Comparison

Tick vs Zarflo

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

Head to head
About

Tick

Features
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Tick is an expense tracker built around one number: five seconds. That is how long it should take to open the app, log what you just spent, and put the phone back in your pocket. FAST BY DESIGN Type an amount, tap save. Everything else - place, category, note, tags, a photo of the receipt - is optional and can be added later. A template fills in the category, the place and the currency, and a home screen shortcut opens straight into a new expense. READY FOR DAILY LIFE Forty-three categories are switched on the first time you open Tick. Groceries, Pharmacy, Fuel, Car Repair & Service, Rent, Electricity, Office Rent, Office Bills, Public Transit, Travel & Hotel, Taxes and more are there the moment you install. Another thirty-three wait in the list switched off, seventy-six across eleven groups in all. Add your own, and hide the ones you never use. MULTIPLE CURRENCIES, DONE PROPERLY Log in any currency. Rates for thirty currencies come from the European Central Bank's daily reference feed and are frozen onto each expense at the moment you save it, so last year's report never changes because a rate moved this morning. Using a currency outside those thirty? Type the rate in yourself - the app will not guess one. WORKS OFFLINE, WITH NO SIGNAL Everything is stored on the phone first and syncs when there is a connection. A plane, a basement, a bad line - none of it stops you logging an expense. REPORTS THAT ANSWER A QUESTION Narrow the expense list by date, category, currency or amount, or search it by place and note. Then see where the money went by category, by place, or over time. WHAT YOU CAN TAKE OUT Export to CSV for a spreadsheet, or to PDF for something you can send or file. Export from a report and the date range you are looking at comes with it; export from Settings and everything does. Your data leaves in a format you can open without Tick. WHO IT IS FOR People who hold more than one currency and are tired of a tracker that quietly rewrites last month when a rate moves. People who log what they spend where there is no signal. People who want the entry typed, not imported. MANUAL ENTRY, NO BANK SYNC Tick does not connect to your bank. No account linking, no transaction import, no receipt scanning that reads your card number. It has no approval workflows and no team accounts. Every expense in Tick is there because you typed it. SUBSCRIPTION Tick Pro Monthly - 1 month - USD 2.99 Tick Pro Yearly - 1 year - USD 19.99 Other regions are charged the store's local equivalent. The first 14 days are free and ask for no card. After that, adding new expenses needs a subscription. Viewing, reporting and exporting keep working without one, permanently - your records stay yours whether you subscribe or not. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tickexpense.com/privacy The app interface is in English and Turkish.

About

Zarflo

Features
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Zarflo is the envelope budget that runs on your payday. Rent, groceries, bills, fun… every expense has an envelope, and you always see how much you can safely spend today. WHY ZARFLO? • Safe to spend today: one number with bills, card installments and goals already taken out • Cycle forecast: where this pace leaves you at the end of the period • A budget cycle that follows your payday; leftovers roll over • Scan receipts and bills: snap a photo and the amount, date and store fill in. The photo never leaves your phone • Together: split costs on trips, with flatmates or for a birthday — equally, by shares or by amount — and see who owes whom. Your share goes straight into your own budget • Credit cards and installments: see the months ahead before they hit • Exchange rates and gold at a glance • Cycle report: where your money went and what changed since last time • Goals, streaks and bill reminders • Edit a transaction, split it across envelopes, keep unlimited history • Syncs across your devices; sign in with email, Apple or Google PRIVACY No ads, no ad tracking, no bank passwords. Your data is never sold. ZARFLO PLUS Budgeting itself is unlimited and free. Plus adds: • AI receipt reading — 3 free readings a month, then fair use on Plus • Detailed reports for cycles older than 92 days; 6- and 12-cycle trends and a Year view • Smart alerts: an envelope hitting 80%, unusual spending, a balance dropping fast • Subscription tracking: yearly cost, next charge and a price-rise flag • Share the cycle report as a PDF • Color themes, alternate app icons and a custom envelope color Weekly, monthly and yearly plans, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://zarflo.app/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://zarflo.app/en/privacy Exchange rate and gold prices are for information only, not investment advice.

Screenshots

Tick4 screens
Zarflo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tick and Zarflo are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Tick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Zarflo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tick ships an update weekly, Zarflo every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tick versus Zarflo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickZarflo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIRAT KONYALIOGLUVeli KESGIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tick

Subscriptions2
  • Tick Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Tick Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Zarflo

Subscriptions3
  • Zarflo Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Zarflo Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Zarflo Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Tick free?
Tick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zarflo free?
Zarflo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tick or Zarflo have ads?
Neither Tick nor Zarflo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tick or Zarflo?
Tick ships an update weekly, and Zarflo every 4 days. Most recently, Tick was updated on October 31, 2026 and Zarflo on November 6, 2026.

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