ideely vs Budgeting App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ideely
This app simplifies budgeting with quick expense entry via voice or speed tap. It offers clear visual spending meters and trend graphs to help users track their money and reach financial goals.
- Quick expense entry (voice/speed tap)
- Visual spend meters
- Simple trend graphs
- Weekly or monthly budgeting
- Multiple budget storage
- Data export
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You only benefit from a budgeting app if you use it. We believe you not only need a budgeting app, but you need one that is a breeze to use and easy to understand. We created ideely to be the most elegant, user friendly, and useful budgeting app on the market. Shortly after getting married my wife and I wanted to find a good budgeting app but many of them were either too complicated, not flexible enough, or too time-consuming to use. It’s no wonder why over half of American adults do not budget. To solve this, we created an app for ourselves—getting rid of the pain points helped us stay on top of our budget. As we benefitted from the app, we shared it with our friends and eventually decided to release it on a larger scale so you can not only start budgeting but enjoy it while reaching your money goals. Features you'll love: ENTER EXPENSES IN 4 SECONDS ON AVERAGE With ideely you don’t have to worry about misclassification of records added directly from your bank account. We avoid connecting to your bank all together while making it quick and easy to add records yourself via voice or our speed tap entry. Enter data as you go so that you’ll never be in the dark on how much is left in your budget. ADD RECORDS WITH VOICE COMMANDS Unlike other apps that demand your full attention to add records, we built ideely to budget on the go with easy speech entry. For example: - In the time it takes to place and receive your order at a coffee shop, you can tell ideely “spent $3.46 on coffee.” - While walking to your car after a long shift of waiting tables, tell ideely "received $40 from tips.” - Picking up a bagel on your walk to work, tell ideely “spent $3.50 on eating out.” ADD RECORDS WITH SPEED TAP ENTRY We recognize it's not always beneficial to use voice commands. With this in mind, we optimized the process of manually entering records to enable you to add records in as little as 3 seconds. SIMPLE GRAPHS KEEP YOU ON BUDGET Our trend graphs were designed to present the most information in the simplest format possible. They help you know where your money is going and where it has gone. Have you been neglecting savings? How often do you overspend on eating out? Have your tips been increasing with time? Trends helps you refine how much to budget for each category. SEE YOUR BUDGET AT A GLANCE WITH SPEND METERS With spend meters, easily see how much you’ve spent vs. how much you have budgeted. Seeing where your money is going helps you decide how to use it—and keep your money goals on track. BUDGET ON A WEEKLY OR MONTHLY SCHEDULE Whether you are salaried or have a weekly hourly income, ideely will align with your pay schedule. STORE MULTIPLE BUDGETS IN ONE PLACE Saving and spending focuses often vary based on the time of the year or life season you are in. We allow you to store and use multiple budget cards. Think of these as budget presets that you can choose from when tracking your finances for the current month or week EASILY EXPORT DATA TO EXCEL You can extract a CSV file of all your records at any time. Whether you are self-employed or file 1099, ideely is a great resource for tax season. SYNCING ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES You can log in to your ideely account from multiple devices. This works great for married couples. Both partners can simultaneously view their shared account from their own device. OFFLINE MODE No signal, no problem. view data even while offline. Try before you buy: We’ll start you off with full access to ideely and enough free record entries to get familiar with the app. Once you hit your free record cap you can choose to enroll to a yearly or monthly subscription. For less than a cup of coffee per month enjoy unlimited budgeting with ideely! LottieFiles Credit: Mailbox - @Jignesh Gajjar Girl on Bike - @Alexander Rozhkov Moving City - @Luis Eduardo Andrade App Icon Logos and Screen Shots @Koriginalz Design Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Budgeting App
Manage your personal finances with this comprehensive budget planner and expense tracker. It offers features like device syncing, custom categories, flexible budgeting, and insightful analytics to help you stay on track with your spending and savings goals.
- Sync across devices
- Customizable spending categories
- Flexible budget creation (weekly, monthly)
- Track income and expenses
- Automated recurring transactions
- Detailed spending analytics
- Multiple account management
- Savings and loan tracking
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The Budgeting App is a manual-first budget planner and expense tracker for people who want to feel in control of their money, not just watch an automatic dashboard. When you log spending yourself, you stay aware of every purchase, notice your habits, and make calmer decisions about where your money goes. - Flexible budgets that fit your life: create weekly, fortnightly, or monthly budgets and see at a glance whether you're on track. - Fast expense logging: add income and spending in seconds, with a built-in calculator so you can do the maths before you save. - Custom categories: organise your spending with categories and icons you choose, so your budget reflects how you actually live. - Insightful analytics: spot patterns in your spending and make informed decisions about credit cards, savings, and your emergency fund. - Recurring transactions: keep track of regular bills and subscriptions, from insurance to streaming, so nothing catches you by surprise. - Savings and loan trackers: set savings goals and follow loan repayments in one place to stay focused on what matters. - Multiple accounts and currencies: manage separate accounts, each with its own budgets, goals, and currency. - Automatic bank sync (Australia, United States, and Canada): connect your bank to import transactions automatically, then review and categorise them yourself. Bank connections are provided by Fiskil in Australia and Plaid in the United States and Canada. Everywhere else, The Budgeting App is manual by design. - Sync across devices: pick up your budget on any device and stay on top of your spending wherever you are. Budgeting works best when you're part of it. The Budgeting App keeps you close to your money so good habits actually stick. Download The Budgeting App and start budgeting with intention today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ [:mav: 5.9.3]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Budgeting App at weekly against ideely's every 2 months. Budgeting App also leads on ratings volume (95 vs 12). ideely's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). 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
Both are free to download. ideely sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Budgeting App sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ideely holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budgeting App has 95 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ideely's written reviews are positive against 79% of Budgeting App's.
ideely ships an update every 2 months, Budgeting App weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ideely | Budgeting App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | 4.7 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 78.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 95 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ideely LLC | The Budgeting Company |
Customer experience
ideely
Budgeting App
In-app purchases
ideely
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$23.991 Year
Budgeting App
- Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Lifetime Bank Sync Add-On (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- Pro Sync (Monthly)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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- Pro (Annual)$26.491 Year
- Pro Sync (Annual)1 Month trial$89.991 Year
- The Budgeting App Pro Lifetime$33.99
- The Budgeting App Pro Lifetime$59.90









