thisAppBudget vs Budget Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
thisAppBudget
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thisAppBudget is a zero-based budget which means that every dollar of income will be applied to an expense. No dollar left behind. This approach to budgeting has been proven successful.
Budget Now
Manually track your income and expenses by creating custom budget categories. This tool allows for unlimited transactions and budgets, focusing on your current month's financial activity.
- Manual income and expense tracking
- Custom budgeting categories
- Unlimited transactions and budgets
- Monthly budget focus
- Simple interface
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BudgetNow is a simple budgeting tool that allows you to manually track income and expenses in custom budgeting categories. You can create as many transactions and budgets as you'd like, but your budgets will only reflect transactions for the current month.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Budget Now at monthly against thisAppBudget's every 2 months. thisAppBudget's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
thisAppBudget ships an update every 2 months, Budget Now monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | thisAppBudget | Budget Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thisApp, Inc. | Dylan Dyer |
In-app purchases
thisAppBudget
No in-app purchases
Budget Now
No in-app purchases
