Comparison

Pico Spend Lite vs Budget.ly

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

Head to head
About

Pico Spend Lite

Features
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With Pico Spend you can track and analyze your expenses quickly and easily on your iPhone. It's a private and offline expense tracker - everything stays on your iPhone and no servers or data connection are needed. Key features include: • Quick and intuitive entry of expenses • Fully customizable expense categories • See your expenses grouped by day • Drill-down and graphical summary reports • Print, email or share PDF reports from within the app • Currency conversion • Transfer your spending data to the paid version via iCloud In the lite version you can enter as many expenses as you wish but you can view and analyze expenses for the past three days only. Your expenses are stored on your device and if you buy the full version of Pico Spend, all entered expenses can be seamlessly transferred from the lite to the full version via iCloud. Some features available in the full version only: • Weekly and monthly summary reports • CSV export of data • Restoring from iCloud • Passcode protection • Apple Watch app

About

Budget.ly

This personal finance app offers a simple and intuitive way to manage your budget and track expenses. Visualize your financial data with animated graphs and customize categories with unique icons. Enjoy quick operations and a user-friendly design without mandatory registration.

Highlights
  • Simple and easy-to-understand design
  • Intuitive graph analysis
  • Customizable category icons
  • Quick and nimble operation
  • No user registration required
  • CSV file export (Premium)
Features
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Budget.ly is the calm way to keep track of your money. Log what you spend in seconds, set a monthly budget for each category, and see where it all goes on a dashboard that finally makes sense. Built for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with everything stored on your device. TRACK • Add income, expenses and transfers with amount, category, account, date, notes and receipt photos • Snap a receipt with the camera or pick one from your photos • Save where a purchase happened and see your spending on a map • Search and filter every transaction; sort by date or amount • Accounts for bank, savings, e-wallet and cash, with balances that update as you go • Recurring payments with reminders before they are due PLAN • Monthly budgets per category with envelope-style progress bars • Savings goals with target amounts and dates • Calendar view of your spending day by day ORGANISE • Separate journals for personal, business, a side project or a trip, each with its own accounts, categories and currency • Every world currency, with the symbol shown the way you expect • Nested categories with your own colours and icons • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID UNDERSTAND • Dashboard with balance, income, expenses and net savings for any week, month, year or custom range • Spending breakdown by category • Yearly overview as a table or chart, with any category as an extra column • Trends and analytics across all your accounts BUDGET.LY PRO • Assistant: ask about your spending or log a transaction by chat, powered by Apple Intelligence on your device* • Receipt scanning: snap a receipt and the assistant drafts the transaction • CSV import from Excel, Numbers, Notion or your bank • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Unlimited transactions (the free plan includes 25) PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data lives on your device and, if you choose, in your private iCloud. Export a JSON backup or CSV at any time, and local snapshots protect you from accidental loss. Upgrading from Budget.ly 1.x brings your existing wallets, categories and expenses across automatically. *The assistant requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence. SUBSCRIPTION Budget.ly Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use - https://sites.google.com/view/appsettings/terms-of-use Privacy Policy - https://sites.google.com/view/appsettings/prviacy-policy

Screenshots

Pico Spend Lite4 screens
Budget.ly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pico Spend Lite at none against Budget.ly's 2. Pico Spend Lite also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Budget.ly's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 12 months). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Budget.ly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pico Spend Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pico Spend Lite ships an update every 12 months, Budget.ly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pico Spend Lite versus Budget.ly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPico Spend LiteBudget.ly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDejan PetrovskiJaden K

In-app purchases

None

Pico Spend Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Budget.ly

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription (1 Month)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription (1 Year)$40.991 Year

Questions

Is Pico Spend Lite free?
Pico Spend Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Budget.ly free?
Budget.ly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pico Spend Lite or Budget.ly have ads?
Neither Pico Spend Lite nor Budget.ly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pico Spend Lite or Budget.ly?
Pico Spend Lite ships an update every 12 months, and Budget.ly every 3 days. Most recently, Pico Spend Lite was updated on October 31, 2026 and Budget.ly on October 25, 2026.

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