Comparison

Cashplan vs Budget App

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

Head to head
About

Cashplan

This app helps you create budgets and monitor your spending. Set up categories with planned amounts and easily track your progress with visual indicators. It offers features for multiple budgets, currency support, and data export.

Highlights
  • Multiple budgets
  • Visual progress bars
  • Customizable periods
  • Spending pattern charts
  • Location mapping
  • Cross-device sync
  • Multi-currency support
  • CSV data export
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Make a simple budget plan, then tap a category whenever you spend or receive money. Cashplan shows at a glance how you're doing against your plan, so you can spend consciously. Try every feature free for 30 days. No payment needed to start. HOW IT WORKS 1. Sign in with Apple, Google or your phone number 2. Create a plan with income and expense categories and planned amounts 3. Tap a category when you spend or receive money 4. Follow the progress bars and see how much you can spend per day FEATURES • Monthly, bi-weekly or one-time plans • Up to 12 plans with 24 categories each • Progress bars for spent vs. planned • Daily amount to help you stay on track • Bar and pie charts • Map of where you spend • Multiple currencies with exchange rates • Export as CSV or PDF • Daily reminder to log your spending • Synced across all your devices YOUR ACCOUNT You sign in with Apple, Google or your phone number. Your plans are stored in your account, so they're safe if you change or lose your phone, and always in sync across your devices. You can delete your account and all your data from the app at any time. SUBSCRIPTION • The first 30 days are free, with all features included. No payment needed to start. • After the free trial, a subscription is required to keep using Cashplan. Your data stays in your account. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. • The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://cashplanapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://cashplanapp.com/terms

About

Budget App

Manage your monthly budget and track expenses with this intuitive app. Gain direct control over logged spending, set financial plans, and visualize your expenditures with charts to save money.

Highlights
  • Set monthly budgets
  • Log expenses by category
  • Visualize spending with pie charts
  • Real-time remaining balance
  • Editable and categorized expenses
  • One-time purchase for premium
Features
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Budget App is the simple, powerful way to budget, track your spending, and finally see where your money goes, no bank logins, no spreadsheets, no learning curve. Set a monthly budget and watch it update in real time as you spend. Log an expense in seconds, scan a receipt to capture it instantly, and organize everything with built-in or fully custom categories. FEATURES - Quick expense logging: add spending in just a couple of taps - Receipt scanning: snap a photo and capture the amount automatically - Custom categories: create your own with a name, icon, and color - Income tracking: log salary, freelance, and more to see your true cash flow - Monthly budgets: set a budget and see what's left at a glance - Recurring bills: schedule rent, subscriptions, and bills to log automatically, and skip any month you choose - Spending calendar: a color-coded heatmap of your daily spending - Savings goals: set goals and watch your progress grow - Insights & trends: clear charts and monthly comparisons that actually help - Category breakdown: see exactly what's eating your budget with pie charts - Multi-year history: review any month, any year, without confusion - iCloud sync: your budget stays up to date on all your devices - Face ID & Touch ID lock: keep your finances private - Home Screen widgets: check your budget without opening the app - Search & export: find any transaction and export your data anytime Whether you're paying off debt, building savings, or just tired of wondering where your paycheck went, Budget App gives you a clear, honest picture of your money, and makes it easy to keep it that way. Download Budget App and take control of your spending today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/budgetapptermsandconditions/home

Screenshots

Cashplan4 screens
Budget App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Budget App at 51% against Cashplan's 0%. Budget App also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (636 vs 2). Cashplan's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Cashplan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Budget App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Budget App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budget App has 636 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cashplan's written reviews are positive against 51% of Budget App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cashplan ships an update every 9 days, Budget App every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cashplan versus Budget App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCashplanBudget App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.4 (636 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews51.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2636 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErlend MadsenWALABOK LLC

Customer experience

Cashplan

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Budget App

All ratings637 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral13.7%
Negative35.3%

Bugs and requests

Cashplan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Budget App

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • White screen display issue on app launch
  • Expenses not saving properly
  • Duplicate expense entries appearing
  • Expenses and labels getting mixed up/swapped
  • App force closing during deletion
Show 4 more
  • Deletion not working reliably
  • Calculation errors with small transaction counts
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Data not persisting after edits

Requested features

14 requests
  • Percentage display on pie chart categories
  • Custom expense category creation
  • Edit and delete expense functionality
  • Percentage labels for spending categories
  • Custom labels and personalized expense names
Show 9 more
  • Health category addition
  • Face ID app locking
  • Monthly recurring expense templates
  • Expense notes and descriptions
  • Calendar view showing daily expenses
  • Ad-free premium option
  • Sorting expenses in diagrams
  • Multiple monthly budgets
  • Bank account integration

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cashplan

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Account$3.991 Month
  • Premium Account (Yearly)$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Budget App

Subscriptions2
  • Budgetize Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Budgetize Premium Yearly3 Days trial$16.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Version$19.99

Questions

Is Cashplan free?
Cashplan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budget App free?
Budget App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cashplan or Budget App?
Budget App is rated higher. Cashplan averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Budget App averages 4.4 from 636 ratings.
Do Cashplan or Budget App have ads?
Budget App shows ads; Cashplan does not.
Which is updated more often, Cashplan or Budget App?
Cashplan ships an update every 9 days, and Budget App every 6 weeks. Most recently, Cashplan was updated on October 24, 2026 and Budget App on October 24, 2026.

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