Comparison

CompBuddy vs ChalkBudget

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

Head to head
About

CompBuddy

This app helps you monitor your current total compensation and analyze job offers. You can model salary and stock growth, track historical earnings, and project future compensation packages up to eight years out. It requires no registration and is completely free to use.

Highlights
  • Track current total compensation
  • Analyze and compare job offers
  • Model salary and stock growth
  • Project compensation up to 8 years
  • No registration required
  • No ads or subscriptions
Features
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CompBuddy is a free to use app that helps people monitor their current total compensation as well as track, analyze, and compare job offers. No registration is required, and there are no ads or subscriptions. This app can be used in multiple ways: -As a current employee, you can use it to track how much you currently make at your job. You can model salary and stock growth and see what total compensation looks like over time. You can even make a new package each year to keep historical data on how much you have made. -If you're looking for a job, you can use this app to keep tabs on the different companies you are interviewing with. You can add notes on important deadlines, as well as begin to fill in compensation information as you get offers in hand with numbers. Then you can project these numbers out up to 8 years to see what the full package picture looks like over time, again adding in factors such as estimated salary and stock growth. -Just have fun with it! Play with the numbers and see what breakdown of salary/bonus/stock/other factors gets you to the numbers you want.

About

ChalkBudget

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ChalkBudget is a completely new way to understand and manage money. Instead of numbers and tables, you’re met with a living blackboard where you drag and drop bills and coins directly into your budget categories. Money becomes concrete, visual, and easy to grasp. The app is designed to be both fun and powerful. Everything on screen behaves like it does in real life — money stacks up, falls into place, sorts itself, and is summed automatically. With quick input, you can add amounts with a single tap, and the hand-drawn chalk style turns budgeting into a creative tool rather than a boring spreadsheet. When you want to dive deeper, clear overviews, bar charts, and pie charts show how your finances evolve over time. Perfect for anyone who wants clarity fast — without the hassle. ChalkBudget supports multiple languages, sound effects, haptics, different fonts, and iCloud sync, so your budget is always safe and available across all your devices. ChalkBudget makes money understandable, visual — and actually a little fun. Some features require a subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed and cancelled in the user’s Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CompBuddy4 screens
ChalkBudget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CompBuddy at none against ChalkBudget's 2. CompBuddy also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). ChalkBudget's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months). On price, 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. ChalkBudget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CompBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CompBuddy ships an update every 9 months, ChalkBudget weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CompBuddy versus ChalkBudget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompBuddyChalkBudget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (66 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHemant BhonsleChalkBudget AB

In-app purchases

None

CompBuddy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ChalkBudget

Subscriptions2
  • ChalkBudget Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ChalkBudget Premium Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is CompBuddy free?
CompBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChalkBudget free?
ChalkBudget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CompBuddy or ChalkBudget have ads?
Neither CompBuddy nor ChalkBudget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CompBuddy or ChalkBudget?
CompBuddy ships an update every 9 months, and ChalkBudget weekly. Most recently, CompBuddy was updated on November 3, 2026 and ChalkBudget on October 30, 2026.

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