Comparison

Simple vs Avid Expenses

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

Head to head
About

Simple

Organize your finances with this app, allowing you to create custom budget categories and track transactions. View your remaining balance and manage your spending effectively. Supports Touch ID and password protection for security.

Highlights
  • Budget organization
  • Customizable categories
  • Transaction tracking
  • Touch ID/Password protection
  • Night theme
  • CSV export
Features
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Simple Budget will help you organise your budget in a simple and elegant way, you can have many categories to populate them with transactions to see how much you need or have left. Features : - Touch ID support & Password protection - Night Theme - Simple & straight forward - List for Categories & Transaction - Support for iPhone 5/5s/6/6+ - Share as CSV file

About

Avid Expenses

Features
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Some spending doesn't fit into a monthly budget, it happens in bursts. A weekend tournament. A two-week trip. A kitchen renovation that's somehow still going. Avid is built for exactly that: a fast, uncluttered way to track spending around whatever you're actually doing, without dragging in everything else in your financial life. ONE CONTAINER, HOWEVER YOU'RE USING IT Give it a name, a date range, and a color, and Avid gives you a running total that updates the moment you log something. Call it a trip, a project, or just "March." It works the same way for travel, an event, or a job you're partway through. BUILT FOR THE MOMENT YOU'RE SPENDING Tap the + button, drop in an expense, and fill in the name, amount, and category right there. It's designed around the one moment that matters most — right after you've paid for something — so nothing gets lost or forgotten by the time you'd get around to writing it down later. SEE WHERE IT ACTUALLY WENT Flip the Sorted view to regroup your expenses by date or by category, so you can see the story of your spending however makes sense to you whether day by day, or category by category. A LITTLE COLOR FOR EVERY TRIP Each trip gets its own soft, warm color theme — ten to choose from tuned for light and dark mode alike — that carries through its header, its total, and its cards. It's a small touch, but it makes flipping between a work project and a weekend trip feel like flipping between two different rooms, not two spreadsheets. READY TO GO, CATEGORIES INCLUDED Meals, flights, cars, and lodging are set up from the start, and you can rename or add your own anytime in Settings. WORKS OFFLINE, CATCHES UP LATER No signal at the trailhead or thirty thousand feet? Log away. Avid keeps working offline and syncs quietly across your devices once you're back online. RIGHT AT HOME ON ANY SCREEN Built to fit an iPhone SE without feeling cramped, and just as sharp stretched across a full iPad. A SMALL WAY TO DO GOOD 10% of every Avid subscription goes to A21, an organization working to end human trafficking. Try Avid free for 3 days, then continue for a subscription that gives back. Avid Expense Tracker is available for a Basic monthly ($.99) or yearly ($12.99) subscription that supports continued improvements and new features. Both offer a free trial to give you time to get to know Avid and decide if it works for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://driftlightapps.com/privacy-policy/ Avid. Your expenses, simply effortless.

Screenshots

Simple4 screens
Avid Expenses3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple at none against Avid Expenses's 2. Simple also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Avid Expenses sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple ships an update every 6 weeks, Avid Expenses every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simple versus Avid Expenses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleAvid Expenses
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerebrahim alnassarNuminous Productions LLC

In-app purchases

None

Simple

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Avid Expenses

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple free?
Simple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Avid Expenses free?
Avid Expenses is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple or Avid Expenses have ads?
Neither Simple nor Avid Expenses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple or Avid Expenses?
Simple ships an update every 6 weeks, and Avid Expenses every 3 months. Most recently, Simple was updated on October 14, 2026 and Avid Expenses on October 25, 2026.

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