Comparison

I Am Saving vs Hamster

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

Head to head
About

I Am Saving

This app helps children learn to save money by setting savings goals, tracking income and expenses, and visualizing progress. It encourages good financial habits and congratulates users upon reaching their goals.

Highlights
  • Set savings goals
  • Track income and expenses
  • Visualize savings progress
  • Adjust goals anytime
  • Congratulates on achievement
  • Encourages good habits
Features
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If you give your child pocket money on a weekly basis, this app will help them learn to save. A parent or a child sets up a saving goal by telling the app what they'd like to save for, how much it costs, how much money they have now and how much they receive weekly. The app then visualizes the progress and tells the child mow long then need to keep saving. The app also helps form a good habit of logging incomes and outcomes. Every time the child receives pocket money or spends some, they open the app and input how much money they received or spent. After doing that, they see an updated progress towards their saving goal. The goal can be adjusted any time: may be the price of the thing they want has changed or you opted to start giving them a different amount of money every week. May the kid just changed their mind, that's totally fine. Finally, when the child has saved enough to buy what they wanted, the app congratulates them with their achievement and offers to set up a new goal. NOTE FOR PARENTS Help you child setting up their goal for the first time and encourage them to save by offering them a piggy bank or something similar. The app works best for children of ages 6–12. If the child doesn't yet know how to count money, offer them your help. PRIVACY We're taking children's privacy very seriously. The app does not collect or send any data. Nobody except you have access to your data. You own it and it stays on your device.

About

Hamster

Features
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Stop living paycheck to paycheck. Take control of your money with Hamster. Money slips away and you're afraid to check your balance? Hamster changes the game. It won't shame you for spending — it answers the one question that matters: how much can I spend today and still make it to payday with something left over. Just enter your income and when you get paid — Hamster calculates your daily and weekly budget for you. From there it's simple: log expenses in a couple of taps and see your real balance every day. A small habit that changes how you feel about money. With Hamster you can: Know your daily and weekly limit — the app figures out how much you have, factoring in your spending and what's coming up. Turn leftovers into savings — didn't spend it all today? Stash the difference with one tap and watch your savings grow. Reach your goals — a vacation, new gear, an emergency fund. Set the amount and the date, and Hamster helps you get there. See the full picture — income, expenses, transfers between accounts, history, and clear statistics. Multiple currencies supported. Why it works: No complicated spreadsheets, no guilt. Hamster turns the chaos into one clear number and gently keeps you on track. You'll be saving before you know it. Your first step to financial freedom starts today. Your hamster is ready to stash.

Screenshots

I Am Saving4 screens
Hamster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hamster at none against I Am Saving's 1. Hamster also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). I Am Saving's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. I Am Saving sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hamster asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

I Am Saving ships an update every 4 months, Hamster every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
I Am Saving versus Hamster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterI Am SavingHamster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (126 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings126 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVadim BelyaevEvgeny Yashchenko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

I Am Saving

One-time1
  • Full Version$5.99
None

Hamster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is I Am Saving free?
I Am Saving is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hamster free?
Hamster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do I Am Saving or Hamster have ads?
Hamster shows ads; I Am Saving does not.
Which is updated more often, I Am Saving or Hamster?
I Am Saving ships an update every 4 months, and Hamster every 2 months. Most recently, I Am Saving was updated on October 14, 2026 and Hamster on October 6, 2026.

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