MonthLedger vs Accounova
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MonthLedger
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Record your money, understand your spending. MonthLedger opens to quick entry and brings your accounts, budgets and financial history together. All features are free, with no ads, subscriptions, registration or bank connection. RECORD THE WAY YOU PAY Record income, expenses, transfers, refunds and balance adjustments. Split one purchase across multiple accounts and categories, with separate tags for each category. Calculate amounts with the built-in keypad, keep unfinished drafts, copy an entry before saving, and add currencies or categories from their pickers. Editable defaults and category-based rules reduce repeated input. SEE WHAT CHANGES Explore income, spending, cash flow and net worth, then drill down by category, tag or budget. Use custom date ranges, monthly and annual reports, and your own reporting start day. Switch between actual income and expenses and costs spread over the actual use of durable items. Record a recovery or resale against the original purchase. Credit-card installments track remaining principal and each posted expense separately from an item's use period; an optional credit limit shows available credit. KEEP YOUR LEDGER ORGANIZED Group accounts, manage money borrowed or lent, schedule entries and carry budgets forward. Search transactions by amount or keyword, and batch-edit notes, tags and categories. Drag transactions to reorder them within the same day; account, category and tag order is shared by management screens and entry pickers. Archive history, inspect retained original entries, and use recovery points and Recently Deleted. Choose which features to show, customize category icons and colors, and explore complete workflows with a separate sample ledger. Widgets and Shortcuts provide more entry points. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU The ledger stays on your device and is shared only with the app's own widgets. No tracking or third-party analytics. Export CSV or full JSON backups. A complete CSV example includes filling instructions, readable account names and row references, without requiring you to invent IDs. Preview imports before applying them. Optional daily backups use an iCloud Drive folder you choose; keep 7 days by default, change retention, delete backups in the app, and preview restores. This is file backup, not live ledger sharing or synchronization. Search fiat currencies and 16 major cryptocurrencies, including BTC and ETH. Optional online reference rates use ExchangeRate-API and Coinbase, with Currency API and Kraken as fallbacks. Requests contain currency information, not your ledger or holdings; providers may process necessary network information. Prices are estimates and remain editable. No wallet connection or trading. Questions or ideas: Oasis7311+monthledger@gmail.com MonthLedger is for personal record keeping, not professional financial advice.
Accounova
Effortlessly track expenses with AI-powered voice and image recognition, or manual entry. Organize finances with multiple ledgers, accounts, budgets, and detailed statistics. Your data stays private on your device.
- AI-powered expense logging via voice or image
- Manual transaction entry
- Multiple ledgers for different finances
- Account management (cash, cards, digital wallets)
- Monthly budgeting and overspending alerts
- Scheduled recurring entries
- Detailed spending statistics and trends
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The hardest part of tracking expenses isn't the math — it's remembering to do it. Accounova cuts logging down to a single sentence. ■ Three ways to log Say it: "Coffee 6 bucks" — the amount, category, and note are filled in for you. Snap it: Point it at a receipt, an order confirmation, or a payment screenshot. The AI reads the amount and merchant. Type it: Describe it like a text message. "Groceries yesterday, 84 at Trader Joe's" lands on the right date. Prefer to do it yourself? Manual entry is always two taps away. ■ Everything a real ledger needs · Multiple ledgers — keep personal, household, and business separate · Accounts — cash, checking, savings, credit cards, PayPal, Venmo, with transfers between them · Categories and subitems — not just "Food," but "Food / Lunch" · Monthly budgets — set a total or per-category limit and see overspending early · Scheduled entries — rent, subscriptions, loan payments post themselves · Reimbursements — flag what you fronted and track what's still owed · Exclude from stats — loans and internal transfers stay out of your real spending ■ Statistics you'll actually read See trends by month, by year, or by category, and tap any category to drill down to individual transactions. The calendar view shows which days cost you the most. A home screen widget keeps this month's total one glance away. ■ Siri and Shortcuts "Log an expense in Accounova." "How much did I spend this month?" "Read a receipt screenshot." Log and check without opening the app. ■ Your data is yours Accounova has no account system and no servers. Everything is stored on your device and synced through your own private iCloud database — we can't see it and we can't reach it. AI features are optional and use your own API key from a provider you choose . The key is stored in your device's keychain. When you use AI, the relevant entry data goes directly from your phone to that provider — never through us. No key, no problem: logging, budgets, statistics, accounts, and iCloud sync all work fully without one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MonthLedger at every 8 days against Accounova's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MonthLedger ships an update every 8 days, Accounova every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MonthLedger | Accounova |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 启弘 夏 | 文超 宋 |
In-app purchases
MonthLedger
No in-app purchases
Accounova
No in-app purchases








