PetLove <3 vs Penny
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PetLove <3
Connect with pets remotely through your device. Virtually pet animals to your heart's content, whether they are yours or someone else's.
- Remote pet interaction
- Virtual petting
- Connect with pets anywhere
- Pet ownership or borrowing
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Be with your pet wherever you are, or borrow someone else's, and pet to your heart's content!
Penny
This minimal expense tracker helps you quickly record income and expenses, organize transactions by category, and review monthly spending trends. Understand where your money goes with clear summaries and budget progress reminders.
- Quickly record income and expenses
- Organize transactions by category
- Review monthly spending trends
- Track budget progress
- Category insights
- Data export
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Penny is a minimal expense tracker designed for everyday personal finance. It helps you keep track of spending with less friction: Quickly record income and expenses Organize every transaction by category Review monthly spending trends See which categories take up the largest share of your budget Track budget progress throughout the month You can use Penny for daily expenses, food, transport, shopping, subscriptions, and other personal spending. When you want to understand where your money went this month, Penny helps you see it clearly. Features: Fast and lightweight expense tracking Clean monthly summaries and spending trends Category insights to highlight major spending areas Budget progress reminders to help control spending Historical records for monthly review Data export for personal backup Local-first design with a simple and focused interface Whether you want to build a daily budgeting habit or better understand your monthly spending, Penny gives you a lightweight and dependable way to keep your finances clear.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Penny at 5.0 against PetLove <3's 3.0. Penny also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). PetLove <3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Penny sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PetLove <3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Penny holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
PetLove <3 ships an update every 3 weeks, Penny every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PetLove <3 | Penny |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noah Tsutsui | 晓丰 张 |
Customer experience
PetLove <3
Penny
In-app purchases
PetLove <3
No in-app purchases
Penny
- Penny Pro$1.99









