Budget Planner vs Unit Budget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Budget Planner
A straightforward budgeting and expense tracking application designed for simplicity. It allows users to create custom budgets, track income and transactions, and manage funds using an envelope system.
- Customizable budget titles
- Track income and transactions
- Envelope budgeting system
- Biweekly and monthly budget options
- Simple expense tracking
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Mellow is an easy to use budgeting or expense tracking app for those who like to keep things simple. It can be used for biweekly budgets, monthly budgets, expense tracking, envelopes and whatever else you can dream up. Plan. Titles for your individual budgets. Line Items. Anything added to your budget - transaction, allocation, or income. Income. Money you received. Always grouped in the income category. Transaction. An expense that’s deducted from your total income. Allocation. An allotment of money set aside for a specific purpose. Transactions can be added to allocations and the remaining amount is shown on the main budgeting screen. Allocations can be thought of as envelopes. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Unit Budget
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Unit Budget is a personal Budget app for categorizing all your expenses. Helping you reach your financial goals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Unit Budget at none against Budget Planner's 4. Unit Budget also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Budget Planner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Unit Budget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Budget Planner ships an update every 5 months, Unit Budget every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget Planner | Unit Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barton Cone | Ray Grant |
In-app purchases
Budget Planner
- Mellow Pro$2.991 Month
- Mellow Pro$14.991 Year
- Mellow Pro$2.99
- Mellow Pro$24.99
Unit Budget
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Budget Planner free?
Is Unit Budget free?
Do Budget Planner or Unit Budget have ads?
Which is updated more often, Budget Planner or Unit Budget?
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