Debt Payoff Planner vs Debts Break
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Debt Payoff Planner
This app helps you visualize and plan debt payoff scenarios for credit cards and mortgages. It provides practical projections to estimate payoff timelines, total interest, and the impact of different payment amounts, enabling informed financial decisions.
- Estimate debt payoff timelines
- Project total interest and payments
- Compare payoff scenarios
- Manage multiple credit cards
- Calculate mortgage payments
- Visualize principal vs. interest
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Debt Payoff Planner helps you reduce debt faster with clear payoff scenarios based on your own numbers. Whether you are paying down credit cards or planning mortgage payoff options, the app gives you practical projections so you can make better financial decisions with confidence. What you can do: • Estimate how long it will take to pay off your debt • See projected total interest and total paid over time • Compare payoff outcomes by changing monthly payment amounts • Set a target payoff timeline and view the payment needed to reach it • Explore mortgage payment impact, including principal, interest, escrow, and extra payments • Test different scenarios to find a plan that fits your budget Credit Card Payoff Features: • Add and manage multiple credit cards • Track total balance and weighted APR • Switch between “Payment Amount” and “Installments” planning modes • See repayment period, total interest, and total paid estimates • Visualize principal vs. interest with clear charts • View strategy alternatives to evaluate payoff tradeoffs • Access plain-language explanations for selected payoff results inside the credit payoff screen Mortgage Features: • Calculate monthly payment based on home price, down payment, rate, and term • Include property tax, insurance, HOA, and extra monthly payments • Compare baseline vs. accelerated payoff results • See estimated interest saved and years saved from extra payments • Use interactive controls to quickly test different assumptions Who it’s for: • People who want a simple, practical debt payoff planner • Users comparing repayment strategies before committing to a plan • Anyone looking to reduce interest cost and become debt-free sooner Important Disclaimer: Debt Payoff Planner provides educational estimates and planning support only. It does not provide financial, legal, tax, or investment advice. Results depend on your assumptions and may differ from real-world outcomes. Questions or feedback: BI-Systems@live.com
Debts Break
This app helps you become debt-free using popular payoff strategies like the Snowball method. It offers visual tracking, detailed reports, and multiple payoff plans to manage your debts effectively and save on interest.
- Debt payoff strategies (Snowball, Highest Interest, Lowest Balance, etc.)
- Visual debt tracking and progress monitoring
- Automatic balance updates
- Payment logs and extra payment options
- Loan, payoff date, and mortgage calculators
- Detailed reports and charts
- Passcode and Touch ID protection
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The mission of this app is helping you become debts free by Snowball method which is most popular used and recommended by many financial experts. There are five strategies provided, Highest Interest Rate First, Lowest Balance First. Highest Balance First, Earliest Payment Date First and Custom Order, Debts Break will show you pay off date and interest saved by each strategy. Use this app to manage your debts and track the pay off processes visually. Key Features: ⁃ Shows remaining balance, monthly payments, paid amount and percentage of each debt. ⁃ Update remaining balance automatically. ⁃ Lists payment logs, mark them as paid or unpaid. ⁃ Add extra payment for any debts. ⁃ Supports zero interest rate. ⁃ Add notification for each debt. ⁃ Send Debt payments by email. ⁃ Five Snowball Payoff plan: Highest Interest Rate First, Lowest Balance First, Highest Balance First, Earliest Payment Date First and Custom Order. ⁃ Shows pay off date and interest saving of each strategy. ⁃ Turn Snowball method ON or OFF. ⁃ Four calculators: Loan, Payoff Date and Mortgage and Affordable Loan, send amortizations out by email. ⁃ Reports for percentage and balance amount of each debt, pie chart for balance and interest. Chart view of monthly amount of each debt. Chart view of yearly total debts payment and each debt. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Supports Touch ID as passcode. ⁃ Supports Wifi Backup and Restore. ⁃ Supports iCloud Backup and Restore. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). ⁃ Adds 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch. If you have any question, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Debts Break at Free against Debt Payoff Planner's $1.99. Debts Break also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 57 months). Debt Payoff Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Debts Break is free to download; Debt Payoff Planner costs $1.99 up front. Debts Break sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 6 months. Debt Payoff Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Debts Break holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Debts Break has 96 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Debt Payoff Planner's written reviews are positive against 61% of Debts Break's.
Debt Payoff Planner ships an update every 57 months, Debts Break every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Debt Payoff Planner | Debts Break |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 4.1 (96 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 61.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 57 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Business Insights ICT | LINKLINKS LTD |
Customer experience
Debt Payoff Planner
Debts Break
Bugs and requests
Debt Payoff Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Debts Break
Reported bugs
14 issues- Decimal points removed from interest rate input fields
- Cannot enter decimal interest rates (e.g., 4.75%)
- App crashes when entering debt information
- Notifications persist after deleting payments
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
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- Data loss after crashes
- Automatic payment transfers between debts without authorization
- Cannot modify payment amounts after initial entry
- Reminders not functioning on certain iOS versions
- Error messages when entering minimum payment balances
- Slow app performance and extended load times
- Glitches when switching between payoff methods
- Payment schedule calculations appear inaccurate in some cases
- Accidental ad clicks due to poor ad placement
Requested features
15 requests- Biweekly and weekly payment options
- Ability to enter actual payment amounts made
- Extra/additional payment functionality
- Loan ending date field
- Support for recurring bills without balances (utilities, phone)
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- Asset tracking in addition to debt
- Ability to edit payment due dates
- Late fee and purchase tracking
- Additional snowball method (largest to smallest payment)
- Better help and tutorial documentation
- Ability to delete paid-off debts
- Support for multiple currencies
- Fortnightly/monthly cycle customization
- More detailed payment schedule view
- Ad removal after paid purchases
In-app purchases
Debt Payoff Planner
No in-app purchases
Debts Break
- Premium - 6 months$0.996 Months
- Remove ads$9.99
- Snowball method$9.99
Questions
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