Control vs Mote.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control
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Control is the budgeting app built for two - or your whole household. Share budgets, split bills, and see who's actually paying what, all with an interface that makes managing money feel effortless instead of tedious. SHARED BUDGETING • Shared budgets with your household via iCloud • Split bills when adding a transaction • Who Pays What — see each person's contribution at a glance • Fair Share: see if everyone carries a fair part of shared costs, by income or equally • Couple Score: your financial health as a couple in one simple number • Debt tracker to keep track of who owes who • Comment on transactions with your household SMART LOGGING • Apple Pay & Bank Notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Receipt scanning with camera • Ask AI — instant financial insights powered by AI • Siri Shortcuts • Photos for transactions BUDGETS & TRACKING • Monthly, weekly, yearly, and category budgets with visual progress • Custom budget start day • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Variable recurring payment amounts • Tags for organizing transactions • Multiple currency support with conversion NET WORTH & INVESTMENTS • Net worth and investment tracking • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Credit cards REPORTS & INSIGHTS • Beautiful reports and spending insights LIFESTYLE TOOLS • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Past trips page • Groceries list with Live Activity • Wishlist shopping page • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Business page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits WIDGETS & DEVICES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support APPEARANCE & SECURITY • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • Face ID • iCloud backup • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today — together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Mote.
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Every expense is a mote. Small alone. Meaningful together. Mote is a minimal expense tracker designed to make recording your spending feel effortless. No forms. No complicated setup. No unnecessary steps. Just swipe up and type what you spent: “6 coffee” “18 taxi” “42 dinner” “12.5 lunch” Mote automatically organizes the details, so you can focus on recording the moment instead of managing your expense tracker. YOUR DAY, IN ONE RECEIPT At the end of each day, Mote brings your expenses together into a simple daily receipt — a quiet snapshot of where your money went. SIMPLE SPENDING INSIGHTS See your spending over time with clear, minimal summaries. Understand your expenses by category, month, and year without complicated dashboards. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • Fast natural-language expense entry • Automatic expense categorization • Daily expense receipt • Monthly and yearly spending summaries • Light and dark mode • Clean, distraction-free design No budgeting pressure. No complicated spreadsheets. Just record what you spend and move on. Mote. Small alone. Meaningful together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mote. at none against Control's 2. Mote. also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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. Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Mote. asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Control | Mote. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Patrick Palacean | Yun Ju Tseng |
In-app purchases
Control
- Control Shared Budget Monthly$3.991 Month
- Lifetime Access$18.99
Mote.
No in-app purchases








