Comparison

iM뱅크 vs Budget Notebook

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

Head to head
About

iM뱅크

Manage your daily finances with ease, from simple transfers and bill splitting to tracking spending and setting savings goals. Enjoy daily benefits like cashback and discounts, and conveniently handle foreign currency exchange for your travels.

Highlights
  • Easy transfers and bill splitting
  • Spending tracking and savings goals
  • Cashback, events, and partner discounts
  • Youth financial habit building
  • 24-hour currency exchange with delivery
  • Group accounts and post-meeting lounge
Features
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●간편하게 시작하는 모든 금융● 계좌부터 혜택까지 매일 쓰는 금융을 iM뱅크 하나로 ●AI로 관리하는 나의 모임통장● 모임 장부 자동 정리, 월별 리포트까지 모임 관리가 더 쉬워집니다 ●한눈에 확인하는 나의 금융 알림● 입출금, 자동이체, 환율, 납부 일정 등 중요한 금융 정보를 빠르게 확인하세요 ●내게 맞는 금융상품 쉽게 찾기● 예·적금, 카드, 대출, 투자까지 원하는 금융 상품을 쉽고 편리하게 ●캐시백부터 할인까지 매일 만나는 혜택● 쿠폰과 이벤트를 한 곳에서 확인하고 다양한 혜택을 놓치지 마세요

About

Budget Notebook

Features
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A budget app you fill in yourself. Record what you earn and spend, and each month is laid out in charts. No bank linking, no sign-up and no ads. What you enter stays on your devices; the developer cannot see it. The app is available in English and Korean. New books start in your device's currency. ■ Recording · Income, expenses and transfers between accounts, with date, amount, description, payment method, category and memo · Browse by month and filter by type, category, payment method or keyword · Register money that leaves on the same day every month as a recurring payment, and it is added on that day. You can also show recurring payments in your device's calendar · Add entries with Shortcuts and Siri ■ Your month in charts · This month's income, spending and savings at the top · Fixed and variable costs, and money you marked as "Didn’t Need It" · A six-month bar chart for the trend · Spending by category as a donut, and as a race that replays how each category added up over the month · A recurring calendar showing what goes out on which day ■ Savings and debts · Net worth is the total of all account balances minus debts · Balances are not stored; they are calculated from the starting balance and transactions, so fixing a transaction fixes the balance · Moving money from a spending account to a savings account counts as saving, and moving it back counts as spending your savings ■ Budgets · Set a monthly budget per category and see how much you've used as a bar · See the whole year at once, with every month's budget and spending added up · "Copy Last Month" saves re-entering every month ■ Three ways to start · Start with samples: twenty example entries to look around first, removable in one step · Import a backup: read a JSON file exported from the app · Start empty: basic categories and a "Cash" account, ready to use ■ Across devices · Signed in to iCloud, your iPhone, iPad and Mac share the same book · Without iCloud, everything stays on this device and works the same way · Export everything to one file at any time, and read it back the same way · On the Mac, switch tabs at the top of the window, with a sidebar for each tab, menus, keyboard shortcuts and multiple windows ■ If you use Claude (optional) Turn on Claude Link in Settings and an inbox appears. Claude on your Mac can read your book and put transactions into the "Budget Notebook" folder in iCloud Drive, and the app shows them line by line. Likely duplicates are flagged, and you add only what you choose. This needs a Mac and the Claude desktop app. The connector tool and setup guide: github.com/impro0126-pixel/bueong-claude The switch is off by default. While it is off, the app does not look at any files. ■ What's not here · No account. No sign-up or login · No connection to banks or card companies. No financial credentials are asked for · No ads, no analytics, no third-party SDKs · No in-app purchases

Screenshots

iM뱅크4 screens
Budget Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Budget Notebook at none against iM뱅크's shown. Budget Notebook also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). iM뱅크's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iM뱅크 ships an update weekly, Budget Notebook every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iM뱅크 versus Budget Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriM뱅크Budget Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size289 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiM Bank Co., Ltd.Youngju Lee

In-app purchases

None

iM뱅크

No in-app purchases

None

Budget Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iM뱅크 free?
iM뱅크 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Budget Notebook free?
Budget Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iM뱅크 or Budget Notebook have ads?
iM뱅크 shows ads; Budget Notebook does not.
Which is updated more often, iM뱅크 or Budget Notebook?
iM뱅크 ships an update weekly, and Budget Notebook every 2 days. Most recently, iM뱅크 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Budget Notebook on November 6, 2026.

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