Comparison

Upgrade vs Flowly Balance

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

Head to head
About

Upgrade

Manage your finances with a comprehensive mobile banking app. Access rewards checking, loans, and cards. Track balances, pay bills, monitor credit, and request cash advances.

Highlights
  • Cash back rewards on card purchases
  • Manage personal loans and credit lines
  • Track credit score and receive alerts
  • High-yield savings accounts
  • Cash advance requests
  • Bill payment and balance checking
Features
Currently charting
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Get easy and rewarding mobile banking all in one place! Open a high-yield savings account, check balances, pay bills, track cash back and manage loans, cards and more. Upgrade is a financial technology company, not a bank. • Track Rewards – Earn cash back rewards on credit card purchases¹ • Manage Credit Card, Personal Loan, Flex Pay buy now pay later, Upgrade Card, Auto Finance, Auto Refinance and Home Improvement accounts. Make payments and check your balance. • Sign up for Credit Health to monitor your credit score, get notified of changes, and use our simulator to see how different actions may impact your score. Share feedback at mobile_app_feedback@upgrade.com Personal Loan offers shown assume an APR of 12% and a term of 36 months for Faster Payoff and 48 months for Lower Payment. Personal Loan offers are subject to approval. For more information on Personal Loans through Upgrade visit https://www.upgrade.com/personal-loans/. ¹ Purchases accrue cash back when you pay them back. Certain limitations apply. See Upgrade.com for full Upgrade Cash Back Rewards Program details. All loans, credit cards, personal credit lines, and checking and savings accounts are provided by Upgrade's bank partners (www.upgrade.com/bank-partners/). Upgrade Visa® Cards and Upgrade Visa® Debit Cards are issued by Upgrade's bank partners, pursuant to a license from Visa USA Inc. Upgrade, Inc. (NMLS #1548935) holds the following state licenses (upgrade.com/State-Licenses) and does business under the following DBAs (https://www.upgrade.com/dba). Upgrade is a financial technology company, not a bank (https://www.upgrade.com/help/about-upgrade/overview/is-upgrade-a-bank/).

About

Flowly Balance

Effortlessly track your spending by letting this app automatically categorize transactions from your SMS messages. Gain insights into your cash flow, set financial goals, and receive automated summaries to better understand your financial habits.

Highlights
  • SMS expense tracking
  • Automatic transaction categorization
  • Financial dashboards
  • Spending insights
  • Budget and savings goals
  • Cash flow monitoring
Features
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Flowly Balance makes expense tracking simple. Instead of manually logging every purchase, you can track expenses through SMS and let Flowly organize everything for you. Monitor your spending, understand your cash flow, set financial goals, and stay informed with automated insights and summaries. Features: • SMS expense tracking • Automatic transaction categorization • Financial dashboards and spending insights • Budget and savings goals • Cash flow monitoring • Daily and weekly summaries • Simple and intuitive experience Whether you're trying to spend less, save more, or simply stay organized, Flowly Balance helps you understand where your money goes.

Screenshots

Upgrade4 screens
Flowly Balance4 screens

Verdict

The call

Upgrade and Flowly Balance both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Flowly Balance's written reviews are positive against 53% of Upgrade's. Upgrade's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (84K vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Flowly Balance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Upgrade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Upgrade against 5.0 for Flowly Balance. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Upgrade has 84K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Upgrade's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flowly Balance's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Upgrade ships an update every 11 days, Flowly Balance weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Upgrade versus Flowly Balance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpgradeFlowly Balance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (84K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#148 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUpgrade, Inc.Camila Bernardino de Lima

Customer experience

Upgrade

All ratings83,629 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews387 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative40.8%

Flowly Balance

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Upgrade

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login issues and inability to reset passwords
  • Discrepancies between app and website information

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to lock/unlock debit and credit cards
  • Instant access to deposited funds
  • Improved app stability and user experience

Flowly Balance

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Upgrade

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Flowly Balance

Subscriptions2
  • Flowly Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Flowly Balance Premium Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Upgrade free?
Upgrade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flowly Balance free?
Flowly Balance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Upgrade or Flowly Balance?
Flowly Balance is rated higher. Upgrade averages 4.9 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Flowly Balance averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Upgrade or Flowly Balance have ads?
Neither Upgrade nor Flowly Balance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Upgrade or Flowly Balance?
Upgrade ships an update every 11 days, and Flowly Balance weekly. Most recently, Upgrade was updated on November 8, 2026 and Flowly Balance on October 31, 2026.

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