Comparison

Visual Budget vs iCompta 6

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

Head to head
About

Visual Budget

Manage personal and business finances with advanced analysis and consolidation. Track income and expenses across multiple accounts, set budgets, and visualize financial data with charts and graphs. Import transactions or input them manually for comprehensive financial oversight.

Highlights
  • Multi-account management
  • Customizable expense/income categories
  • Budget assignment and monitoring
  • Manual and automatic transaction import (CSV, OFX)
  • Recurring transaction setup
  • Financial overview and visualization tools
  • Graphical breakdown of transactions
Features
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With Visual Budget, easily manage your personal and business accounts using powerful, advanced analysis and consolidation features. Visual Budget can be used to handle several accounts simultaneously and sort them into different groups. Expense/income categories are automatically created based on a standard model that fits most needs. You can of course modify this category list to suit more particular requirements for each of your accounts. Two levels of categories/sub-categories allow you to define your budget plan in an easy but precise way. Assign a budget to every category, and accurately monitor the evolution of your income and expenses. You can input your financial transactions manually, or automatically by importing CSV (spreadsheet) or OFX (bank standard) files with iTunes file sharing. Check off your transactions to ensure that they match your bank statements. Define recurring transactions, such as a monthly Internet subscription, once and for all. Visual Budget also features Overview tools, allowing you to visualize the breakdown of your transactions and the changes in your balances in the blink of an eye, and to monitor your budgets efficiently Several graphs (bar or pie charts) provided by the application give you a clear and synthetic view of your transactions and their breakdown into expense, income, category and budgetary changes. The application comes with an example account featuring a dozen transactions which will allow you to quickly become familiar with it. Freemium version, limited to 50 transactions per account. Integrated purchase unlocks unlimited transaction creation. Universal application for iPhone/iPad, iOS 7.1 and above. Mac Version available on the Mac App Store.

About

iCompta 6

Manage your personal finances effortlessly. Track income and expenses, budget effectively, and visualize your spending with insightful charts. Handle shared expenses, monitor portfolios, and even generate invoices.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple accounts and currencies
  • Track income and expenses with budgets
  • Monitor investment portfolios
  • Manage shared expenses
  • Generate reports and charts
  • Automatic transaction download (subscription)
  • Import/export transactions (QIF, OFX, CSV, XML, JSON)
Features
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iCompta is an application that lets you manage your accounts with ease. Keep track of your income and expense, schedule your bills, stay in line with your budget and finally know where all your money goes thanks to beautiful charts. MAIN FEATURES : - Manage multiple accounts with multiple currencies - Sort and filter your transactions to make statistics on your income and expense - Keep track of your income and expense thanks to budgets - Monitor your portfolio - Manage shared expenses : you can finally know who owes what to who - Beautiful reports and charts - Transfers - Download your transactions from your financial institution automatically (requires an optional subscription, list of supported financial institutions is available on the web site or inside the application) or manually using a browser - Easy import / export of transactions in QIF, OFX, CSV, XML and JSON formats - Full synchronization between iCompta 6 on Mac and iCompta 6 on iPhone / iPad using iCloud, Dropbox or local network - Modify many transactions at once using batch editing or the powerful rules engine - Professional features : handle taxes, manage clients and make invoices - Check transactions on your bank statements to avoid mistakes - Password protection Support available in English and French. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Visual Budget4 screens
iCompta 64 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visual Budget at Free against iCompta 6's $3.99. Visual Budget also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (164 vs 14). iCompta 6's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Visual Budget is free to download; iCompta 6 costs $3.99 up front. Visual Budget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iCompta 6 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Budget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Budget has 164 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Visual Budget's written reviews are positive against 78% of iCompta 6's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Budget ships an update every 2 months, iCompta 6 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Visual Budget versus iCompta 6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual BudgetiCompta 6
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (164 ratings) — better4.1 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews87.6% of reviews — better78.5% of reviews
Number of ratings164 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB41 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPascal MeziatLyricApps

Customer experience

Visual Budget

All ratings164 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews387 reviews
Positive87.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative7.5%

iCompta 6

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive78.5%
Neutral14.0%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

Visual Budget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Transactions shifting dates unexpectedly
  • Keyboard covering input fields
  • Inconsistent app performance over time

Requested features

5 requests
  • Extend future view to 6-12 months
  • Improve recurring transaction management
  • Seamless cross-device syncing
  • Add multi-currency support
  • Enhance reporting and analytics

iCompta 6

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Budget

One-time1
  • Unlimited Version$7.99
4 purchases

iCompta 6

Subscriptions4
  • Download$0.991 Month
  • Supporter$2.991 Month
  • Download$8.991 Year
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  • Supporter$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Visual Budget free?
Visual Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iCompta 6 free?
iCompta 6 costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Budget or iCompta 6?
Visual Budget is rated higher. Visual Budget averages 4.7 out of 5 from 164 ratings, while iCompta 6 averages 4.1 from 14 ratings.
Do Visual Budget or iCompta 6 have ads?
Neither Visual Budget nor iCompta 6 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Budget or iCompta 6?
Visual Budget ships an update every 2 months, and iCompta 6 every 6 weeks. Most recently, Visual Budget was updated on November 1, 2026 and iCompta 6 on November 2, 2026.

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