# Budget Saved - Personal Finance and Money Management Mobile Bank Account Saving App

> Personal finance app for tracking expenses and saving money by categorizing needs vs. wants. (iPhone/iPad app by Tardent Apps Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-saved-personal-finance-and-money-management-mobile-bank-account-saving-app/id425604994 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tardent Apps Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/309927206)
- Category: Finance, Business
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 67 App Store ratings · 78 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 21 MB
- Languages: German (Germany), European Spanish, American English, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Canadian French
- Released: 2011-03-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-saved-personal-finance-and-money-management-mobile-bank-account-saving-app/id425604994/reviews.md

## What is Budget Saved?

Budget Saved is the super easy to use personal finance app that's designed to help you save money!

Budget Saved helps you save money by grouping expenses based on need or want. You input an expense, save it as a need or want and then you can look back to see which purchases were really necessary. With this information you can see exactly how much you can save. 

Budget Saved will show you that you can save quite a bit of money if you cut back on your "wants".

Budget Saved can be used any time you want to keep a budget, save money or to simply track spending.

Some sample uses for Budget Saved:
- Track all of your monthly expenses
- Keep a grocery shopping budget
- Keep track of holiday spending
- Set a vacation budget
- Balance your checking account
- Manage your Bills.
- Save Money!

Features:
- Save money by tracking "wants" vs "needs"
- Intuitive and easy to use interface
- Create budgets by month, week or enter a custom time period
- Support for recurring budgets and expenses
- Carry over balance
- Reminders
- Export and Print
- Quick and easy expense input
- Custom categories
- Passcode lock
- Detailed expense report
- Detailed “wants” report

If you have any questions or comments please send us an email: support@tardentapps.com

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## Key features

- Categorize expenses as needs or wants
- Track monthly expenses
- Create custom budgets
- Support for recurring expenses
- Detailed expense and 'wants' reports
- Passcode lock for security
- Export and print reports

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Upgrade | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Budget Saved?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 💡 "Want" vs "Need" categorization
- 📊 Good for tracking spending
- 💰 Helps stay on budget
- 🖼️ Nice visual interface/graphics
- 🚀 Fast input
- 📧 Budgets can be emailed as PDF
- 💸 Option to add money (instead of just expenses)
- ✅ Recurring payments and budgets
- 🔄 Can edit/change payments
- 📅 Input future payments
- 📂 Previous budgets saved
- 🚫 No monthly subscription (for some versions)
- 🗂️ Budgets and categories available
- 💡 Ability to separate different "pockets" of money/budgets
- 💯 Worth the purchase price
- ✨ "Retro" feel to interface

**Cons**

- 🐛 Cannot delete expenses
- 🐛 Recurring budgets have same date
- ❌ No sync across devices
- 📈 Lacks visual graphic representation of spending
- 📉 Recurring budgets don't automatically roll over with correct dates
- ⚠️ Ads can be annoying/obnoxious
- ❓ Unclear advantage of Pro version over free
- 🚫 Recurring expenses lack specific frequency options (bi-weekly, etc.)
- 🚫 Recurring budgets don't automatically switch to new cycles
- 📉 Some users experienced data loss/glitches with late entries
- 🤔 Frequent store names/subjects don't auto-type
- ❌ Free version limited to 10 transactions
- ❓ Menu at top right not intuitive

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App doesn't work on iOS
- App doesn't open/loads for hours
- Recurring budgets have same date
- Recurring budgets don't automatically switch to new cycles
- Glitches with late expense entries causing data loss
- Savings not tracked correctly after glitches

**Most requested features**

- Ability to delete expenses
- Allow dates to follow with recurring budgets
- Sync across all devices
- Visual graphic representation of spending
- More expense categories
- Ability to edit an expense after input
- More specific recurring options (bi-weekly, every 4 weeks)
- Automatic rollover for recurring budgets
- Deposit function
- Pie chart/visual of remaining budget per category
- Auto-type frequent store names/subjects
- Feature to separate "paid" items
- Dark mode option
- Graphs or pie charts showing category percentages

## Recent user reviews (10 of 78)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-saved-personal-finance-and-money-management-mobile-bank-account-saving-app/id425604994/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on this phone

*2026-04-15, version 2.2.9*

I used to love this app, but it doesn’t work on the iOS anymore.

