# Budget Challenge App — Save money with challenges

> Save money with challenges (iPhone/iPad app by Johannes Verhoeff.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-challenge-app/id6755933977 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Johannes Verhoeff](https://appshunter.io/developer/1820223429)
- Category: Finance, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany)
- Released: 2025-12-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-challenge-app/id6755933977/reviews.md

## What is Budget Challenge App?

Budget Challenge helps you take control of your money. Start challenges, set savings goals and track exactly how much you spend.

- Budget Challenge: spend less than your set budget.
- No-Spend Challenge: as many days as possible without unnecessary spending.
- 52-Week Challenge: save an increasing amount each week and build up a nice savings pot.
- Vinted Challenge: log your Vinted sales and save the earnings straight away.
- Briefgeld Challenge: set banknotes aside and save without even noticing.
- Briefjes Challenge: put every €5, €10, €20 or €50 note aside and tick the box.
- Savings Goals: see at a glance how much you have already saved.
- Finance Log: quickly add transactions and keep track of your money.
- More challenges coming soon.

Everything organised in one app, no hassle and no complicated spreadsheets.

Why Budget Challenge?
- Actually helps you spend less
- Makes savings goals visual and motivating
- Challenges you every day to make better choices
- Simple interface
- Works entirely at your own pace

Pro (optional):
- Unlimited challenges
- Unlimited savings goals
- Unlimited transactions
- Custom photos as icons

Start today and take small steps towards big goals.

Terms of use can be found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ and the privacy policy at https://jverhoeff.com/budgetchallenge.html#privacy.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Pro Yearly | $17.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Lifetime | $29.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.1 — 2026-04-28

Bug fixes and improvements

### 1.6 — 2026-04-17

What's new in version 1.5:

• Deposit Challenge — log your bottle and can deposits and watch the small amounts add up. Book your savings to your finance log or a savings goal.
• Widget improved — over-budget amounts are now displayed in red with the exact figure.
• Settings — buttons and links are now tappable across their full width.
• Rate the app — link now works correctly.
• Various stability improvements.

### 1.5 — 2026-04-10

Six new saving challenges!

• Vinted Challenge: Turn your Vinted earnings into savings and watch your total grow
• 5 Euro Challenge: Set aside every 5 euro note and build your savings step by step
• 10 Euro Challenge: Save every 10 euro note that comes your way
• 20 Euro Challenge: Put aside each 20 euro note towards a growing savings goal
• 50 Euro Challenge: Build a solid savings pot quickly by keeping every 50 euro note
• Advanced Banknote Challenge: Choose which banknotes to save and track your progress in detail

Also fixed: shared budget not showing in widgets, plus an improved settings and backup screen.

### 1.4 — 2026-04-01

Shared Budget
Share your challenges and saving goals with your partner, family, or housemates. Send invitations via iCloud and track your finances together in real time.
• Send and receive invitations via iCloud
• Shared challenges and saving goals stay in sync
• Shared items are marked with a person icon
• Available for Pro subscribers

### 1.2 — 2026-01-11

New: Homescreen Widgets (Pro) - Add widgets to see your budget challenges and saving goals directly on your homescreen
New: Widget Deep Links - Tap on a widget to go directly to that challenge or saving goal
New: Backup & Restore - Create a backup of all your data and restore it on another device
New: Data Statistics - View how many transactions, challenges and goals you have in Settings
Change: Income in challenges - Income is now shown separately (green) next to expenses, e.g. deposit refunds or returns
Change: Dashboard order - The order of items on your dashboard is now preserved after app restart
Fix: Transaction date matching - Transactions on the start or end date are now correctly included
Fix: Older transactions - Transactions entered before creating a challenge are now also included

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All apps by Johannes Verhoeff: https://appshunter.io/developer/1820223429

## Related topics

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