Budget App vs Stats for YNAB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Budget App
Monitor your daily, weekly, or monthly spending with this budget tracker. Set limits, debit payments, and see how much money remains. This app helps you save money by avoiding debt and can track any limited resource by changing the unit.
- Track daily, weekly, monthly spending
- Set spending limits
- Debit payments
- Monitor remaining budget
- Track any limited resource
- Apple Watch integration
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Stay in control and monitor your daily, weekly or monthly spendings with the help of this budget tracker application. Set yourself a limit and debit all your payments. You can always see how much money is left until your budget is gone and whether you might better postpone a purchase. Over time this should help to to save some money instead of going into dept. Of course this application is not limited to money but you can use it to monitor any limited resource. Just change the unit in the 'Change Limit' section. Apple Watch version: - see how much money is left and the limit - watch app and glance interface for a quick lookup
Stats for YNAB
This companion app offers visual insights into your personal finances, allowing you to quickly review income, expenses, and their distribution by month, category, and payee. It requires an active YNAB subscription and does not support manual transaction entry.
- Graphical data consultation
- Income and expense visualization
- Monthly distribution charts
- Category and payee breakdown
- Companion app for YNAB
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This app is a companion app to the YNAB platform. Stats for YNAB allows you to graphically consult the information about your personal economy. Check quickly and visually your income and expenses and how they are distributed throughout the months, by categories and payee. ** IMPORTANT: Stats for YNAB requires a YNAB account with an active subscription. The application itself does not allow you to save new transactions. **
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stats for YNAB at 63% against Budget App's 14%. Stats for YNAB also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.1 vs 1.0). Budget App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On 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
Stats for YNAB is free to download; Budget App costs $1.99 up front. Stats for YNAB sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Budget App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stats for YNAB holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stats for YNAB has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Budget App's written reviews are positive against 63% of Stats for YNAB's.
Budget App ships an update every 10 months, Stats for YNAB every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget App | Stats for YNAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Ruben Fernandez |
Customer experience
Budget App
Stats for YNAB
In-app purchases
Budget App
No in-app purchases
Stats for YNAB
- Stats for YNAB - Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Stats for YNAB - Annual7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Stats for YNAB - Lifetime$10.99
Questions
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