Comparison

Altruist Client vs Smart Envelope AI

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

Head to head
About

Altruist Client

Manage your investments and track financial advisor progress. View account balances, returns, and transactions. Gain insights into your investment allocations and see exactly what you own.

Highlights
  • View account balances and returns
  • Track transactions and transfers
  • Analyze investment allocations
  • See detailed asset breakdown
  • Access financial advisor
Features
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Altruist gives you full access to your investments and your Altruist financial advisor. Download the Altruist Client app to view and track the progress of your investments so you can feel good about your money. • View performance with key metrics like account balances, time-weighted returns, and earnings • Stay on top of transfers, deposits, withdrawals, and other important transactions • Gain insight into your investment allocations, including a detailed breakdown of exactly what you own Altruist is only available by invite from your financial advisor. If you’ve already created your account, download the Altruist Client app and log in to get started today.

About

Smart Envelope AI

This app helps you manage your finances by assigning every dollar to a specific spending category. It offers AI-powered receipt scanning, voice input, and manual entry to track expenses and monitor your budget in real-time.

Highlights
  • AI receipt scanning
  • Voice expense entry
  • Manual expense entry
  • Unlimited spending envelopes
  • Real-time budget monitoring
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Tell your money where to go. Smart Envelope is the budgeting app built on a simple idea: every dollar belongs somewhere. Create an envelope for each spending category — Groceries, Gas, Rent, Coffee — set a limit, and watch where your spending goes. Built for the phone in your pocket. Three ways to log an expense: Snap a receipt. The AI reads the amount, the merchant, and the date, then drops it in the right envelope. You confirm with a tap. Speak it. "Thirty dollars gas, Costco." Done. Hands-free. Type it. When you're in a noisy place or you're working from memory, manual entry takes seconds. True envelope budgeting — not just category tracking. Most apps show you where your money went after the fact. Smart Envelope tells you what's left before you spend. You create each envelope and you set the limit. Each receipt is recorded and deducted. When it's getting low, you see it. When it's gone, you decide what to do — move money from another envelope, or hold off until next month. Adjusting your budget is easy. Your call. Built for your privacy, by design. Some budgeting apps have faced breaches, putting data at risk. Smart Envelope protects you by never needing bank access. Your budget stays on your phone. Smart Envelope is built differently: - No bank login because we never ask for one - Your transactions, balances, and budgets live on your phone - The AI reads each receipt only to categorize it and never stores what it sees - Receipt photos clear automatically when you start a new month, saving space. If you enable iCloud Photos backup in Settings, photos sync only to your own iCloud account No bank sync to break. Log a purchase in a snap by photo, voice, or typing, and see what's left in each envelope before you spend. Just a budgeting app that respects the fact that your money is your business. New to budgeting? Snap receipts for a month and let Smart Envelope show you what you actually spent. Then build your envelopes from real numbers, not guesses. The app teaches budgeting through doing. Pricing - 14 days free trial - Then $4.99/month or $59.88/year - Cancel anytime Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > [Your Name] > Subscriptions on your iPhone. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Features - AI receipt scanning with automatic categorization - Voice entry - Manual entry - Unlimited envelopes - Full envelope budgeting That's $59.88 a year — or $4.99 a month. We never ask for your bank password to use Smart Envelope. Designed for iPhone. Available in USD and Mexican Peso. Tell your money where to go. Smart Envelope.

Screenshots

Altruist Client4 screens
Smart Envelope AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

Altruist Client and Smart Envelope AI both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Smart Envelope AI's written reviews are positive against 49% of Altruist Client's. Altruist Client's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smart Envelope AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Altruist Client asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Envelope AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altruist Client has 1.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Altruist Client's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smart Envelope AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Altruist Client ships an update fortnightly, Smart Envelope AI every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Altruist Client versus Smart Envelope AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAltruist ClientSmart Envelope AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAltruistEdge LLC

Customer experience

Altruist Client

All ratings1,640 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral16.4%
Negative34.2%

Smart Envelope AI

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

Bugs and requests

Altruist Client

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Black screen issues
  • Face ID/biometric login not working
  • Graphs and data displaying incorrectly
  • Frequent app updates required
  • Inability to access accounts on non-app platforms

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Intraday charts and performance data
  • Detailed portfolio analytics and breakdowns
  • iPad-optimized app
  • Improved account management features

Smart Envelope AI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Altruist Client

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Envelope AI

Subscriptions1
  • AI Tier Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Altruist Client free?
Altruist Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Envelope AI free?
Smart Envelope AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Altruist Client or Smart Envelope AI?
Smart Envelope AI is rated higher. Altruist Client averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Smart Envelope AI averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Altruist Client or Smart Envelope AI have ads?
Neither Altruist Client nor Smart Envelope AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Altruist Client or Smart Envelope AI?
Altruist Client ships an update fortnightly, and Smart Envelope AI every 2 months. Most recently, Altruist Client was updated on November 3, 2026 and Smart Envelope AI on October 31, 2026.

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