Comparison

No Spend Tracker vs Barely Spent

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

Head to head
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: β€’ No-Spend Day β€’ No Takeaways Week β€’ No New Clothes Month β€’ Use What I Already Own β€’ Pantry-First Week β€’ Cancel Three Subscriptions β€’ 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: β€’ Successful β€’ Successful with an allowed exception β€’ Partially successful β€’ Challenge broken β€’ 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: β€’ Successful challenge days β€’ Strict success streak β€’ Participation streak β€’ Challenges completed β€’ Temptations resisted β€’ Money intentionally not spent β€’ 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/"

About

Barely Spent

Features
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Barely Spent is a daily spending tracker with one job: show you how much you spent today. Open the app. Type a number. Done. Under three seconds. No budgets. No categories. No bank linking. No judgment. Just one number and the awareness that comes with it. YOUR WEEK Seven days of spending, then it's gone. Barely Spent keeps a rolling week of daily totals so you can see the shape of your spending without drowning in data. Share your week with a tap. WIDGETS Small and medium widgets show today's total on your home screen. The large widget has a full interactive keypad. Add expenses without opening the app. Lock screen widgets keep your number visible at a glance. 10 THEMES Five tones shift the mood: Mint, Paper, Ink, Graphite, and Carbon. Unlock five Bokashi color palettes in one purchase: Sakura, Matcha, Sumi, Kumo, and Akatsuki. Japanese gradients for your numbers. BRAUN-INSPIRED Graphite and Carbon themes draw from Dieter Rams and the Braun ET 66 calculator. Round keypad buttons. Warm cream and charcoal. An orange checkmark that feels right. FREE TO USE The full spending tracker is free: keypad, daily total, weekly surface, undo, and three themes. Pro unlocks all ten themes and the large interactive keypad widget for a one-time purchase of $4.99. No subscription. Ever. PRIVACY Your data stays on your device. No accounts. No analytics. No servers. No ads. Nothing leaves your phone. Apps that do barely enough. Exactly right.

Screenshots

No Spend Tracker4 screens
Barely Spent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: No Spend Tracker at 17.0 against Barely Spent's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. No Spend Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Barely Spent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
No Spend Tracker versus Barely Spent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNo Spend TrackerBarely Spent
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas RichardsonAshley Cornette

In-app purchases

2 purchases

No Spend Tracker

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

Barely Spent

One-time1
  • Bokashi Spent Pro$3.99

Questions

Is No Spend Tracker free?
No Spend Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Barely Spent free?
Barely Spent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do No Spend Tracker or Barely Spent have ads?
Neither No Spend Tracker nor Barely Spent shows ads.

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