Comparison

Budget app vs Spending Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Budget app

This personal finance app helps you track spending, plan budgets, and save money to achieve financial freedom. It offers features like AI-powered tracking, shared budgeting, and detailed stats to understand your financial habits.

Highlights
  • Budget Planner
  • Spending Tracker
  • Money Management
  • Recurring Transactions
  • Shared Budgeting
  • AI Tracking
  • Stats & Charts
Features
Currently charting
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Budget App is a personal finance app for spending tracking, budget planning and money saving. It will help you reduce expenses, increase savings, and achieve greater financial freedom. Budget App, the only personal finance app you need: your BUDGET PLANNER, SPENDING TRACKER, and FINANCE TRACKER. It is free to use, no ads, no privacy peeping. 「MAIN FEATURES」 • Budget Planner – Set budget for categories & sub-categories on a weekly, monthly, or custom basis • Money Manage – Manage credit, debit, mutual funds, and stock accounts in one place • Recurring Transactions – Set recurring transactions on a daily, weekly, monthly, or custom basis • Subscription Manager – Track and manage your subscriptions, find hidden • Shared Budgeting – Collaborate with others to track and manage together • AI Tracking – Smarter tracking with: AI Importing, AI Voice Input & AI Receipt Scan • Widget App – Record transactions, view stats & charts — right from your widget • Shortcut Integration - Using shortcut to record transactions with one click • Budget Calendar – Visualize your day-to-day spending on a calendar view. • Stats & Charts – Understand your spending patterns with insightful visuals. • Shared Ledger – Collaborate with others to track and manage shared budget. • Cloud Sync – Access your data across all your iPhones and iPads seamlessly. • Export & Import – Export your data as CSV or import from other CSV files. More features for Budget App is coming~ What people say about Budget App: "This budget app has completely changed the way I manage my money! The budget planner and expense tracker features are super easy to use. I can finally stick to my monthly budget and see where my money goes each week." "As someone who struggles with personal finance, this financial manager has been a lifesaver. The spending tracker gives me real-time insights, and the money tracker helps me avoid unnecessary expenses. Highly recommend!" "I've tried a few budget trackers before, but this one is by far the most intuitive. The monthly budget breakdown is clear, and the expense tracker helps me stay accountable. Great for anyone serious about budgeting." "Finally, a budget app that does it all! Whether you're looking for a budget planner or a money tracker, this app covers it. It's like having a personal financial manager in your pocket." "What I love most about this budget tracker is how easy it is to customize. I set up my categories, track my spending, and monitor my progress toward financial goals. The app makes personal finance feel manageable!" Take control of your finances today—download the ultimate budget tracker app and start building the future you deserve! You can subscribe or buy out to use all premium features. * Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. * Subscriptions will automatically renew and payment will be charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal depends on your Subscription Plan. Our standard Subscription Plans are: * 1-year Subscription For other currencies, the price corresponds to the same price tier on the App Store Pricing Matrix. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel or manage your free trial's auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. The cancellation will take effect 24-hours after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. * Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the application, please do not hesitate to contact us at davetech.app@gmail.com Privacy Policy: http://intuitive.studio/budget/privacy/ Terms of Use: http://intuitive.studio/budget/terms/

About

Spending Tracker

Track your spending, bills, and subscriptions in one place without needing bank logins. Set budgets, savings goals, and manage debts with quick logging and insightful views. Get reminders for upcoming charges and help with cancellations.

Highlights
  • Log expenses and income quickly
  • Track subscriptions and bills with reminders
  • Create and manage budgets
  • Set and monitor savings goals
  • Manage debts and payments
  • View spending by category and day
  • Receipt scanning for totals
Features
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Know where your money goes, and never get caught out by a forgotten subscription again. SpendKit keeps your spending, bills and subscriptions, budget, savings goals and debts in one simple app. No bank login and no account needed. LOG IT IN SECONDS • Add an expense, income or transfer in a few taps: amount, category, account, done • Say it: "12 lunch" and SpendKit fills it in • Scan a receipt to read the total • Transfers between your accounts, with fees • Copy a transaction, or save and keep adding with Continue SEE YOUR MONTH • Income, expenses and balance always in view • Daily, calendar, monthly and stats views • Charts by category and by day • Search, and filter by account or category SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BILLS • Streaming, music, rent, phone: see what you pay each month and each year • A reminder before every charge, and free trials tracked before they bill you • Mark a bill as paid, or let SpendKit log it on its due date • Cancelling one? Get help to do it and see how much you save • Subscriptions in another currency or shared with others: only your part counts A BUDGET THAT WORKS • Plan your income and spending by category • See what's left to spend this month • Carry over what's left, or what's over, to the next month SAVINGS GOALS AND DEBTS • Goals with ideas to start, a target date and how much to put aside each month • Track what you owe and what you're owed, payment by payment YOUR ACCOUNTS • Cash, cards, bank and savings accounts with their running balance • Assets, liabilities and your total at a glance ALWAYS AT HAND • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Siri and Shortcuts: "Log an expense in SpendKit" • Control Center and the Action button • Face ID lock, dark mode, your currency, 10 languages SPENDKIT PREMIUM Logging expenses and income is always free. Premium removes the limits on subscriptions, budgets, goals, accounts, receipt scans and voice entries, and adds iCloud backup and sync, budget alerts, insights, your own categories and CSV export. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation, or at the end of the free trial if there is one. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. The lifetime plan is a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://privacy.owltaps.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://privacy.owltaps.com

Screenshots

Budget app4 screens
Spending Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Budget app at every 4 days against Spending Tracker's every 5 months. Budget app also leads on ratings volume (16K vs 1) and chart position (#65 vs unranked). Spending Tracker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Budget app sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Spending Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spending Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budget app has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Budget app ships an update every 4 days, Spending Tracker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Budget app versus Spending Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudget appSpending Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#65 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size247 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnerGrowJose Sapon

Customer experience

Budget app

All ratings16,242 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews1,286 reviews
Positive79.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.8%

Spending Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Budget app

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Transactions not always loading correctly
  • Upgrade/premium features not working as expected

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to carry over surplus/deficit between months
  • Option to view remaining budget instead of just spent
  • Multiple savings account/ledger support
  • Automatic recurring bill/subscription tracking
  • Web/desktop app version for easier data entry
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  • Customizable icons for expense categories

Spending Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Budget app

Subscriptions3
  • Budget Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$6.991 Year
  • Financial Empowerment3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Lifetime Premium Sale$4.99
  • Budget Lifetime Member$8.99
  • lifetime member sale$14.99
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  • Lifetime Premium Global$19.99
  • Family Premium$29.99
3 purchases

Spending Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • SpendKit Premium Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Budget app free?
Budget app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spending Tracker free?
Spending Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Budget app or Spending Tracker?
Spending Tracker is rated higher. Budget app averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Spending Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Budget app or Spending Tracker have ads?
Neither Budget app nor Spending Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Budget app or Spending Tracker?
Budget app ships an update every 4 days, and Spending Tracker every 5 months. Most recently, Budget app was updated on November 12, 2026 and Spending Tracker on November 8, 2026.

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