# Simple Budget Planner — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of Simple Budget Planner by Mehmet Cetin, rated 4.40/5 from 284 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simple-budget-planner/id1370056290/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simple-budget-planner/id1370056290.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 187 · 4★ 56 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 15 ## What do users think of Simple Budget Planner? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 👍 User-friendly interface - 👍 Good for manual tracking - 👍 Customizable categories - 👍 No bank account connection needed - 👍 Budget sharing feature - 👍 Straightforward and to the point - 👍 Elegant design - 👍 Minimalist design **Cons** - 👎 Not free, hidden costs - 👎 Limited free version - 👎 Forces purchase before trial - 👎 Lacks advanced budgeting features - 👎 Inconsistent transaction recording - 👎 Payments not in date order - 👎 Poor screen resolution/UI scaling - 👎 Annoying and frequent ads - 👎 Difficult to use for weekly salaries - 👎 No explanation on how to use - 👎 Subscription issues (family plan) - 👎 Data export errors - 👎 Cannot move expenses to different categories - 👎 No option to subtract budgeted items from income **Commonly reported bugs** - Periodic transactions not recorded automatically - App freezes or becomes unusable after declining to rate - Glitching UI elements - Data export errors - Subscription sharing/family plan issues - Screen size/balance partially hidden on some devices **Most requested features** - Add dark mode option - Allow sorting expenses by due date - Add bi-weekly pay period option - Add weekly budget option - Improve screen resolution and UI scaling - Add option to subtract budgeted items from income - Separate statistics for savings - Export data to CSV - More detail for periodic transactions - Pleasing icons or artwork - Option to sort accounts alphabetically ## Newest reviews (10 of 52) ### 3/5 — Good app *2025-04-06, version 4.3* Would be great if you could move expenses into different categories as if you set them up and then want to change them you have to enter all the info again. Would also be helpful If you could sort with those expenses due first rather than just latest. Okay though, but could be improved. ### 4/5 — Thank you 🙏 *2025-01-19, version 4.3* Not the best with money but this is helping a lot! Was using Emma but it’s too automated for me. Meaning it’s better for me to physically input things to keep track rather than an app that link everything with bank automatically. Like says on tin ‘Simple’ and much cheaper. Love you can make your own categories. Much cheaper too! One size doesn’t fit all but this work for me. One critique; it is would be good if on the first Budgeting page it gave an expense total so could would out income/expense ratio easier. Thank you ### 2/5 — Not free *2024-11-20, version 4.3* If you want a free budgeting app, don’t bother with this one. It’s good for a while but you’re only allowed to enter 40 transactions before you have to pay for premium. ### 4/5 — Brilliant! *2023-08-13, version 4.1* It’s really turned things around for me. Great that it doesn’t require you to connect a bank account like some apps. Would love to be able to label periodic transactions with more detail though. ### 3/5 — Simple as advertised, wish dates were better *2022-05-28, version 2.4* Like the simplicity, just wish the paycheck period was customizable for those that get paid every 2 weeks, not twice a month. ### 5/5 — Just what I need *2021-01-18, version 2.4* This is a simple budget app. It is easy to set up and easy to keep track of my spending. Good job. ### 5/5 — Harika *2020-12-30, version 2.4* Harika uygulama! Dark mode seçeneği gelirse reklamsız versiyonu almayı düşünüyorum :) lütfen dark mode gelsin ### 5/5 — Nice, but add in option to subtract budgeted items *2020-06-07, version 2.4* This is an easy to use app! I’d recommend adding in an option to subtract your budgeted items from your starting amount so that it’s easier to stick to spends. For example, if there’s a budget for “Savings” then make it an option to deduct that saving amount from the monthly salary. ### 5/5 — Excellent, Simple, Functional *2020-02-07, version 2.2* This is an excellent app. All I needed was a simple and clean app for tracking my budget and expenses. It seemed like most of the budgeting apps I tried were trying to cram way too much into what should be a fairly simple app and it made those apps feel very cumbersome. As soon as I opened this app, it was easy to use and super functional. Very intuitive. There’s almost no learning curve which is something I appreciated. And there’s only the functions you and nothing else. I love it and I highly recommend it. ### 4/5 — Good Budget App *2020-01-31, version 2.2* Just started using the app this morning.... So far it’s simple and easy to use. One suggestion I’d like to make is that you add a Twice A Month pay period option for those who are paid on the 31st/1st & the 15th. