Financial Controller vs Budget Brief
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Financial Controller
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Financial Controller keeps your books the way an accountant would: in double entry, and still simple and easy to understand. Everything stays on your device. No account to create, no server, no ad tracking. Your statements never leave your iPhone. • Scan a receipt – the QR code or a photo – and the amount, the shop and the items fill themselves in • Pay abroad in any currency, converted into your account's own • Budgets per category, and what is left before the month ends • Saving plans, with the date you will get there • Loans, leasing and insurance: what you owe, what it costs, when it is paid off • Scenarios: divide your salary across categories, as many levels deep as you need • Home-screen widgets for the figures you look at every day • Import bank statements • Complete backup and restore, in a file you keep Available in 21 languages, with the currencies and date formats that go with them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_YBtdpS_uPZVRsaAGSNhhB-9WdJ3-am3RnyguVKj68w/edit?usp=sharing
Budget Brief
Log all your financial transactions to gain insights into your spending habits. The app provides various helpful breakdowns of your financial data.
- Transaction logging
- Financial breakdowns
- Spending insights
- Cross-device support
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Get a variety of helpful breakdowns of your finances by logging all your transactions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Budget Brief at none against Financial Controller's 3. Budget Brief also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Financial Controller's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Financial Controller sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Budget Brief asks for nothing beyond the download.
Financial Controller ships an update every 2 months, Budget Brief weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Financial Controller | Budget Brief |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Eberl | Yannik Bloscheck |
In-app purchases
Financial Controller
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Donate a coffee$0.99
- Donate us a meal$5.99
Budget Brief
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Financial Controller free?
Is Budget Brief free?
Do Financial Controller or Budget Brief have ads?
Which is updated more often, Financial Controller or Budget Brief?
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