Comparison

Fleur vs Marlo

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

Head to head
About

Fleur

This app helps you manage your finances with a simple and elegant interface. Easily track daily expenses and income, set monthly budgets, and monitor your spending habits. It offers features like transaction history, repeating transactions, and category management.

Highlights
  • Log expenses and income
  • Set monthly budgets
  • Track spending habits
  • View transaction history
  • Add repeating transactions
  • Create new categories
  • iCloud sync
Features
Currently charting
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Fleur is a cute, aesthetic, and simple budget planner and expense tracker. Easily record your daily expenses and income, set a monthly budget, create multiple accounts, and track your savings and debt. Fleur is an all in one app designed to help you manage your money with ease. Key Features: - Minimal, elegant, and aesthetically pleasing design - Manage your budget together with your partner - Easily record expenses and income - Track your paychecks, savings, and debt - Set a monthly budget - Create budgets for individual categories - View insights and better understand your spending habits - Plan your budget daily, weekly, every two weeks, or monthly - View your transaction history in a calendar - Add recurring transactions - Create custom categories - Easily search and filter transactions - Sync with iCloud Read our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy here: http://fleur.app/privacy_terms We’re always here for you! - If you experience any issues or have questions, please feel free to email us. We hope you enjoy using Fleur as much as we do! :)

About

Marlo

This app calculates your 'safe to spend' amount by subtracting fixed costs, budgets, and savings from your income. It provides a clear, guilt-free number for discretionary spending, with budgeting and savings goal features. All data is stored locally for privacy.

Highlights
  • Calculates 'Safe to Spend' amount
  • Budget tracking by category
  • Savings goal setting and tracking
  • Recurring income and bill setup
  • Optional daily logging reminders
  • Private, on-device data storage
Features
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Know exactly what's safe to spend — before you spend it. Marlo does one honest calculation: your income, minus fixed costs, minus your budgets, minus what you're saving. What's left is your Safe to Spend — the money you can enjoy right now, guilt-free. No spreadsheets. No shame. Just a clear number. Most budgeting apps tell you what you spent. Marlo tells you what you can spend. That's the difference between anxiety and permission. SAFE TO SPEND, FRONT AND CENTER Open the app and the first thing you see is one big number: what's genuinely free to spend this month. It updates live as you log. Green means go. In the red? The app sits with you — it never scolds. BUDGETS THAT MAKE SENSE Give any category a monthly budget and watch a simple, colorful card fill up as you spend. Rent, groceries, coffee — see where you stand at a glance. SAVINGS JARS FOR THE THINGS YOU WANT Name a goal, give it a target, and add money whenever you can. Set a monthly amount and Marlo shows you the exact date you'll hit it. A trip, a home, a safety net — turn a dream into a plan. SET IT AND FORGET IT Add your paycheck and fixed bills once as recurring items. Your Safe to Spend works from day one — no re-entering the same numbers every month. A GENTLE DAILY NUDGE One optional reminder a day. Ten seconds to log keeps your number honest. That's the whole habit. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Your money is nobody's business but yours. — FREE FOREVER — Logging is never capped. The free plan includes: • Unlimited transaction logging • Your live Safe to Spend • Recurring income & bills • 2 category budgets • 1 savings goal • Daily reminder — MARLO PRO — Upgrade when you want more room: • Stats: spending trends, month-over-month, kept-rate, weekly review, and your full category breakdown • Browse any past month • Unlimited category budgets • Unlimited savings goals • Create your own custom categories • Custom themes, colors & icons • Export all your transactions to CSV • Every future Pro feature Pro pricing: • Monthly plan • Annual plan (best value) Spend wisely, not blindly. Marlo is the calm, honest money app that shows you what's really yours to enjoy. — Subscription details: Marlo Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: linked in-app (Settings › Legal) Terms of Use: linked in-app (Settings › Legal) Support: contact@theanicca.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fleur4 screens
Marlo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fleur at weekly against Marlo's every 6 weeks. Fleur also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 1) and chart position (#54 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Fleur sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Marlo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marlo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fleur has 13K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fleur ships an update weekly, Marlo every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Fleur versus Marlo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFleurMarlo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#54 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB17 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAkash JainAnicca LLC

Customer experience

Fleur

All ratings13,116 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews2,054 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative5.0%

Marlo

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

Bugs and requests

Fleur

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Incorrect calculations when updating account balances

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to set spending limits per category
  • Implement more flexible date range options (e.g., fortnightly, custom date ranges)
  • Include password/biometric lock for added security
  • Allow deleting/editing of past transactions
  • Provide option to upload transactions via CSV/spreadsheet
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  • Incorporate multi-currency support

Marlo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Fleur

Subscriptions3
  • Fleur Budget Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Fleur Budget Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Fleur Budget Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Fleur Lifetime$9.99
  • Fleur Budget Lifetime$15.99
  • Fleur Lifetime$25.99
4 purchases

Marlo

Subscriptions3
  • Marlo Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Marlo Pro Annual Intro$24.991 Year
  • Marlo Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Marlo Pro — Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Fleur free?
Fleur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marlo free?
Marlo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fleur or Marlo?
Marlo is rated higher. Fleur averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Marlo averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fleur or Marlo have ads?
Neither Fleur nor Marlo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fleur or Marlo?
Fleur ships an update weekly, and Marlo every 6 weeks. Most recently, Fleur was updated on November 6, 2026 and Marlo on October 31, 2026.

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