Comparison

ABN AMRO vs Pentos

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

Head to head
About

ABN AMRO

Manage your everyday banking affairs quickly and securely from anywhere. Open personal accounts, make payments, view transactions, and handle investments. Secure login options like fingerprint and Face ID are available.

Highlights
  • Digital account opening
  • Secure login with fingerprint/Face ID
  • View transactions and balances
  • Make payments and transfers
  • Send payment requests
  • Manage debit cards
  • Investments and savings management
Features
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Make the move towards digital banking. The ABN AMRO app is for everyone, beginners and professionals alike. Children are able to use the app, and business clients can easily use it to do lots of their banking. Thanks to the app, you can always see all your everyday banking affairs at a glance and you can bank quickly and securely, wherever you are. Get started with ABN AMRO too. Open a personal account in the app - it’s a breeze! You can even open a current account in the app using your international passport in many cases. No need to go to a branch. You can do more with the app than you may know, like: • log in to Internet Banking and confirm orders securely there • get connected immediately with the right customer service representative • change your personal details and settings • block or unblock your debit card or request a replacement • manage your digital debit cards • send a Tikkie payment request And of course you can also: • do your banking right in the app and pay using iDEAL • view your transactions, balance and bank accounts • transfer money and schedule payment orders • get notifications about deposits, withdrawals and direct debit transactions • make investments, add to your savings, and view and take out a mortgage or insurance • add accounts held at other banks to your overview Doing your banking using the ABN AMRO app for the first time If you already have a personal or business ABN AMRO current account, you can start using the app right away. Secure banking Once you’re logged in to the app, you can confirm transactions using the 5-digit ID code, and often with your fingerprint or Face ID. Be sure to keep your personal ID code secret. Just like your PIN it’s meant for you alone. Also only register your own fingerprint or face on your device. You can read more about secure mobile banking at abnamro.nl/veiligmb.

About

Pentos

Manage your money with a private, offline envelope budgeting system. Assign funds to categories, track spending, and view financial reports. Your data stays on your device, offering complete control and security.

Highlights
  • Envelope budgeting system
  • Offline functionality
  • Private and secure data handling
  • Transaction splitting and reconciliation
  • Customizable rules for imports
  • Scheduled transactions and goals
  • Net worth and cash flow reports
Features
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Give every unit of money a job. Pentos brings classic envelope budgeting to a modern ledger: assign what you have to category envelopes each month, spend against them, and watch what's left roll forward. You buy it once. It works entirely offline. Nothing about your money ever leaves your iPhone. WHY ENVELOPES Budgets fail when they're forecasts. Envelope budgeting only deals in money you already have: fund Groceries, fund Rent, and when an envelope runs dry, the shortfall is charged back against next month, so the numbers stay honest. Categories can carry their debt forward instead if you prefer. YOUR LEDGER, COMPLETE - Accounts with running and cleared balances, on- or off-budget - Fast entry with payee autocomplete, split transactions, and transfers that stay mirrored across both accounts - Statement reconciliation that locks rows once they match your bank - Search, rich filters, #tags, bulk edit, and a flag on anything still uncategorized RULES THAT DO THE TYPING Teach Pentos once: rules rename messy payees, set categories, and run on every import. Apply a new rule back through history in one tap. Payee merge tidies duplicates and never touches a reconciled row. SCHEDULES AND GOALS Scheduled transactions post themselves, or wait for your OK, and never drift: Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 31. Give any envelope a target: a fixed amount, a save-by date, a share of income, and more. Then fund every goal in one tap. TWO WAYS TO BUDGET Strict envelopes, or a lighter tracking mode that simply shows what you saved or overspent each month. Switch any budget file between the two at any time without losing data. SEE WHERE IT GOES Net worth, cash flow, spending breakdowns, comparisons, and a calendar heat map, plus a dashboard you arrange yourself from saved report cards. A privacy switch redacts every amount when someone is looking over your shoulder. UNDO ANYTHING The undo arrow takes it back: edits, bulk changes, deletions. Hold it for a labeled history. Shake to undo works too. BRING YOUR BANK WITH YOU Import CSV, OFX/QFX, or QIF statements. Pentos learns each account's column layout, catches duplicates automatically, and re-importing the same file is always safe. PAY ONCE, KEEP IT FOREVER Pentos is not a service. There is no subscription, no account to create, and no server your budget depends on. Buy it once and it keeps working. LEAVE WHENEVER YOU LIKE One tap exports your entire budget as a portable backup file you can restore on any iPhone running Pentos, or as plain CSV for spreadsheets. It's your data, and you can take it with you anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pentos makes no network connections. No analytics, no telemetry, no cloud. Its privacy label reads "Data Not Collected" because there is nothing to collect. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pentosbudget.com/privacy

Screenshots

ABN AMRO4 screens
Pentos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ABN AMRO at Free against Pentos's $2.99. ABN AMRO also leads on ratings volume (5.7K vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Pentos's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ABN AMRO is free to download; Pentos costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pentos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABN AMRO has 5.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABN AMRO ships an update fortnightly, Pentos every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ABN AMRO versus Pentos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABN AMROPentos
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (5.7K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.7K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperABN AMRO Bank N.V.Nadir Saleh

Customer experience

ABN AMRO

All ratings5,696 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews426 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative31.0%

Pentos

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ABN AMRO

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Unable to add/access accounts
  • Photo recognition not working
  • IDEAL payments not functioning
  • Keyboard issues when making transfers

Requested features

6 requests
  • Integrate Grip budgeting features
  • Add support for Apple Pay and Face ID
  • Improve notification system
  • Streamline money transfer process
  • Provide more customization options
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  • Enhance international user experience

Pentos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ABN AMRO

No in-app purchases

None

Pentos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABN AMRO free?
ABN AMRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pentos free?
Pentos costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ABN AMRO or Pentos?
Pentos is rated higher. ABN AMRO averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.7K ratings, while Pentos averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ABN AMRO or Pentos have ads?
Neither ABN AMRO nor Pentos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABN AMRO or Pentos?
ABN AMRO ships an update fortnightly, and Pentos every 3 days. Most recently, ABN AMRO was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pentos on October 31, 2026.

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