### 2/5 — Excellent app but crashes in iphone

*2024-09-17*

It is one of the best budgeting apps i have used but since last few months cant do any work since crashes every time I open it  in iphone , plz do something about it as i love this app

### 5/5 — So far so good

*2020-07-03*

Simple to use just started and want to put everything in.

### 5/5 — Love it

*2020-02-18*

I’m still working out what goes where, but I love the app. I can see where my money going. I have my own budget on my computer, but seeing any light at the end of the tunnel

### 4/5 — Nice App

*2019-10-03*

I like this app but only gave it 4 stars because it does not sync across all my devices and developers have responded to me that they do not have any plans to implement this.
Bummer

### 4/5 — Very good

*2019-09-03*

Switching from one budget to another is not very quick other than that very good app

### 4/5 — So far the best

*2019-06-28*

I’m on a long car ride so I’ve downloaded roughly 10 budget apps to test None have everything but this one has the most!!

1) not a monthly subscription!! Yeah🎉🎉 I’ll buy it simply to support no subscription 
2) has budgets and categories, not one or the other
3) asks if you WANT or NEED. L💗VE love love this!!  

Missing: some visual graphic representation of spending.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2018-09-19*

I love this app.  I paid for it and it’s worth it.  I always have different “pockets” for my money and this app allows me to keep
my budgets separated as if they were in separate pockets or envelopes.  I love that you can email yourself the budgets as documents.  

There are two things that I would suggest for update:

One being you can’t delete an expense once it is entered.  Please make it possible to delete entries to allow for human error.  

Also the other one is if you make a recurring budget it will recur but the entries all go in under the same date which is the first day of the new budget.  Then you have to go in and change the dates manually on all your expenses.  Please allow the dates to follow with recurring budgets.

Other than that I love it and will keep using it.

### 4/5 — Very helpful

*2017-10-03, version 2.2.9*

Love the visual interface

### 4/5 — Amazing

*2017-10-01*

FREE version 
- Fast (customizable) input: (saved categories of your choice) which means you only input the amount and CHOOSE the category:) ,you can also add a name and a note for each payment.

- recurring option for each payment         and budget

- you can edit and change any payment any time.

- you can input something you have to pay in the future.

- you can add money instead (brilliant option)

- the previous budgets are all saved ( you can delete them)

- you can send the budget through email and it will be beautifully scheduled in a PDF file.

- you choose if the payment is needed or wanted so you can see how much money you could have saved.

- the categories helps you see how much you spend on stuff.(like how much you spent on coffee or segregates).

- there is much more but these are my favorites.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it is the first and only app I downloaded and it's perfect for me.

## Frequently asked questions about Budget Saved

### What does Budget Saved do?

Budget Saved is a personal finance app designed to help users save money. It allows you to track your expenses by categorizing them as either 'needs' or 'wants'. This helps you understand your spending habits and identify areas where you can cut back to increase your savings.

### What are the key features of Budget Saved?

Key features include the ability to save money by tracking 'wants' vs 'needs', an intuitive interface, budget creation by month, week, or custom periods, support for recurring budgets and expenses, reminders, export and print options, quick expense input, custom categories, passcode lock, and detailed expense reports.

### Is Budget Saved free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with options for in-app purchases. This model allows users to access core functionalities without an upfront cost, with additional features or services potentially available through purchases.

### What are some common uses for Budget Saved?

Common uses include tracking all monthly expenses, keeping a grocery shopping budget, managing holiday or vacation spending, balancing a checking account, managing bills, and ultimately, saving money by understanding where your money is going.

### How does Budget Saved help me save money?

The app helps you save money by encouraging you to categorize every expense as either a 'need' or a 'want'. By reviewing detailed reports on your 'wants', you can easily see which discretionary purchases are impacting your budget and make informed decisions to reduce spending in those areas.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.9 — 2016-06-30

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Added French language support

### 2.2.8 — 2016-06-09

- Fixed a bug that was causing iOS 7 users to crash in settings.

### 2.2.7 — 2016-05-26

This is a huge update! We added some great new features and made a lot of improvements.

- Added ability to add extra money to your budget
- Added expense input reminders
- Added pdf export and printing
- Added a tutorial and a few usage tips
- Moved export icon to main dashboard
- Improved the layout of the export file
- Improved the savings feature
- UI and functional improvements

Please let us know what you think: support@tardentapps.com

### 2.2.6 — 2015-11-13

- Small changes and fixes

### 2.2.5 — 2015-10-17

- Fixes for bugs

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