Comparison

Bill Tracker Pro vs $5 Bill Helper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bill Tracker Pro

Manage your bills, income, and spending with this comprehensive finance tracker. Connect your bank accounts for automatic transaction syncing, set bill reminders, and create custom budgets to gain control of your cash flow. Visualize your financial health with insightful charts and reports.

Highlights
  • Automatic bank transaction syncing
  • Customizable budget creation
  • Bill payment reminders and notifications
  • Subscription discovery
  • Partner finance sharing
  • Visual spending insights and reports
  • Secure data protection
Features
Currently charting
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Bill Tracker Pro is the #1 app for tracking bills, income, and spending. Connect your bank, create a budget, track your cash flow, and take control of your finances. New in Bill Tracker Pro: Connect your Apple Card and automatically bring your transactions, balances, and spending activity into the app from Apple Wallet. Bank Sync with Plaid – Connect your accounts to sync transactions automatically. Know What’s Safe to Spend – See your real-time spending power after upcoming bills. Never Miss a Bill – Set reminders, view your upcoming bills at a glance, and stay organized with widgets. Find Hidden Subscriptions – Uncover forgotten recurring charges by linking your bank or card. Budget Your Way – Create flexible budgets that work with your lifestyle. Budget with your partner - Invite your partner to join you and share your finances together. Manual or Auto—You Choose – Log expenses yourself or let the app track them for you. Visual Insights – Analyze your finances with charts, reports, and summaries. Privacy First – Protect your data with Face ID, Touch ID, and encrypted syncing. Whether you want to pay bills on time, build savings, or reduce spending — Bill Tracker Pro makes it simple. Other Features: Create recurring bills with flexible schedules (e.g. every 3 weeks, quarterly, custom days). Get rich push notifications with due date charts and the ability to mark bills as paid. Calendar view with payment statuses and category grouping. Analyze your spending with daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly charts. Track percentage changes in spending over time. Pie charts that highlight top spending categories. Manage your accounts, view current balances, and forecast future balances. See your full financial picture with cash flow and net balance indicators. Export bills and income transactions to CSV. Log partial or full bill payments, with full payment history. Auto Pay Bill feature that automatically marks recurring bills as paid. Customize notification time, sounds, currency, and authentication preferences. Secure access with passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID. Simple, intuitive design built for clarity and speed. SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING TERMS Bill Tracker Pro offers auto-renewing subscriptions for premium access. Payment is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the current period ending. Prices may vary by region. You can cancel anytime through your iTunes settings. Cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal to avoid being charged. Terms of Use: https://billtrackerpro.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://billtrackerpro.com/privacy Support: support@billtrackerpro.com

About

$5 Bill Helper

This app helps you manage your finances by splitting bills and spending over a 4-6 week period. It offers an at-a-glance view of current and future expenses, with options to manually enter data or link your bank account for seamless tracking.

Highlights
  • Bill splitting and spending management
  • 4-6 week financial planning
  • At-a-glance bill and spending overview
  • Manual data entry
  • Bank account linking via Plaid
  • Pending and cleared bill status
Features
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The $5 Bill Helper™ app uses the Bill Balancer™ to split bills and spending money over a 4-6 week period. The users can see current and future bills and spending money at-a-glance. Bills can be marked pending or cleared and will calculate the users remaining spending money. Information can be entered manually, or the user can link their bank account using Plaid. Apple Subscription Terms: – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. for more information please go to Terms and Conditions: https://5dollarbillhelper.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://5dollarbillhelper.com/privacy-policy - 5 dollar offers Basic and Gold plans. - The basic plan costs $4.99 per month and is billed on a recurring basis. The first month is free if you select the basic package. - The cost of the gold plan is $49.99 per year. If you choose this plan, the first month is free.

Screenshots

Bill Tracker Pro4 screens
$5 Bill Helper4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bill Tracker Pro and $5 Bill Helper both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of $5 Bill Helper's written reviews are positive against 43% of Bill Tracker Pro's. $5 Bill Helper also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Bill Tracker Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (5.1K vs 13). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bill Tracker Pro sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and $5 Bill Helper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Bill Tracker Pro against 4.7 for $5 Bill Helper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bill Tracker Pro has 5.1K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Bill Tracker Pro's written reviews are positive against 89% of $5 Bill Helper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bill Tracker Pro ships an update every 2 days, $5 Bill Helper every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bill Tracker Pro versus $5 Bill Helper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBill Tracker Pro$5 Bill Helper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.1K ratings)4.7 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.1K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#86 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBill Tracker Pro, Inc.Five Dollar Bill Helper LLC

Customer experience

Bill Tracker Pro

All ratings5,089 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews389 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral13.9%
Negative42.9%

$5 Bill Helper

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

Bill Tracker Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Autopay feature not working
  • Duplicate bills being created
  • Incorrect account balance updates
  • Inability to edit/delete recurring bills

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add variable/unknown bill amounts
  • Custom date ranges for bill tracking
  • Family/shared account support
  • Improved reporting and analytics
  • Backup and restore functionality

$5 Bill Helper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Bill Tracker Pro

Subscriptions14
  • Bill Tracker Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Bill Tracker Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Bill Tracker Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Bill Tracker Pro Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual7 Days trial2 variants$17.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual7 Days trial2 variants$24.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual1 Month trial$24.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual7 Days trial2 variants$34.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual1 Month trial$34.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Bill Tracker Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Bill Alerts$9.99
2 purchases

$5 Bill Helper

Subscriptions2
  • $5 Bill Helper Basic Plan1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • $5 Bill Helper Gold Plan1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Bill Tracker Pro free?
Bill Tracker Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is $5 Bill Helper free?
$5 Bill Helper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bill Tracker Pro or $5 Bill Helper?
$5 Bill Helper is rated higher. Bill Tracker Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while $5 Bill Helper averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do Bill Tracker Pro or $5 Bill Helper have ads?
Neither Bill Tracker Pro nor $5 Bill Helper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bill Tracker Pro or $5 Bill Helper?
Bill Tracker Pro ships an update every 2 days, and $5 Bill Helper every 6 weeks. Most recently, Bill Tracker Pro was updated on October 26, 2026 and $5 Bill Helper on October 10, 2026.

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