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Basic *2025-07-15, version 4.3* This app is a waste of money. There is an option for periodic transactions so you can record all your monthly bills but it doesn’t record these in your monthly payments so you have to manually enter, every single time. Also the payments are only listed by category, so you can’t see them in date order which isn’t helpful. I tried to contact developer and they ignored the email so save your money and look for something else. ### 1/5 — Forces you to purchase app before you know if it’s any good *2025-06-15, version 4.3* Downloaded this app as it said “Free - In-app purchases available”. So I downloaded it and it asked lots of questions about my expenditure which I took time to answer. I pressed continue and it then refused to let me go any further unless I bought the app. I don’t really consider this free with in app purchases. Shame as it looked quite a good app but not prepared to pay before I’ve tried it out ### 1/5 — Monthly subscription *2025-01-31* Went through all the basic info then it asked for money. No free options as far as I can see. ### 1/5 — What is the point *2024-11-18, version 4.3* It does not budget or calculate anything for you. It’s just categories and you put an amount and you can view it. I can do that on paper. I want my $1.99 I wasted back. ### 1/5 — :( *2023-12-23, version 4.3* Unusable, I have a weekly salary ### 1/5 — Budget App *2023-10-22, version 4.2* I like the app, but it says one subscription for the whole family. I tried this three different ways. I tried to login to my account on another device, I tried using the sharing code, and I tried to restore purchase. Which didn’t work. There are no additional options to connect accounts in the settings menu. ### 1/5 — Fix the glitches too part *2023-10-01, version 4.1* I love this app - but for over a week now it’s been glitching out. The top part where all the buttons are is constantly shifting up and down and it’s distracting and makes the app difficult to use. I tried reinstalling it, restarting my phone, etc and it won’t go away. I even got a new phone recently and the glitch transitioned right over. Please fix and I’ll adjust my review to 5/5. ### 1/5 — It’s confusing *2022-03-03, version 2.4* I thought if I start by putting my monthly income I could substract by adding my expenses and that wasn’t happening. Would have been nice if the app walked you through it. I ended up deleting it because I didn’t find it helpful. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2021-01-21, version 2.4* No explanation whatsoever to how to use this! ### 1/5 — Don’t like it *2020-09-24, version 2.4* Don’t like it ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love the App! *2024-08-18, version 4.3* It’s simple and straight to the point which I appreciate - Only issues is, I haven’t been able to export my data. Always gives me an error when I try, other than that, it’s not bad. ### 5/5 — Separate Statistics for Savings *2024-01-25, version 4.3* This is very simple yet effective. Highly recommended. One thing for improvement and suggestion is to have separate stats for savings and it should not be considered as expense on the summary tab. Thank you ### 5/5 — It’s actually simple to use. *2023-11-02, version 4.2* That’s it. Straightforward and decently cute. ### 5/5 — Nice feature *2023-01-05, version 3.5* The Budget sharing feature is great! We use it as a couple to track our family budget easily. ### 5/5 — Useful and simple *2022-10-06, version 3.2* Happy to see such an app whic is easy to use and convenient for tracking my budget. ### 5/5 — Another color category for savings please? other than that this app is really helpful *2022-07-03, version 2.4* Such great simplicity ### 5/5 — Icons *2022-05-25, version 2.4* I hope the icons can be pleasing or something like an artwork. ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-02-16, version 2.4* This app is amazing. I am using it to teach my family to keep track of their spending. My 12 year old daughter loves it. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Excellent App ! Incredible Service ! *2021-10-23, version 2.4* I wanted a simple app that would allow me to keep up with my home expenses. This app is not only ultra simple and does exactly what I want but I bought the premium and the author contacted me directly and answered questions and helped me with one small issue. This is the kind of service and apps Apple needs. Excellent!!! AAA+++ ### 5/5 — Love it! Please come back. *2021-10-21, version 2.4* I love this app because it’s so simple and easy to use and just gives you everything in a single easy to use UI without any complications! I wish they would come back and update it. The data could easily be exported to csv for example! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-30.*