Budgeting App vs CentSense
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]
CentSense
This app helps students manage their money by tracking expenses, setting budgets, and creating savings goals. It offers interactive lessons and simulators to teach financial literacy, all while prioritizing user privacy with no account or ads required.
- Expense tracking with AI and receipt scanning
- Budget progress rings and alerts
- Savings goal creation
- Interactive financial literacy lessons
- Financial simulators
- Private, no-account design
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CentSense is the budgeting app that treats you like a student, not a spreadsheet. Track your spending in seconds, build real money habits, and learn the financial skills school never taught you. All of it private, free, and on your device. TRACK WITHOUT THE CHORE Log an expense in three taps, or just tell the AI "I spent $8 on boba" Scan a receipt and watch the amount, store, and date fill themselves in Colorful categories that make your spending instantly readable Search and browse any month with income, spending, and balance at a glance BUDGETS THAT ACTUALLY HELP Set a monthly allowance and watch a live progress ring, green when you're fine, gold when you're close, red when you're over Get warned before an expense pushes you past your budget Bill reminders with recurring schedules, so subscriptions never surprise you SAVE FOR THE THINGS YOU WANT Create savings goals with their own icon, color, and target date Add money as you go and watch the progress bar fill Track assets and debts to see your real net worth grow over time AN AI ASSISTANT THAT SPEAKS STUDENT Log expenses and income in plain English Ask "how much have I spent this month?" or "any saving tips?" Friendly, fast, and optional, the whole app works without it LEARN MONEY FOR REAL LIFE Interactive lessons on budgeting, credit scores, taxes, investing, banking, and paying for college Quizzes after every lesson, streaks and badges to keep you going Five hands-on simulators: see what cutting a habit saves over 10 years, watch compound interest snowball, compare investing vs saving, practice trading with paper money, and experiment with a credit score PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. Every transaction stays on your phone Optional Face ID lock keeps your finances yours Receipt scanning happens entirely on your device CentSense was built by a high school student who wanted a budgeting app that didn't feel like homework. Whether you're saving for a laptop, managing your first paycheck, or getting ready for college costs, CentSense grows with you. Download free and take your first cent seriously.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CentSense at none against Budgeting App's 7. CentSense also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Budgeting App's advantage is ratings volume (92 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). 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. Budgeting App sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CentSense asks for nothing beyond the download.
CentSense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budgeting App has 92 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Budgeting App | CentSense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (92 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Budgeting Company | 之英 张 |
Customer experience
Budgeting App
CentSense
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
CentSense
No in-app purchases









