Buddy: Budget Planner App

Buddy: Budget Planner App

Bill Tracker & Money Manager

9.5K ratings
854 reviews
#50 in top-grossing Finance
📊 Productivity
💰 Finance
Free
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • November 14, 2014
  • September 8, 2026

Features

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This app helps you create and manage personal or shared budgets. Track expenses, connect your bank account for automatic transaction import, and gain a clear overview of your spending, income, and savings. It also features tools to split costs and settle up with others.

Create personal budgets
Shared budgeting for couples/groups
Connect bank accounts for transaction import
Detailed spending and income overview
Expense splitting and settlement tracking
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What's New in Buddy

13.46

September 8, 2026

Bug fixes and improvements: * Fixed an issue where tapping a notification opened the wrong screen * Fixed an issue where renaming a category could cause new transactions to be filed under the old name * Credit cards now show what you owe instead of your remaining credit * Fixed an issue where the bank picker and connection process could get stuck on a loading screen with no way to exit * Various stability and crash fixes

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Subscription plans

Buddy Premium

Unlocks all Buddy features

$4.991 Month
7 Days trial
How to cancel Buddy subscription ⁉️
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In-App Purchases

$49.99

Unlimited

Unlimited Premium plan

Charts

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Finance

This app rose +1 position in Finance chart.

Last updated on September 15, 2026.

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User reviews

It was great until it wasn’t.

I have been using the app for over a year and I used to love it. But since June they have this weird bug that know the credit card balance is showing as negative. So now you don’t really see how much you owe to the cards but how left of the balance to spent you have and it is really weird. I sent a couple of emails , I got one response and that was that yeah it is a bug and they would fix it. Literally 3 month has been pass and they didn’t fix it so I’m not longer using the app. Thank you.
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Bank Connections

Bank connection fail to sync at least a couple times a year. Have to delete and we add. Can be annoying

Was Great ! and then…

I really enjoyed this app and still do ; used it for a year, and then all of the sudden one day it deleted all of my data for a whole year and complied all of my transactions into one month. This was very frustrating because I could no longer look back and see what happened month to month ; I had put a lot of effort into categorizing properly and all of that went out the window. A refund or some sort of reparations would make me update my review because I really did find this app useful until the glitch that deleted all of my data.
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Good app - but need to purchase subscription to really benefit and even then…some critiques.

The free version of the app is pretty decent for allowing you to create a budget with different customizable categories and you can manually input transactions to achieve full functionality. This is super laborious and tedious though. I did this for about 6 months and ran out of patience.

I purchased a subscription thinking that it would be worth it and for the most part it was. The subscriptions allows you to sync bank accounts which auto populated transactions; but I ended up cancelling my subscription. Here are the reasons why I did:

1) There is no ability to link synced accounts with the wallet feature which means I still have to do laborious and tedious transactions.

2) There is no auto recognition of transfers (between synced accounts) so I’m still required to edit two separate transactions whenever I move money from one account to the other or my monthly expenses are messed up.

3) the auto import of transactions is pretty annoying because it doesn’t do a very good job of detecting the categories you input into your budget which means…you guessed it… more tedious work if I want to keep things corrected.

If these things were improved/implemented I would seriously reconsider my cancellation of the subscription as this could be super powerful for budgeting.
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Great budget app

Really enjoy this app although the sync feature to bank accounts doesn’t really work, or works with a 1-2 week delay. I’ve turned it off and manually log everything

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Reported Bugs

5 issues

Recurring transactions not working as expected

Bug

Balance not carrying over to next month

Bug

Syncing issues between devices

Bug

Transactions disappearing or resetting

Bug

Inability to edit categories without creating new ones

Bug

Requested Features

8 requests

Calendar view for transactions

Feature

Bill reminders and due date tracking

Feature

Ability to hide/exclude certain transactions

Feature

Savings/investment tracking

Feature

Multi-currency support

Feature

Ability to reorder categories

Feature

Weekly budget view

Feature

Ability to split transactions

Feature

FAQ

What does Buddy do?

Buddy is a finance app designed to help you create budgets, track your expenses, and manage your money. It allows for both individual and shared budgeting, making it easy to monitor spending with partners or friends. You can also connect your bank account to automatically import transactions.

What are the key features of Buddy?

Key features include the ability to set up personalized budgets, create shared budgets with others for joint expenses, connect your bank account for transaction import, view detailed overviews of your spending and income, and utilize an expense splitting tool to track who owes what.

How much does Buddy cost?

The app offers a free version with core functionalities. For advanced features, Buddy offers a Premium subscription with a monthly renewal option for $9.99 and a yearly renewal option for $49.99. These subscriptions unlock additional premium functionality.

Can I use Buddy with my partner or friends?

Yes, Buddy is designed for both individual and shared budgeting. You can invite your partner or friends to create and manage a shared budget together, making it easy to track joint expenses and see who has spent what, especially useful for vacations or shared living costs.

How do I manage my subscription?

If you choose to purchase a Buddy Premium subscription, the charge will be applied to your iTunes account. You can manage or cancel your subscription through the user settings in iTunes after the purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless turned off 24 hours before the renewal date.