Spending 2 vs HandyBill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Easy expense logging
- Budget management
- Multiple account support
- Flexible reporting
- Auto backup
- Password protection
- CSV export
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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
HandyBill
This lightweight finance app allows users to record transactions in just two seconds. It offers customizable categories, multiple ledgers, budget setting, and robust search functionality. Data can be exported for further analysis.
- 2-second transaction recording
- Gesture password for privacy
- Customizable income/expense categories
- Multiple ledger support
- Budget setting
- Search by note, category, or ledger
- Data export to Excel
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※ Log an expense in 2 seconds - maybe the fastest expense tracker you've ever used. ※ Trusted by tens of thousands of users. ※ No clutter, no complicated steps - just the essentials. ※ Blazing fast: record a bill in just 2 seconds. Features: ＊ Passcode / gesture lock to keep your data private. ＊ Custom categories for income and expenses. ＊ Multiple account books. ＊ Set a budget for each account book. ＊ Search records by note, category, or account book. ＊ View detailed statistics and charts. ＊ Export your data to Excel on your computer. ＊ Copy your data to a new device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HandyBill at 4.5 against Spending 2's 3.8. HandyBill also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 65%). Spending 2's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (64 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spending 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HandyBill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HandyBill holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spending 2 has 64 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Spending 2's written reviews are positive against 79% of HandyBill's.
Spending 2 ships an update fortnightly, HandyBill every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spending 2 | HandyBill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (64 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 平 邱 | 振钊 卢 |
Customer experience
Spending 2
HandyBill
In-app purchases
Spending 2
- Spending 2 Pro$4.99
HandyBill
- Permanently Remove Ads$1.99
