Budgeting App vs Monthly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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]
Monthly
This app helps you understand your finances by showing your remaining income after bills and subscriptions. It automatically calculates your budget around due dates and allows for custom budget schedules and household management. Plan for one-time income and expenses, and receive reminders for upcoming payments.
- Automatic budget calculation
- Customizable budget schedule
- Household and account management
- Bill and subscription tracking
- Expense categorization
- CSV export
- Home screen widgets
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See what’s left of your income after rent, bills, and subscriptions, without tracking every coffee. Add your income and recurring expenses once. Monthly then calculates your budget around every due date. EVERY BILL IN THE RIGHT MONTH Rent is due every month, insurance once a year. Monthly counts each payment in the budget month it falls in. You can plan for one-time income and expenses, too. YOUR BUDGET, YOUR SCHEDULE Start your budget month on payday or any other day of the month. If you want, an account can carry what’s left at the end of the month into the next one, shortfalls included, so your budget keeps running. At the start of each budget month, check the amount and adjust it if needed. HOUSEHOLDS & ACCOUNTS Manage separate households and assign income and expenses to accounts. Transfers move money between your accounts, once or on a recurring schedule, and don’t count as income or expenses. See the budget for each account as well as your household total. REMINDERS ON YOUR TERMS Set a reminder for any expense and choose the day and time. CATEGORIES & INSIGHTS Group expenses into categories such as housing, transportation, or leisure, with colors and icons of your choice. See how your income, expenses, and budget change over time. WIDGETS & QUICK ACCESS Check your monthly budget and upcoming expenses from your Home Screen, without opening Monthly. Add a new expense from the “Today’s Expenses” widget or a control in Control Center. CSV EXPORT Export your income, expenses, and transfers as a CSV file to open in a spreadsheet. FREE & PRIVATE No ads, no tracking, no subscription, no sign-up. Monthly keeps your entries on your device, not in the cloud. Plan your month knowing what’s left.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monthly at none against Budgeting App's 7. Monthly also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 79%). Budgeting App's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Budgeting App sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Monthly asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Budgeting App against 4.7 for Monthly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95 and 46 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Budgeting App's written reviews are positive against 89% of Monthly's.
Budgeting App ships an update weekly, Monthly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budgeting App | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (95 ratings) | 4.7 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Budgeting Company | Arno Richter |
Customer experience
Budgeting App
Monthly
In-app purchases
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
Monthly
No in-app purchases








