Stop Impulse Buying | Budget User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience44.4% of reviews
Neutral7.4% of reviews
Negative experience48.1% of reviews

~ Based on 27 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Stop Impulse Buying | Budget Safe?

Stop Impulse Buying | Budget appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Stop Impulse Buying | Budget is 83/100.

This assessment is based on 75 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

81.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
16.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 75 App Store ratings for Stop Impulse Buying | Budget.

Is Stop Impulse Buying | Budget Legit?

Stop Impulse Buying | Budget appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Stop Impulse Buying | Budget is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Could be much better - doesn’t go quite far enough

I think it’s helpful, but it doesn’t go far enough. . For instance, when you don’t impulse buy- it would be great if there was somewhere in the app where you could list what it was you were tempted to buy, and then didn’t - and how much it would’ve cost - then you could see how much you saved yourself - and all the items in one week that you didn’t buy - and how much money you saved in total. This would give me far more incentive to use the app because then it would be such a great incentive.
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Worthless

This app doesn’t help at all, good way to take advantage of someone looking for help for shopping. Pay us and we will give you this app that doesn’t help at all.

Free version? Don’t think so

The entire premise of the app is a no spend tracker. Which you cannot access without buying the subscription. Normally the mai n function of the app is free, and extras are behind a paywall. Felt scammed, downloaded a no spend app to track spending and save money not buy another subscription to a VERY basic app. Deleted immediately. Save yourself some time.
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Love it!

Expense tracking, the no spend tracking and grocery list all in one.

Have to Pay

“Let’s create a ‘No Spend’ tracker where people have to pay monthly to use it.

What a joke.

Perfect!

No spend challenge here I come !

spend to save

absolutely unhinged to pay for a no spend tracker app LOL gotta respect the hustle but dayum that is diabolical

Great app!

As someone wanting to be more mindful of my spending this app is perfect for it. I came for the no spend tracker but find the other features super useful!

Totally contradicts your point

You emphasize not impulse buying & not spending money. Yet every time you try to use any feature on the app it prompts you to sign up to spend $ on a monthly membership. Totally thought this was something I’d use until that came up.

Disappointed

It looks like a great app, but I ended up deleting it because you have to sign up for a monthly subscription to unlock most of the features. If it was a one-time cost under $10, I would have purchased it. But a subscription will add up to $120/year for the top plan. Not ideal for an app that’s supposed to help you cut down on spending. :-(
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Paid app… foolishness

What’s the point of an app that is supposed to promote savings when every single feature requires a subscription to access? That’s a waste of money that by their own chart means you shouldn’t do it!!

Response from developer

We offer the impulse checklist as a free feature, and we provide a free trial for the other tools so you can explore them and decide if they meet your needs. Developing and maintaining an app requires significant resources, and the subscription helps us continue improving the app and creating features that can genuinely make a difference in your financial journey. We understand that it isn’t for everyone, but it’s an investment, and many choose to trust the app to support them along the way. The trial allows you to experience the full value of the app before making a commitment. Your review currently reflects a very narrow perspective, based on what you perceive as “worth it,” without having fully explored the app’s features through the trial. We encourage you to give the trial a chance, before leaving a review.

Too permissive and expensive

It has a lot of potential. The free version is not very functional, but it offers a helpful list of questions to ask before making a purchase. Once you’ve answered the questions, the app gives a recommendation (buy or don’t buy) based on your responses. For me, the questionnaire keeps recommending that I make the purchase, even if I’ve given some great reasons not to buy the item. I turn to this app to stop myself from making these purchases, but it encourages me to make them anyway. I wish the questionnaire had higher standards, and I wish I could modify the question weights. And I wish the questions were clearer and deeper - what exactly is the cost per use, how many times will I use the item within the next year, how many hours will I have to work to pay for it, etc. I’m sure if they added these features, they would be behind a paywall though. More than anything, the free version should be functional. It’s just a worksheet right now. Most of the app is behind a paywall and it has constant popup windows trying to get me to buy the premium version, which is super unhelpful to someone on a spending freeze.
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Just Started

I am excited that an app like this exists. I just downloaded it and have not been able to use it in real life yet, but I love the idea behind the app.
I do feel like a key item is missing though... It would be nice to have a “want” list that counts down how long you’ve been thinking about the purchase.
It would be satisfying to see the days tick by and possibly a notes section regarding the item you want to purchase. It would tie in well to the question “have you wanted it for at least two weeks?”.
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Useful app, with one big flaw…

This app is super useful to control spending by asking a bunch of important questions when considering whether to buy something.
The only (big) disadvantage is that it constantly pushes to pay £5 a month to access the majority of the features; this is the complete opposite of what the app is meant to be doing! I feel as though an app of this kind should be free to use, and not promoting spending more money in order to use it. In my opinion this is very hypocritical of what it is meant to be doing!
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Stop impulse buying by spending $10/mo on this app

Make it make sense.

You have to buy 🤦‍♀️

You can’t use the app and do anything unless you buy the subscription. Kind of defeats the goal…

Laughably Useless

The app seems very contradictory in its messaging. Many people obviously get this app in order to stop impulse buying and the app goes on to give the user non stop suggestions to purchase the $10 package, which in of itself is most likely an impulse purchase to the user. It’s almost laughable to get this app in hopes of stop purchasing things that are unnecessary in our lives. There are many free templates online that give better help than what this app is failing to do. I encourage users to try those instead and don’t waste your money on this.
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Unusable/Practice what you Preach

All button presses bring up a pop-up to subscribe and I am unable to even use the app to determine whether or not it is useful in the first place. This developer might be wise to consider revision and pricing structure. $10 a month seems disproportionate for the features this app offer.

No Spend Challenge!

Use it every day to track my no-spending! Fun way to check in and stay motivated.

Awesome!

Love the monthly challenge tracker!