Comparison

Budgeted vs BudgetPlnr

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

Head to head
About

Budgeted

This app automatically creates your budget based on your savings goals and income. It provides daily and weekly spending plans, tracks your adherence, and predicts your financial future. Manage income, bills, and special purchases with this intuitive budgeting tool.

Highlights
  • Automatic budget creation
  • Daily and weekly spending plans
  • Financial future prediction
  • Income and bill management
  • Personalized WishList integration
  • Budget adherence tracking
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Creates your budget automatically and shows you your financial future before it happens! 5 STARS "This app is the holy grail!" - Felmont 5 STARS "Wonderfully simple" - olibh76 5 STARS "At last an app to help manage my budget that I can actually understand!" - Evadstoor Ever wondered why budgeting apps seem to make you do all the work? Wouldn't it be more useful if an app could create your budget for you? That's where Budgeted comes in. All Budgeted needs is a period of time to budget for, and the amount you would like to have saved at the end of that period. Budgeted will then create daily and weekly spending plans for you, completely automatically, and tracks your adherence to your budget over time. Simply put, Budgeted handles your finances, while you get on with your life. Once your budget has been created for you, the Budget Health feature analyses your past spending to give you an accurate prediction of how likely you are to be able to keep to your budget. Budget Health gives you the kind of certainty over your financial future never before seen in a budgeting app, and allows you to make smart adjustments to you spending to maximise your budgeting success. As well as all of this, Budgeted also helps you manage your income and bills. This ensures that your budget is created with all of your income and outgoings taken in to account, and helps you to plan ahead with clarity. Budgeted also includes your own personal WishList, to which you can add any special purchases you are planning during your budget period. Budgeted will then adjust your daily and weekly budget to take account of these items, so there's no need to worry about a nasty shock to your finances after buying that special treat. Budgeted has it all taken care of. So what are you waiting for? Download Budgeted today to take back control of your finances, and see just how simple budgeting can be.

About

BudgetPlnr

Manage your personal finances with this app that forecasts your bank balance over time. Input income, bills, and expenses to see future financial projections and receive overdraft warnings. Plan for purchases and easily update your budget.

Highlights
  • Forecast bank balance over months
  • Input income, bills, and expenses
  • Automatic recurring expense calculation
  • Overdraft warnings (amber/red)
  • Plan for future purchases
  • Monthly income/outgoings summary
Features
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Most budget apps show you what you've already spent. BudgetPlnr forecasts your real bank balance - up to a year ahead. Built by a developer who was tired of updating the same spreadsheet every month. Now you just enter your current balance once and BudgetPlnr calculates everything else - every bill, every payday, every month ahead. One update. A full year of clarity. HOW IT WORKS Add your current bank balance, then set up your income, bills, and regular outgoings. BudgetPlnr calculates your projected balance for every day and month ahead - so you always know where you stand before you spend. Thinking of buying something? Add it as a one-off expense and see exactly how it affects your balance over the coming months. No surprises. KEY FEATURES + Forward balance view - see your real balance up to a year ahead + Set payments as monthly, weekly, or annual - enter once, we handle the rest + Multiple accounts - manage all your accounts separately + Overdraft alerts - balance turns amber when you're close, red when you'd go overdrawn + Payment reminders - get notified before bills are due + Monthly summary - clear breakdown of income vs outgoings each month * + Specify payment end dates - set exactly how long a payment runs for * + Cross-device sync - your budget on every iPhone and iPad * * Pro features - available on monthly or annual subscription BUDGETPLNR PRO Unlock sync, monthly summaries, and the full experience. Monthly - 1.49 / $1.99 Annual - 4.49 / $5.99 (save over 75%) Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://budgetplnr.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://budgetplnr.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Budgeted4 screens
BudgetPlnr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BudgetPlnr at Free against Budgeted's $2.99. BudgetPlnr also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Budgeted's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 36%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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

BudgetPlnr is free to download; Budgeted costs $2.99 up front. BudgetPlnr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Budgeted asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Budgeted ships an update every 6 weeks, BudgetPlnr every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Budgeted versus BudgetPlnr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudgetedBudgetPlnr
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better36.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB174 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen AnthonyASJ IT Solutions Ltd

Customer experience

Budgeted

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

BudgetPlnr

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive36.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative55.2%

In-app purchases

None

Budgeted

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BudgetPlnr

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Annual Pro Subscription14 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • No Adverts$1.99

Questions

Is Budgeted free?
Budgeted costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BudgetPlnr free?
BudgetPlnr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Budgeted or BudgetPlnr have ads?
BudgetPlnr shows ads; Budgeted does not.
Which is updated more often, Budgeted or BudgetPlnr?
Budgeted ships an update every 6 weeks, and BudgetPlnr every 2 weeks. Most recently, Budgeted was updated on September 26, 2026 and BudgetPlnr on September 25, 2026.

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