Comparison

HomeBudget with Sync vs Money Manager Expense & 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

Money Manager Expense & Budget

This app simplifies personal finance management with easy data entry, graphical spending insights, and robust budgeting tools. It offers features like double-entry bookkeeping, PC management, and credit card tracking to help you stay on top of your finances.

Highlights
  • Easy data entry
  • Graphical spending analysis
  • Budget planning
  • Double-entry bookkeeping
  • PC management via Wi-Fi
  • Credit/Debit card management
  • Multi-currency support
Features
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“Money Manager Expense & Budget ” is an optimized application for personal account management. Household account management is complicated. But we make it simple by simplifying the things that are complex. The default settings will get you started, and once you get used to it, you can alter the settings according to your needs with the highly flexible and customizable functions available. - Super easy and simple to enter data anytime, anywhere. - View your spending tendencies graphically. - View statistics by simply entering the data. - Search and calculator functions. - Set up sub-categories and main categories as necessary. - Manage all your accounts at once. - Use multiple currencies. - Check weekly, monthly, and annual statistics. - Use the calendar view. - Use budget planning features to plan weekly, monthly, and annual budgets. - Change the start date of the month. ※ Applying double entry bookkeeping It facilitates efficient account management. Automatic double entry bookkeeping. ※ PC manager function You can view ‘“Money Manager” application using Wi-Fi. You can edit and sort the data by date, category or account group on the screen of your PC. In addition, you can see fluctuations of your accounts indicated on graphs on your PC. ※ Budget management function You can manage your budget. It shows your budget and expenditures on a graph so you can compare a number of your expenditures against your budget quickly. ※ Credit Card / Debit Card management function When entering a future payment date, you can see the payment amount and outstanding balance on the accounts page. You can connect your debit card to your accounts so that expenses are automatically recorded under a specific account. ※ Passcode You can specify the desired time lapse before the app requests a passcode. ※ Automatic money transfer and frequency functions You can set up automatic money transfers between your accounts and configure the frequency of those transfers. ※ Sort expenses by the recipient You can sort your expenses by the recipient and view this information graphically. ※ Payment Profiles You can easily enter frequent expenditures by creating payment profiles. ※ Backup / Restore You can backup and restore your data via email, iTunes and iCloud. ※ Multiple currency support – you can have individual entries in multiple currencies, and configure each account to calculate the total balance in your desired currency. In Full Version. (https://itunes.apple.com/app/id564730202?mt=8) Manage from PC is available. There are no Ads. There is no limit the accounts. (In the lite version, 10 accounts is available.) Subscription pricing and terms: Money Manager offers auto-renewing monthly subscription at US$2.49/month and an auto-renewing yearly subscription at US$19.99/year to provide you with unlimited access to the Money Manager Data Sync Service while you maintain an active subscription. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Read more about our terms and conditions here: https://realbyteapps.com/policy/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://realbyteapps.com/policy/privacy.html

Screenshots

HomeBudget with Sync4 screens
Money Manager Expense & Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Money Manager Expense & Budget at Free against HomeBudget with Sync's $4.99. Money Manager Expense & Budget also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 77%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). HomeBudget with Sync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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

Money Manager Expense & Budget is free to download; HomeBudget with Sync costs $4.99 up front. Money Manager Expense & Budget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. HomeBudget with Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Money Manager Expense & Budget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Money Manager Expense & Budget has 19K ratings behind it against 1.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of HomeBudget with Sync's written reviews are positive against 93% of Money Manager Expense & Budget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
HomeBudget with Sync versus Money Manager Expense & Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeBudget with SyncMoney Manager Expense & Budget
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings)4.8 (19K ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.2% of reviews92.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K19K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#33 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnishu, Inc.Realbyte Inc.

Customer experience

HomeBudget with Sync

All ratings1,255 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews473 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.2%

Money Manager Expense & Budget

All ratings19,186 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews2,587 reviews
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.4%

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

Money Manager Expense & Budget

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 📊 Helpful statistics and charts
  • 💰 Effective for managing finances
  • 🗓️ Convenient calendar view
  • 🔍 Detailed expense tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Recurring transactions not working properly
  • 🔀 Difficulty changing main currency without losing data
  • 🔒 Lack of multi-user/device sync capability
  • 💬 No option to add notes or comments
  • 📤 Inability to export data

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

Money Manager Expense & Budget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Slow performance when adding old transactions
  • Inconsistent behavior of repeat expense feature
  • Ads reappearing after being removed

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to split transactions across categories
  • Option to set percentage-based budgets
  • Integration with bank accounts for automatic syncing
  • Customizable color themes
  • Family/shared account functionality

In-app purchases

None

HomeBudget with Sync

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Money Manager Expense & Budget

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$2.491 Month
  • 1 Year Subscription1 Year trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is HomeBudget with Sync free?
HomeBudget with Sync costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Money Manager Expense & Budget free?
Money Manager Expense & Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HomeBudget with Sync or Money Manager Expense & Budget?
Money Manager Expense & Budget is rated higher. HomeBudget with Sync averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Money Manager Expense & Budget averages 4.8 from 19K ratings.
Do HomeBudget with Sync or Money Manager Expense & Budget have ads?
Money Manager Expense & Budget shows ads; HomeBudget with Sync does not.
Which is updated more often, HomeBudget with Sync or Money Manager Expense & Budget?
HomeBudget with Sync ships an update fortnightly, and Money Manager Expense & Budget fortnightly. Most recently, HomeBudget with Sync was updated on September 23, 2026 and Money Manager Expense & Budget on September 24, 2026.

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