CashSync vs Budget Projects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CashSync
Manage personal finances with a simple accounting tool. Track expenses across multiple accounts and currencies with cloud sync, shared accounting, and interactive reports. Includes a calculator and currency converter for convenience.
- Cloud synchronization
- Shared accounting
- Multi-currency support
- Interactive reports
- Built-in calculator
- Currency converter
- Reminder system
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CashSync is a simple, convenient accounting tool with multiple accounts and currencies, cloud synchronization, shared accounting, a reminder system, interactive reports, a built-in calculator, and a currency converter. FEATURES: - Sync with the server and multiple devices.¹ - Share accounting with your friends or family.¹ - Really multiple currencies: over 160 currencies and exchange rates supported. - A built-in reminder system and repeated actions. - A built-in calculator. - A built-in currency converter. - Customizable categories. - Transfers between accounts (Double-entry bookkeeping system supported). - A clean, intuitive, and well thought-out design. - Simple interactive reports. - Security code at the start (Touch ID and Face ID).¹ --- The app offers a paid subscription with a trial period — CashSync PRO. The subscription price starts from $0.99 converted to your currency. The trial period is one week. The advantages of CashSync PRO: Cloud data synchronization and a joint record, transaction export and search, security code and backup. After the expiration of the free trial period, your iTunes Account will be automatically charged for the following period if the subscription is not canceled. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your iTunes account settings. The subscription is not tied to your CashSync profile, it is tied only to your Apple ID. Privacy and Terms: https://cashsync.pro/en/agreement --- If you have any notes or suggestions on the localization of the app, please email us cashsyncapp@gmail.com ¹ A PRO-subscription is required
Budget Projects
This app helps you manage your finances by creating income and expense budgets. Track your spending against these budgets to gain control and save money. Visualize your financial habits with detailed reports and charts.
- Create unlimited budgets
- Recurring budget options
- Progress bar for budget tracking
- Detailed financial reports and charts
- Customizable categories
- Transaction search and export
- Passcode and Touch ID protection
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Stop asking the question that where my money went, and why there is no money left in my wallet. Budget Projects keeps your money well managed and spent. By Budget Projects, you can create income and expense budgets, which indicate how much money you plan to spend or get, then when you have transactions under that budget, add them into it. When there is less money to spend under a budget, you will automatically control spending. This app helps controlling yourself spending money randomly and keeping your money well organized. After using it for a while, you will be surprised how much money you will save. Key Features: ⁃ Create unlimited budgets with recurring or not. ⁃ Recurring budgets by single or multiple cycles of daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. ⁃ Progress bar to show used amount VS budget amount. ⁃ Over roll amount to next cycles or not. ⁃ Custom order of added budgets. ⁃ Add recurring transactions. ⁃ Editable default categories and you can add your own. ⁃ Pie chart reports to show income, expense and savings. ⁃ Cycle pie chart reports to show percentage and amount of each budget. ⁃ Chart report to show cash flow tendency. ⁃ Search transactions by their name, type amount or note. ⁃ Hide Expired Budgets or not. ⁃ Air print support. ⁃ iCloud backup and restore. ⁃ Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Supports Touch ID as passcode. ⁃ Custom week and month start day. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders. ⁃ Export data in form of CSV, HTML or PDF. ⁃ Adds 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question or suggestion, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CashSync at none against Budget Projects's shown. CashSync also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. CashSync sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Budget Projects sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CashSync holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 80 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of CashSync's written reviews are positive against 62% of Budget Projects's.
CashSync ships an update every 2 months, Budget Projects every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CashSync | Budget Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (45 ratings) — better | 4.3 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better | 62.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hermann Wagenleitner | LINKLINKS LTD |
Customer experience
CashSync
Budget Projects
Bugs and requests
CashSync
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Budget Projects
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes when creating budgets
- Recurring costs not deducted from associated budgets
- Date field defaults to January instead of current date
- Ads appearing in center of screen and not closeable
- Data erased after app updates
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- App freezes or becomes unresponsive
- Transactions showing as 'earned' instead of 'spent'
- Incompatibility with iOS 15 and later
- Unexpected charges for in-app purchases
- Budgets disappearing without explanation
Requested features
11 requests- In-app tutorial or contextual help menu
- Automatic transaction entry from bank accounts
- Biweekly recurring payment option
- Default time setting for all transactions
- Monthly calendar view of expenses
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- Ability to change budget cycle date
- Zero-dollar budget groups for tracking unexpected expenses
- Better UI/UX design and layout improvements
- Easier decimal entry without calculator
- Multi-month or year-long budget tracking
- Improved customer support responsiveness
In-app purchases
CashSync
- CashSync PRO$1.991 Month
- CashSync PRO3 Days trial$2.491 Month
- CashSync PRO$5.991 Year
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- CashSync PRO7 Days trial$6.491 Year
- CashSync PRO Unlimited$6.99
Budget Projects
- Premium - 6 months$1.996 Months
- Remove Ads Forever$9.99
- Unlimited Transactions$11.99









