Comparison

HomeBudget with Sync vs Best Budget

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

Head to head
About

HomeBudget with Sync

Track expenses, income, bills, and account balances with integrated budgeting and analysis tools. Features family sync for household collaboration and cross-platform availability.

Highlights
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Bill management with reminders
  • Account balance tracking
  • Budgeting and category analysis
  • Family sync for multiple devices
  • Receipt photo attachment
  • Multi-currency support
Features
Currently charting
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Now available in mobile [iPhone/iPad] and desktop versions [Mac OS, Windows], including instant data sync between mobile/desktop versions. (Separate purchase required for each OS platform). A lite version of HomeBudget is available under the free applications category. Give it a try. Contact support@anishu.com, if you need help. We have no way of contacting you if you post an issue as a review. -- HomeBudget is an integrated expense tracker designed to help you track your expenses, income, bills-due and account balances. It offers support for budgeting, and allows analysis of your expenses and income, including charts and graphs. Two key differentiating features of HomeBudget are: 1. Integrated set of features. The features within HomeBudget are well integrated such that a bill can become an expense (when you pay for it) and also adjust the account balance at the same time. 2. Family sync. HomeBudget includes Family Sync, an advanced feature that allows a group of devices within the household to exchange expense and income information, and work together within a single budget. Once setup, the devices sync with each other automatically over the air. Family Sync works across all features including Bills and Accounts. Please refer to the Family Sync Quick Start guide at http://www.anishu.com for information on configuring Family Sync. KEY FEATURES: Expenses: - Create/Edit/Delete expenses and recurring expenses - Browse expense entries by month, by category/date with the ability to drill-down - Optionally associate an account and payee with an expense - Attach photo images of receipts; drag and resize images on screen - Support for multiple currencies and automatic exchange rate conversion - Search expense entries Income: - Create/Edit/Delete income and recurring income - Optionally associate an account with the income Bills - Create/Edit/Delete bills and recurring bills - Support for Payees, and track payments by Payee. - Make payment on bills either an as expense or as a transfer (to avoid double accounting your expenses) - Calendar and list view of Bills - Bill reminders Categories and Budget - Create/Edit/Delete expense categories and sub-categories - Set a budget, and track expenses at the category/sub-category level. - Associate icons with the categories and reorder category display order - Budget rollover - Classify expenses into fixed, variable and discretionary and compute your disposable income Accounts - Support for Accounts such as Checking, Savings, Credit, Debit, Cash, etc. - Associate your expense and income entries with your accounts and accurately track account balances. - View transactions, and do transfer between accounts. - Ability to choose a different base currency for each account Reports - Trend chart for Expense, Budget and Income for the last 6 months - Pie/Bar charts for expense break-down (Available in the Expenses screen). - Export data/reports by email or via WiFi Family Sync - Automatically sync multiple devices (iPhone, iPad, iTouch) in the household and see the same numbers on all devices over 3G and WiFi - Work within the same budget with other members of the household Other - Backup/Restore complete application data, including all receipts - Ability to upload your own list of category icons - Large numeric keypad for expense/income amount entry - HomeBudget follows the locale/region setting on your device and shows date and currency symbols appropriate for your region Visit http://www.anishu.com to see more screenshots, and to download the user guide (PDF, 42 pages).

About

Best Budget

This personal finance app helps you manage your money by creating unlimited income and expense budgets. Track transactions, monitor spending against your budgets, and gain insights into your financial habits. It offers robust reporting and data management features to help you become your own financial expert.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited budgets
  • Track income and expenses
  • Set budget details (name, amount, category)
  • Rollover budget amounts
  • Transfer funds between budgets
  • View transaction history
  • Generate income/expense reports
  • Export budgets (HTML, CSV, PDF)
Features
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Best Budget is an easy to use app to help you keep to a budget, as a personal finance application, you can create unlimited income and expense budgets with or without recurring, and track the transitions of each budget. With Best Budget, you can check your income and expense at a glance, and monitor which transactions are going on a budget. Best Budget will help you to become your own financial expert. Features: ⁃ Create unlimited expense or income budgets. ⁃ Set budget name, amount, type, category, date range and if no cycle or cycle by a specific date range etc. ⁃ Set if budget available amount is rollover or not. ⁃ Transfer available amount from one budget to another. ⁃ Add transactions to each budget. ⁃ View history of past circular budget. ⁃ Time marker to show the status of current date at each budget. ⁃ Custom a reminder to help you manage budgets. ⁃ Report to show your income and expense proportion of a date range. ⁃ Report to show percentage of each budget of a date range. ⁃ Export your budgets in form of HTML, CSV or PDF. ⁃ Custom date range of budgets to be exported. ⁃ Search transactions by name, amount and note. ⁃ Clean and tidy user interface. ⁃ Supports AirPrint. ⁃ Supports WiFi backup & restore. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Support migrating data to pro version. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. If you have any question or suggestion, please email to userfeed@vip.tom.com.

Screenshots

HomeBudget with Sync4 screens
Best Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Best Budget at Free against HomeBudget with Sync's $4.99. HomeBudget with Sync's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Best Budget is free to download; HomeBudget with Sync costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HomeBudget with Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeBudget with Sync has 1.3K ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 77% and 76% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeBudget with Sync ships an update fortnightly, Best Budget every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
HomeBudget with Sync versus Best Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeBudget with SyncBest Budget
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better3.9 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews — better76.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better68
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#107 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnishu, Inc.倩 赵

Customer experience

HomeBudget with Sync

All ratings1,255 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews480 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.2%

Best Budget

All ratings68 ratings
Positive69.1%
Neutral13.2%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative17.6%

User reviews

HomeBudget with Sync

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💰 Helps manage finances
  • 🔍 Detailed expense tracking
  • 🔒 Secure data storage
  • 🔄 Syncs across devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🕰️ Recurring transactions limited to 2 years
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding/editing past transactions
  • 🔧 Lack of updates and new features
  • 💸 Paid app with limited free version

Best Budget

From 68 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient budgeting features
  • 💡 Helpful for tracking expenses
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Great for managing multiple budgets

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 💸 Aggressive advertising in free version
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 🤔 Confusing interface for some users

Bugs and requests

HomeBudget with Sync

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Balance calculation errors
  • Recurring transactions not working as expected
  • Crashes after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to move expenses between categories
  • Automatic currency conversion
  • Customizable dashboards and reports
  • Integration with banking/financial accounts
  • Dark mode support

Best Budget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Transactions not saving properly
  • Budgets disappearing without explanation
  • Incorrect calculations and balance display

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to link accounts and sync data
  • More detailed reporting and analytics
  • Recurring income and expense options
  • Improved user guide and tutorials

In-app purchases

None

HomeBudget with Sync

No in-app purchases

None

Best Budget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeBudget with Sync free?
HomeBudget with Sync costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Best Budget free?
Best Budget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HomeBudget with Sync or Best Budget?
HomeBudget with Sync is rated higher. HomeBudget with Sync averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Best Budget averages 3.9 from 68 ratings.
Do HomeBudget with Sync or Best Budget have ads?
Best Budget shows ads; HomeBudget with Sync does not.
Which is updated more often, HomeBudget with Sync or Best Budget?
HomeBudget with Sync ships an update fortnightly, and Best Budget every 6 months. Most recently, HomeBudget with Sync was updated on November 10, 2026 and Best Budget on November 1, 2026.

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