Comparison

Spending 2 vs Spend

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

Head to head
About

Spending 2

Easily log your expenses and track your spending with this intuitive application. Monitor weekly and yearly expenditures, manage multiple accounts, and utilize flexible reporting to understand your financial habits. Features include auto-backup, budgeting tools, and password protection for secure financial management.

Highlights
  • Easy expense logging
  • Budget management
  • Multiple account support
  • Flexible reporting
  • Auto backup
  • Password protection
  • CSV export
Features
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Spending 2 is the most easy to use expense log that keeps track of your spending. No complex operations, no impractical functions. Spending is easy to use. Spending 2 will quickly and easily record each expense. It’s easy to see how much money you have spent every week and even how much money you have spent this year. Key features: - Auto backup. - Budget. - Multiple accounts,Cash/Credit Card. - Support different currencies for different account. - Transfer between accounts. - Fast and easy to use native iPhone user interface. - Recording a purchase takes seconds. - Auto-generate recurring expenses and income entries. - Create/Edit/Sort expense/income categories and subcategories. - Support to order category by Alphabetic/Most Used/Customized. - Dynamic graph showing costs in percentages. - History to view and adjust your previous entries. - Flexible reports to view expenses by week, month, or year. - Password protection - Export CSV file. - Online backup via iCloud. - Back up via Mail. - Sync data across multiple devices via iCloud. I will not be able to reply directly to you in your review, so if you have any problems, please email spending2@qiuping.com . I will help you to solve your problem ASAP

About

Spend

This app helps you organize and track your expenses, receipts, and budgets. It offers various views like calendar, summary, and map, and can automatically download transactions from your bank and Apple Card.

Highlights
  • Expense tracking
  • Receipt organization
  • Budget management
  • Calendar, summary, map views
  • Automatic bank transaction download
  • Apple Card transaction download
  • Transaction export
Features
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See exactly where your money goes. Spend-Trend helps you organize expenses, import bank and Apple Card transactions, attach receipts, and understand your spending through calendar, chart, and map views. Track spending with less effort: Import transactions from supported banks and Apple Card, or quickly enter an expense yourself. Understand your habits: Explore monthly totals, category trends, calendar views, charts, and maps. Keep everything organized: Create custom categories, attach receipts and notes, search transactions, and export your records. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Spending 24 screens
Spend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spend at 4.6 against Spending 2's 3.9. Spend also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Spending 2's advantage is review sentiment (65% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spending 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spend holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Spending 2's written reviews are positive against 33% of Spend's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spending 2 ships an update fortnightly, Spend every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spending 2 versus Spend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpending 2Spend
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (61 ratings)4.6 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings61 — better21
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer平 邱VIJAY CHINTA

Customer experience

Spending 2

All ratings61 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative26.7%

Spend

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spending 2

One-time1
  • Spending 2 Pro$4.99
2 purchases

Spend

Subscriptions1
  • Monthy Subscription2 Months trial$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$8.99

Questions

Is Spending 2 free?
Spending 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spend free?
Spend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spending 2 or Spend?
Spend is rated higher. Spending 2 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Spend averages 4.6 from 21 ratings.
Do Spending 2 or Spend have ads?
Neither Spending 2 nor Spend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spending 2 or Spend?
Spending 2 ships an update fortnightly, and Spend every 5 days. Most recently, Spending 2 was updated on September 25, 2026 and Spend on August 4, 2026.

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