Comparison

CashTrace vs Budget

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

Head to head
About

CashTrace

This app helps you quickly log expenses, track cash flow, and understand your spending habits with clear charts and insights. Keep your financial data private and synced across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Log expenses and income quickly
  • Track daily, weekly, and monthly spending
  • Visualize budget with charts and insights
  • Add recurring transactions
  • Import data via CSV
  • Organize spending with custom categories
  • Private iCloud sync
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CashTrace is a private expense tracker and budget app that helps you log spending in seconds, follow cash flow, and stay in control of your money every day. Built for fast daily use, CashTrace combines simple money tracking with clear charts, averages, and insights so you can see where your money goes without the clutter. Your data stays in your iCloud, syncs across your Apple devices, and is never shared with third parties. Why people download CashTrace: • Track expenses and income in seconds • See daily, weekly, and monthly spending trends • Understand your budget with charts, averages, and insights • Add recurring transactions for bills, rent, and subscriptions • Import existing finance data with CSV • Organize spending with custom categories, notes, and calendar view • Keep everything private with secure iCloud sync • Stay focused with a clean, easy-to-use money manager Whether you want a simple expense tracker, a practical budget planner, or a private money manager, CashTrace gives you a fast, focused way to build better money habits and stay on top of spending. Terms of use: https://www.cashtrace.io/terms

About

Budget

Easily track variable expenses with multiple input methods like typing, voice, or camera. View your remaining budget at a glance through widgets or Siri. Designed for a simple and pleasant budgeting experience.

Highlights
  • Multiple expense input methods (typing, voice, camera, Siri)
  • Quick budget viewing (widgets, Siri)
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Dark Mode support
  • Accessibility features
Features
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Budget is a simple but powerful app to track your variable expenses. It allows you to add costs in a frictionless way. There are several possibilities to do so, such as adding by typing, voice, câmera, Siri shortcuts, and Siri suggestions. Check how much you have left with just a glance, asking by Siri, widgets, and more. Budget is designed with you in mind. We strive to give a pleasant experience, making controlling your budget a simple and easy task. So you can spend time on what matters most for you. Budget is not intended to substitute your all-in-one finance application that synchronizes with every bank in the world. Instead, it's a fine complement that allows you to track your variable expenses in the easiest way possible. Check some of the Budget features: Adding expenses Budget allows you to add expenses in several ways, which gives you the freedom to choose what makes sense at the moment. Add costs by typing, reading receipts from your camera, using your voice, or even creating automation with Siri Shortcuts. Viewing your budget Like adding expenses, Budget gives you many ways to check how much you have left. Check your budget with just a glance with Widgets, creating automation with Siri Shortcuts, or asking Siri. Sync with iCloud Have your data across all your devices, so you can add costs and check your budget anywhere. Dark Mode: Turn on Dark Mode for a great viewing experience in low-light environments. Accessibility: Our app must be accessible for everybody, no matter what. Terms of Service: https://bit.ly/3mOW2Kt

Screenshots

CashTrace4 screens
Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

CashTrace and Budget both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of Budget's written reviews are positive against 56% of CashTrace's. Budget also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.1). CashTrace's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. CashTrace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Budget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CashTrace against 5.0 for Budget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CashTrace has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of CashTrace's written reviews are positive against 92% of Budget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CashTrace ships an update every 10 days, Budget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CashTrace versus Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCashTraceBudget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB13 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperBoris GuticThomas Delgado Dias

Customer experience

CashTrace

All ratings35 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

Budget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

CashTrace

Subscriptions6
  • CashTrace Pro$1.491 Month
  • CashTrace Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • CashTrace Pro$1.991 Month
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  • CashTrace Pro$8.991 Year
  • CashTrace Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • CashTrace Pro$12.991 Year
2 purchases

Budget

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Budget Premium1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Budget Premium1 Month trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is CashTrace free?
CashTrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budget free?
Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CashTrace or Budget?
Budget is rated higher. CashTrace averages 4.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Budget averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CashTrace or Budget have ads?
Neither CashTrace nor Budget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CashTrace or Budget?
CashTrace ships an update every 10 days, and Budget weekly. Most recently, CashTrace was updated on October 24, 2026 and Budget on October 6, 2026.

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