Ace Budget 3 User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience50.5% of reviews
Neutral13.7% of reviews
Negative experience35.8% of reviews

~ Based on 95 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Ace Budget 3 Safe?

Ace Budget 3 appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Ace Budget 3 is 87/100.

This assessment is based on 335 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

86.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
8.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 335 App Store ratings for Ace Budget 3.

Is Ace Budget 3 Legit?

Ace Budget 3 appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ace Budget 3 is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

How about an update for 2026?

How about an update for 2026?

Usefulness

Hardly worth the effort to load app on devices, just plain laking simple automation in basic math of budgeting features.

Constantly Crashes

I’ve used this app for years and for the last couple months or so it constantly crashes and closes. I have to reopen it attempt to log my data only for it to crash again. This morning it crashed three times in a row before I was able to submit my budget data. I’m going to look for a replacement at this point.
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Ace Budget 3

I've been using Ace Budget for 15 years now, great way to just track expenses and see some spending data, takes about 1 min a day to enter data, worth it to see longterm spending habits.

Easy to use

I’ve been an accounts user for 15 years tracking my finances. Just added this application to my routine. If it was combined with the other application, I’d give it 5 stars. Please find a way to merge the two. I’m exploring other options but don’t want to really switch.

How about an update for 2025?

How about an update for 2025?

Crash problems

This is a great app and I’ve used it for years. Recently though it crashes ALL THE TIME. You have to close the app completely and then reopen it, even then it will still crash. I would give it 5 stars if it was working properly.

Fantastic

Absolutely the best app ever for the purpose.

Love this app! Accounts and Ace Budget merger???

This app is awesome! I’ve been an avid user of the Accounts app for over 10 years, and now I need budget functionality. Is there some way to merge the two? If I could have a budget function built into Accounts app, that would make that one app an all round dream!

Question on the program.

Hi. I’ve had this program for about four years. It does everything I want it to, except that times have changed in our certain budget. I would like to reset. Is there any way to do that? I would even be prepared to pay for the program again if I could transfer all my data over, but reset the monthly budget amounts. I just don’t want to lose all my history. Please let me know. Thanks!
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Minor issues

Budget tends to restart from time to time in the middle of inputting expenses. In addition I’d like to see the app offer the customization of colors pertaining to the numbers. For example excess funds turn to green while negative transactions to red.

Almost Perfect

Ace Budget is the simple, straightforward budgeting tool I’d been looking for. I would suggest incorporating a toggle in settings to switch the display from ‘how much has been spent’ to ‘how much is left to spend’. And yes syncing Ace Budget with the Accounts would be great.

Easy, effective budget app

Best online budget app. I’ve been using it for years. Only effective way I found to stick by budget because it’s so easy to keep current and always know my financial situation.

Needs Update Desperately

I think the developer may have given up on this app, use to be the best but with the latest iOS 18.1.1 it is almost non-functional.

iCloud sync never works

It’ll work for awhile, a day or so, but it will eventually stop.

Poor functionality

App does not sync through iCloud. Even tried deleting and reinstalling on other devices. Instructions to sync don’t fully apply to this app. No option to back up to iCloud so I could manually restore from other devices to keep them updated like I have to do on the accounts 3 app. App is not useful if I can’t sync all iOS devices.
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Doesn’t sync with Accounts3

As a longtime user of Accounts3, but wanting a budgeting app, I was looking for an all in one app. Then I discovered that AceBudget3, according to the developers website, is supposed to sync with Accounts.

I purchased AceBudget3 and discovered it does not sync with Accounts3, it gives me the option to sync with the original Accounts app or Accounts2. If you are interested in AceBudget3 for its ability to sync with Accounts, and you own Accounts3, steer clear

The developer should either update their website with correct information, or better, yet update their software to match what they promise on their website. Very disappointing.
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FIX: editing category names

When I edit the category names: I can’t. The bar to move the section is overlapped with the “I” emblem to update budget for that section.

Don’t upgrade to budget3 & acct3

With AceBudget3 the ability to share data with accounts3 is not possible. It was in acebudget2/accounts2. Don’t waste your money. Go with acebudget2/accounts2.

Needs to Sync With Accounts 3

This apps needs to be able to sync with Accounts 3 app to avoid having to do duplicate entries in each app. As it’s set up now, it’s too much work to use because of the inability to sync between the two apps.