Comparison

Simple Budget Planner vs Budget Everything

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

Head to head
About

Simple Budget Planner

Manage your money effortlessly with this intuitive app. Track income and expenses, utilize the envelope system for category budgeting, and set savings goals. Automate recurring transactions and gain insights into your spending habits.

Highlights
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Envelope budgeting system
  • Savings goal setting
  • Scheduled transactions
  • Income and expense statistics
  • Customizable budgets and categories
Features
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Simple Budget Planner is a calm, manual budget for you and your household. No bank login, no connected accounts, nothing automatic happening behind your back: you write down what you spend, and you always know what's left. PLAN YOUR MONTH • Give every category a budget, envelope-style, and see what's left at a glance • Bills and recurring payments are added for you and count before they arrive, so "left to spend" is honest • Monthly from your payday, weekly, or every 2 or 4 weeks • A "Left to spend" widget for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, with amounts you can hide TRACK IN SECONDS • Add an expense in three taps with the quick keypad • Edit anything in place, move entries between categories, undo a delete • Search, filter and sort by date or by due date SAVE ON PURPOSE • Savings goals with contributions and progress • Money set aside is shown separately, never counted as spending SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD • Invite your partner or family to the same budget • Everyone sees the same numbers, on their own iPhone or iPad SEE WHERE IT GOES • Clear spending and income insights by category • Money in against spent over the last 6 months • Look back over any dates: a whole year, the last 3 months or your own range, with every entry in one list • Every chart has a text summary and a table view YOURS TO KEEP • Export everything to CSV at any time, on every plan • Works offline and syncs when you're back online • Your data is never sold and never used for ads • On iPhone and iPad, with two columns on the bigger screen PREMIUM Simple Budget Planner is free to download and use. The free plan includes 40 entries for your household, and every feature. Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription that removes the entry limit. One subscription covers your household through Family Sharing. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://sbp.sh/terms Privacy Policy: https://sbp.sh/privacy

About

Budget Everything

This app helps you manage your finances using the envelope budgeting concept. Track spending, plan for future expenses, and achieve your financial goals like saving for a trip or getting out of debt.

Highlights
  • Envelope budgeting concept
  • Track spending per envelope
  • Plan for short and long-term expenses
  • Goal setting for savings
  • Easy-to-use interface
Features
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Developed based on the envelop budgeting concept, it is designed to help you save more, get out of debt and have more money for the things that really matters to you. Using the app, you can track how much you have spent in each envelop. This eliminates the need to carry large amount of cash around.  The simple and easy to use interface lets you easily record down how much you spent in a few easy clicks. You no longer have to spend hours tracking and counting the balance in your envelopes. It allows you to plan ahead for both month to month living expenses and long term expenses. Planning to buy a new phone every two years? Start saving for it today. Need a new car 5 years later, start setting aside for it now. Want that bucket-list trip to Greece? Ruthlessly cut out spending on things that does not bring you joy and watch how you can reach you goal for your Greece trip. It is not about penny-pinching, but planning ahead so that you can have the money for what you really want. If your goal is to get out of debt, save more for retirement, maximize the utility of you money, this app for you! Terms of Use: https://moneyforthefamily.com/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://moneyforthefamily.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Simple Budget Planner4 screens
Budget Everything4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Budget Everything at 5.0 against Simple Budget Planner's 4.4. Budget Everything also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Simple Budget Planner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (283 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Simple Budget Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Budget Everything sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Budget Everything holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Budget Planner has 283 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Simple Budget Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Budget Everything's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Budget Planner ships an update fortnightly, Budget Everything every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Simple Budget Planner versus Budget Everything: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Budget PlannerBudget Everything
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (283 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings283 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehmet CetinChui Ong

Customer experience

Simple Budget Planner

All ratings283 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative30.8%

Budget Everything

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Simple Budget Planner

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Periodic transactions not recorded automatically
  • App freezes or becomes unusable after declining to rate
  • Glitching UI elements
  • Data export errors
  • Subscription sharing/family plan issues
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  • Screen size/balance partially hidden on some devices

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add dark mode option
  • Allow sorting expenses by due date
  • Add bi-weekly pay period option
  • Add weekly budget option
  • Improve screen resolution and UI scaling
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  • Add option to subtract budgeted items from income
  • Separate statistics for savings
  • Export data to CSV
  • More detail for periodic transactions
  • Pleasing icons or artwork
  • Option to sort accounts alphabetically

Budget Everything

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Simple Budget Planner

Subscriptions4
  • Unlimited Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Unlimited Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited Annually14 Days trial$17.991 Year
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  • Unlimited Semiannually$24.996 Months
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$9.99
2 purchases

Budget Everything

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Budget Planner free?
Simple Budget Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budget Everything free?
Budget Everything is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Budget Planner or Budget Everything?
Budget Everything is rated higher. Simple Budget Planner averages 4.4 out of 5 from 283 ratings, while Budget Everything averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Simple Budget Planner or Budget Everything have ads?
Budget Everything shows ads; Simple Budget Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Budget Planner or Budget Everything?
Simple Budget Planner ships an update fortnightly, and Budget Everything every 3 days. Most recently, Simple Budget Planner was updated on October 26, 2026 and Budget Everything on November 3, 2026.

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