# Zero Budget: Money Planner — Track Spending, Save, Pay Debt

> Track Spending, Save, Pay Debt (iPhone/iPad app by HARMAN SHARDA.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zero-budget-money-planner/id6800572313 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HARMAN SHARDA](https://appshunter.io/developer/6800572315)
- Category: Finance, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 60 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zero-budget-money-planner/id6800572313/reviews.md

## What is Zero Budget?

Most money apps tell you what you already spent. Zero asks a better question: what is this money actually for?

At the start of the month you give every dollar a job. Rent, groceries, the insurance bill that lands in March. When all of it has a place, you are at zero, and there is nothing left to wonder about.

Sinking funds are the part people stay for. Car repairs, insurance, the holidays, a laptop that will eventually die. Put a little aside each month and the balance carries forward instead of resetting on the first, so the big bills stop ambushing you.

Debt lives in the same place as everything else. Enter the balance, the rate and the minimum payment, and you get a payoff date that moves as you pay it down.

Connect a bank and let transactions arrive on their own, or type them in yourself. Neither one is a lesser version of the app. Either way, rules learn the merchants you see every week and file them for you.

Budget on your own, or invite one other person and you will both be looking at the same numbers at the same time. Most arguments about money start with two people holding different information.

At the end of the month the reports are blunt about it: what came in, what went out, where it went, and a six month trend so you can tell whether things are genuinely getting better.

Zero is free for 30 days. No card, no reminders to upgrade while you are still deciding.

After that there are two plans. Basic includes everything you have read about here. Premium adds one thing: an automatic connection to your bank. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you buy anything.

Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings.

Privacy Policy: https://zerobudget.ca/privacy
Terms of Use: https://zerobudget.ca/terms


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-08

Budgeting by hand is now free, with no card and no time limit. Plan a month, give every dollar a job, and enter and categorize transactions for as long as you like.

One subscription adds reports, net worth with its own history, CSV import and export, sharing a budget with your household, and bank sync via Plaid where it operates. Every new household gets 30 days of the paid features to try, and those 30 days need no card.

When they end, the app keeps working. Your budget, your transactions and your history stay exactly where they are.

Also in this release:
- A Forgot password link on the sign-in screen, and iPhone can now offer to save your password when you create an account.
- Larger, clearer text throughout setup.
- The debt payment you enter during setup now lands in your first budget instead of being forgotten.
- Corrections to several screens that described the app inaccurately.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-05

Bank connections are available in the United States and Canada. Transactions can be added by hand anywhere.

A Done button above the number pad, so a money field has a way to finish.

Unmarking a fund now asks first.

Small fixes throughout.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-04

No release notes.

## Apps similar to Zero Budget

| App | Rating | Price | Category |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Allot: Zero-Based Budget](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/allot-zero-based-budget/id6772062316) | — | Free | Finance |
| [Humble Ledger: Expense Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/humble-ledger-expense-tracker/id6763742036) | — | Free | Finance |
| [Wealthify - Net Worth & Budget](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wealthify-net-worth-and-budget/id6760562741) | — | Free | Finance |
| [Pluto Budgeting](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pluto-budgeting/id6754609330) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Finance |
| [Vault AI by Nagisa](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vault-ai-by-nagisa/id6762421739) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Finance |
| [Vondo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vondo/id6777439476) | 4.0 (1) | Free | Finance |

---

*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 2026-09-08.*