Comparison

RealBudget vs Simple Doris Envelope Budget

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

Head to head
About

RealBudget

Manage your money effectively with a digital envelope budgeting system. This app allows you to create custom envelopes, track expenses, and gain full control over your finances. It offers features like bank syncing and budget sharing to simplify your financial management.

Highlights
  • Digital envelope budgeting
  • Custom budget periods
  • Budget sharing
  • Bank transaction syncing
  • Flexible rollover options
  • Persistent savings envelopes
  • Cross-device access
Features
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RealBudget helps you organize your money with envelope budgeting in a clean, modern, and intuitive way. Create digital envelopes for your spending categories, track expenses, and always know what’s available to spend. Whether you prefer manual budgeting or automatic bank imports, RealBudget makes it simple to stay organized and in control. Key Features: • Create envelopes for groceries, dining, bills, savings, and more • Know exactly what’s left to spend in each category • Flexible budget periods — monthly, weekly, bi-weekly, quarterly, yearly, and more • Automatic bank transaction imports* • Helpful spending estimates based on past transactions* • Share budgets with family or partners in real time* • Carry over leftover funds between budget periods • Savings envelopes for long-term goals • Export budget data to CSV • Access your budget across mobile devices and the web* • Clean, simple, and distraction-free design RealBudget is free to use on a single mobile device and on the web. Upgrade anytime with RealBudget Premium: Share Tier — $3/month USD • Share budgets in real time • Access budgets across multiple mobile devices Sync Tier — $10/month USD • Everything included in Share • Automatic bank transaction imports • Spending estimates based on past transactions • 30-day free trial for first-time subscribers *Bank sync currently available in the US & Canada. Start envelope budgeting with RealBudget today. See the following link for the end user license agreement (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

About

Simple Doris Envelope Budget

This app helps you manage your finances using the envelope budgeting method. It allows you to plan monthly budgets, track spending, and review your financial performance privately on your device. Advanced features include natural language queries for budget insights and receipt photo storage.

Highlights
  • Envelope budgeting
  • Monthly financial planning
  • Expense tracking
  • Budget analysis
  • Natural language queries
  • Receipt photo storage
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Simple Doris Envelope Budget is the classic cash-envelope method, made simple and private. Give every dollar a job, track what you spend, and see at a glance how each month turned out. Everything stays on your iPhone or iPad: no account, no ads, and nothing is sent anywhere. PLAN EACH MONTH • Set a monthly budget for every envelope • Change it any time: past months keep the budget they had, so you can see what was really met • See planned vs. actual for the whole month, with progress bars that turn amber at 80% and red when you're over KNOW HOW YOU DID • Seven months of history for each envelope, as a chart and a month-by-month list • Mark one envelope as income to see income vs. spending and what's left over • Share a clean monthly summary as a PDF: budgeted, spent, difference and met or over for every envelope ASK YOUR BUDGET • Type a question in plain words: "Am I over budget this month?", "Compare this month to last month", "Show expenses over $50 at Green Market" • Answers come only from the data in the app, worked out on your device • On iPhones and iPads that support on-device AI (iOS 26 or later), you can turn on smarter, more flexible answers. Your data never leaves your device. TRACK SPENDING EASILY • Log an expense in seconds. Start typing a place or person and the list narrows as you type • Edit any past expense: amount, date, envelope, place or notes. Refunds can be negative • Expenses are always newest first. Select several to delete at once • Add cash to an envelope, or take it back out • Export your expenses to CSV KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER • Notes: a list of notes of any length, one tap away on every screen • Photos: keep pictures of receipts and anything else that matters to your budget PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking, no ads • Works offline. Your data lives on your device • A dark green-and-black look that's easy on the eyes Answers from the optional on-device AI are for general information only and are not financial advice. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://correlateencourage.com/privacy-policy Additional Terms of Use: https://correlateencourage.com/ce-app-terms-of-use

Screenshots

RealBudget4 screens
Simple Doris Envelope Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RealBudget at Free against Simple Doris Envelope Budget's $12.99. RealBudget also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (138 vs 1). Simple Doris Envelope Budget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On rating and ads 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

RealBudget is free to download; Simple Doris Envelope Budget costs $12.99 up front. RealBudget sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Simple Doris Envelope Budget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for RealBudget against 5.0 for Simple Doris Envelope Budget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealBudget has 138 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RealBudget ships an update fortnightly, Simple Doris Envelope Budget every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RealBudget versus Simple Doris Envelope Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealBudgetSimple Doris Envelope Budget
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.9 (138 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings138 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimitless Innovative Technologiescorrelateencourage LLC

Customer experience

RealBudget

All ratings136 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.4%

Simple Doris Envelope Budget

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

Bugs and requests

RealBudget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Too many glitches to deal with
  • Cannot budget for future budgets
  • Savings budget messes up monthly budget

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to see notes at a glance
  • Duplicate budget button or master budget option
  • Ability to share budget
  • Ability to split transactions
  • Option to approve money withdrawal visualization
Show 1 more
  • Visual deposit animation

Simple Doris Envelope Budget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

RealBudget

Subscriptions3
  • Premium1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Sync1 Month trial$9.991 Month
One-time7
  • Tip$1.99
  • Tip$3.99
  • Tip$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Tip$5.99
  • Tip$7.99
  • Tip$8.99
  • Tip$9.99
None

Simple Doris Envelope Budget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RealBudget free?
RealBudget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Doris Envelope Budget free?
Simple Doris Envelope Budget costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RealBudget or Simple Doris Envelope Budget?
Simple Doris Envelope Budget is rated higher. RealBudget averages 4.9 out of 5 from 138 ratings, while Simple Doris Envelope Budget averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RealBudget or Simple Doris Envelope Budget have ads?
Neither RealBudget nor Simple Doris Envelope Budget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealBudget or Simple Doris Envelope Budget?
RealBudget ships an update fortnightly, and Simple Doris Envelope Budget every 3 months. Most recently, RealBudget was updated on November 3, 2026 and Simple Doris Envelope Budget on November 8, 2026.

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