52 Week Challenge vs Save Money Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
52 Week Challenge
This app helps you achieve financial goals through a structured savings plan. It offers a gradual progression system, allowing you to save a significant amount over a year with customizable weekly contributions and smart tracking tools.
- 52 Weeks or Monthly Challenge
- Customizable Financial Goals
- Smart Financial Tracking
- Personalized Notifications
- Gradual Contribution System
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Make saving for what matters simple. 52 Week Challenge turns a financial goal into a plan you can follow. Choose a target, pick the classic 52-week challenge or a monthly plan, and record each contribution as you go. PLAN YOUR WAY • Use the 52-week challenge to build momentum one week at a time • Create a monthly plan for a fixed saving amount • Set your target amount and start date • Choose an image that keeps your goal visible TRACK REAL PROGRESS • Mark contributions as saved • See your current balance, target, and completion percentage • Compare planned and actual savings • Explore monthly and accumulated savings charts • Switch between list and grid views for your goals STAY CONSISTENT • Schedule reminders for upcoming contributions • Review the full plan before creating a goal • Track multiple goals for trips, an emergency fund, a car, a home, or anything else Your money stays in your own account. The app helps you plan and track your progress; it never moves funds or requires a bank connection. Start small, stay consistent, and turn a goal into something you can measure. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Save Money Challenge
This app helps you achieve savings goals through a fun envelope challenge. You can either follow a pre-set 100-envelope challenge to save $5,050 or create your own custom savings plan with a set amount and number of envelopes.
- Envelope savings challenge tracker
- Customizable savings goals
- Daily money saving
- Track progress towards goals
- Surprise savings amounts
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Meet envelope savings tracker! Achieve your goals with the Envelope Challenge. Would you like to have extra $5,050? We dare you to take the Envelopes Challenge! Rules: 1. You have 100 envelopes with surprise number from $1 to $100. 2. Open one envelope per day and save this money. 3. After the 100th envelope you’ll achieve $5050! Is this surprise challenge not for you? Create a goal you want to achieve. Set up the savings sum and the amount of envelopes, that suites you. Add surprise challenge to your savings routine! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Save Money Challenge at none against 52 Week Challenge's shown. Save Money Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (445 vs 71). 52 Week Challenge's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 53%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. 52 Week Challenge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Save Money Challenge sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for 52 Week Challenge against 4.8 for Save Money Challenge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Save Money Challenge has 445 ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of 52 Week Challenge's written reviews are positive against 53% of Save Money Challenge's.
52 Week Challenge ships an update every 5 months, Save Money Challenge every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 52 Week Challenge | Save Money Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (71 ratings) — better | 4.8 (445 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 52.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71 | 445 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Raffael Patrício de Souza | Mihail Kuznecovs |
Customer experience
52 Week Challenge
Save Money Challenge
Bugs and requests
52 Week Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Save Money Challenge
Reported bugs
6 issues- App glitches quite a bit
- Hold down the amount to get it to register is dumb (new update issue)
- Cannot create own challenge, it doesn't save
- App is buggy, cannot press back arrow on most screens
- Total saved amount keeps changing and is inaccurate
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- Cannot access settings, they won't open
Requested features
14 requests- Allow skipping and filling other envelopes before completing smaller amounts
- Allow setting multiple active challenges
- Ability to edit challenges without deleting
- Ability to pick a random envelope to use
- Ability to create own challenges that save
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- Option to skip an envelope or unclick it to move on
- Option to 'catch up' on opening envelopes if behind
- Option to pay out on payday
- Include an optional random number generator
- Create $5s and $10s challenges
- Make challenges scratches, revealing saved amount and waiting until tomorrow to scratch again
- Bring back the old design/font
- Allow users to change currency (e.g., to £)
- Allow users to access settings to change challenge amounts
In-app purchases
52 Week Challenge
- Monthly PRO$0.991 Month
- Annual PRO$7.991 Year
- Lifetime PRO$19.99
Save Money Challenge
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Weekly subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Monthly subscription2 variants$4.991 Month
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- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Yearly subscription3 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Yearly subscription$11.991 Year
- Small Tip$0.99
- Design Bundle$3.99
- Analytics Bundle$3.99
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- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
- Lifetime purchase$9.99
- Lifetime purchase$19.99
Questions
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