Home Screen widgets - Show today's, weekly or monthly spending on your Home Screen Reminders - Get a notification every day, or only on the days you choose iCloud - Records sync between iPhones signed in with the same Apple Account Backup and restore - Export your records to a file and restore them later

About

Pouch

Features
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Pouch is envelope budgeting the way cash used to work โ€” minus the cash. On payday, you stuff your envelopes: groceries, rent, fun money. Spend from an envelope and watch it drain. When it's empty, it's empty โ€” that's the whole system, and it works. ONE NUMBER THAT MATTERS Safe to Spend sits at the top of your shelf: what's actually left until your next paycheck, after bills. No charts to decode. STUFFING DAY The payday ritual. Your paycheck lands, your plan is ready, and stuffing your envelopes takes fifteen satisfying seconds. LOG A PURCHASE IN THREE TAPS Open, type, tap the envelope. Done. Even faster from the widget. SINKING FUNDS Save a little every paycheck toward the big stuff โ€” holidays, tyres, Christmas. Pouch tells you if you're on track, honestly. BILLS THAT HANDLE THEMSELVES A month-at-a-glance calendar, reminders, optional auto-deduct, and one-tap mark-paid with undo. BUDGET TOGETHER One joint pouch you both stuff, on two phones. Your own budget stays yours โ€” the joint pouch is the only thing you share. Your partner joins free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No bank logins. No analytics. Your budget lives on your iPhone and, with Premium sync, in your own private iCloud. We run no servers and could not see your numbers if we wanted to. FREE, FAIRLY The free tier is genuinely usable: 6 envelopes, a sinking fund, a widget, 12 months of history โ€” forever. Pouch Premium adds unlimited envelopes and funds, iCloud sync, the joint pouch, bigger widgets and your whole history, for about the price of one coffee a year. Lifetime available. Budget like cash. Keep the phone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cashlog4 screens
Pouch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cashlog at none against Pouch's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Pouch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cashlog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cashlog ships an update weekly, Pouch every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Cashlog versus Pouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCashlogPouch
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size56 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaruto Nakamura- ASADUZZAMAN

In-app purchases

None

Cashlog

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pouch

Subscriptions2
  • Pouch Premium: Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pouch Premium: Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pouch Premium: Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Cashlog free?
Cashlog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pouch free?
Pouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cashlog or Pouch have ads?
Neither Cashlog nor Pouch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cashlog or Pouch?
Cashlog ships an update weekly, and Pouch every 9 days. Most recently, Cashlog was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pouch on November 1, 2026.

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