Savings Challenge vs Purrrchase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Savings Challenge
This app helps you achieve savings goals through a fun envelope challenge. You can use pre-set challenges or create your own with custom savings amounts and envelope numbers. It offers a unique and engaging way to build a savings routine.
- Envelope savings challenges
- Customizable savings goals
- Daily envelope saving
- Motivation for saving
- Digital money tracking
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Meet envelope savings tracker! Achieve your goals with the Envelope Challenge. Would you like to have extra $5,050? We dare you to take the Envelopes Challenge! Rules: 1. You have 100 envelopes with surprise number from $1 to $100. 2. Open one envelope per day and save this money. 3. After the 100th envelope you’ll achieve $5050! Is this surprise challenge not for you? Create a goal you want to achieve. Set up the savings sum and the amount of envelopes, that suites you. Add surprise challenge to your savings routine! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Purrrchase
This app helps you save money by gamifying the process. Log your spending habits, resist temptations, and earn in-app rewards to decorate your virtual space and customize your cat.
- Log 'not buying' items and build streaks
- Log real savings and track progress
- Set and visualize savings goals
- Earn in-app currency (sardines)
- Decorate virtual room and customize cat
- Receipt-style stats view
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Purrchase is a cozy savings companion that rewards the money you don’t spend and the money you put toward what matters. WHAT YOU DO • Log “not buying” items and check in to build streaks when you resist temptation. • Log real saves when you skip a purchase or move money toward a goal. • Set a savings goal and watch progress grow without spreadsheet stress. WHY IT STICKS • Earn sardines and spend them in the shop to decorate your room and customize your cat. • Skim stats in a receipt-style view so you can see momentum at a glance. • No account required: your saves, goals, and preferences stay on your device. WHO IT’S FOR Anyone who wants gentle structure and a bit of fun while building better spending habits. Questions? Use the in-app support link from Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purrrchase at none against Savings Challenge's 10. Purrrchase also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). Savings Challenge's advantage is ratings volume (446 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Savings Challenge sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Purrrchase asks for nothing beyond the download.
Purrrchase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Savings Challenge has 446 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Savings Challenge | Purrrchase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (446 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 446 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mihail Kuznecovs | Dara Girel-Mats |
Customer experience
Savings Challenge
Purrrchase
Bugs and requests
Savings Challenge
Reported bugs
6 issues- App glitches quite a bit
- Hold down the amount to get it to register is dumb (new update issue)
- Cannot create own challenge, it doesn't save
- App is buggy, cannot press back arrow on most screens
- Total saved amount keeps changing and is inaccurate
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- Cannot access settings, they won't open
Requested features
14 requests- Allow skipping and filling other envelopes before completing smaller amounts
- Allow setting multiple active challenges
- Ability to edit challenges without deleting
- Ability to pick a random envelope to use
- Ability to create own challenges that save
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- Option to skip an envelope or unclick it to move on
- Option to 'catch up' on opening envelopes if behind
- Option to pay out on payday
- Include an optional random number generator
- Create $5s and $10s challenges
- Make challenges scratches, revealing saved amount and waiting until tomorrow to scratch again
- Bring back the old design/font
- Allow users to change currency (e.g., to £)
- Allow users to access settings to change challenge amounts
Purrrchase
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Savings Challenge
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Weekly subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Monthly subscription2 variants$4.991 Month
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- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Yearly subscription3 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Yearly subscription$11.991 Year
- Design Bundle$3.99
- Lifetime purchase$19.99
Purrrchase
No in-app purchases
Questions
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