Comparison

HomeBudget with Sync vs Expense Keep

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
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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

Expense Keep

This app offers a simple and fast way to track expenses and income, helping users manage their finances and save money. It allows for organizing funds into separate accounts or spending envelopes, with features for recurring transactions and detailed monthly history.

Highlights
  • Track expenses and income
  • Organize money into accounts/envelopes
  • Set up recurring transactions
  • View monthly history and cash flow
  • Create custom expense categories
  • Transfer money between accounts
Features
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Expense Keep is the simplest and quickest way to track your expenses. It will save you money and improve your financial health. Expense Keep has been downloaded over 500,000 times and ranked top 5 Finance app in 33 countries. "This is exactly what I was looking for. It has cut my spending tremendously. Couldn't be happier with this app." "I have never rated an app before but I feel so strongly about this app that I knew I had to share with everyone how great it is!" "All I wanted was a sole app to track multiple accounts. This does it. I love it and have deleted all of my other expense tracking apps." "This app is the only budget app that I could find which works well with a zero-based budget." "This is the best budget envelope app available. So beautifully designed and simple to use. Includes recurring transactions and transfers between envelopes." "This app is awesome! Super easy to use without requiring so much personal info like other apps (Mint)." "Finally an expenses tracking app that don't force you to connect every single bank account you have. This app is for those, like me, that like to keep their info as private as possible." "This app is helping me feel in much more control of my finances." "This app is fantastic. Don't know how i ever managed without it." "Awesome app. Easy to use. Quick to set up and quick to input transactions." "Have tried a number of apps to track expenses, and this one has everything I've been looking for." Expense Keep is a personal finance app built to be fast and designed to be flexible yet simple to use. Organize your money into separate accounts and track your expenses and incomes. Accounts can be used to track your bank account balances or as "envelopes" for your different spending groups. FEATURES: Accounts + Add/Edit/Delete accounts. + Set starting balance. + Organize your money into separate accounts. + View current balance of each account. Expenses and Incomes + Add/Edit/Delete entries for expenses and incomes. + Create custom expense categories. + Assign expenses/incomes to an account. + Set a date and note for each entry. + Select a category for expenses. Transfers + Add/Edit/Delete transfers. + Transfer money from one account to another. + Helps you stay on budget when you overspend in one account. Recurring Entries + Add/Edit/Delete recurring entries that get automatically entered. + Setup recurring expenses/incomes/transfers for each account. + Set repeat cycles of daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly and more. + Set a start date and end date for recurring expenses. + Or set recurring expenses to be ongoing with no end date. Monthly History + View all entries for current month. + Go back and see previous months' entries. + Go to future months and add entries ahead of time. Cash Flow + See how much you earned/spent for the month. + Cash flow bar chart helps you spend less than you earn. Expense Chart + Pie chart shows your expenses broken down into categories. + See where all your money is going. + Filter pie chart to show only the accounts you select. Report + CSV export Security + Passcode lock feature More features coming soon! Have questions, requests, or feedback? Send them to info@expensekeep.com If you enjoy using Expense Keep or found the app useful, please consider leaving a review. It helps us a lot. Thank you!

Screenshots

HomeBudget with Sync4 screens
Expense Keep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Expense Keep at Free against HomeBudget with Sync's $4.99. HomeBudget with Sync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). On review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Expense Keep is free to download; HomeBudget with Sync costs $4.99 up front. Expense Keep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HomeBudget with Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HomeBudget with Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 1.7K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 77% and 77% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeBudget with Sync ships an update fortnightly, Expense Keep every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
HomeBudget with Sync versus Expense Keep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeBudget with SyncExpense Keep
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better4.4 (1.7K ratings)
Positive reviews77.2% of reviews77.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K1.7K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#73 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnishu, Inc.Tayson Nguyen

Customer experience

HomeBudget with Sync

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

Expense Keep

All ratings1,685 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews364 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative14.0%

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

Expense Keep

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 📊 Helpful expense tracking and visualization
  • 🔁 Recurring expense and income management
  • 🧠 Useful for budgeting and financial awareness
  • 💰 Good value for the paid version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes after recent updates
  • 🔒 Lack of cloud backup and data sync
  • 📄 Limited export and reporting options
  • 🔧 Inability to edit expense categories
  • 💸 Some features locked behind paywall

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

Expense Keep

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on launch after recent update
  • Dark mode functionality is broken
  • Recurring expense dates not updating correctly
  • Unable to export data or send feedback in-app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for multiple currencies
  • Implement a monthly budgeting feature
  • Allow customization of expense categories
  • Improve data export and reporting options
  • Integrate cloud backup and cross-device sync

In-app purchases

None

HomeBudget with Sync

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Expense Keep

One-time1
  • Expense Keep Pro$19.99

Questions

Is HomeBudget with Sync free?
HomeBudget with Sync costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Expense Keep free?
Expense Keep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HomeBudget with Sync or Expense Keep?
HomeBudget with Sync is rated higher. HomeBudget with Sync averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Expense Keep averages 4.4 from 1.7K ratings.
Do HomeBudget with Sync or Expense Keep have ads?
Neither HomeBudget with Sync nor Expense Keep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeBudget with Sync or Expense Keep?
HomeBudget with Sync ships an update fortnightly, and Expense Keep every 6 weeks. Most recently, HomeBudget with Sync was updated on October 23, 2026 and Expense Keep on October 22, 2026.

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