Comparison

EnvelopeBudgeter vs Digital Budget

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

Head to head
About

EnvelopeBudgeter

Track your spending with a simple budgeting tool. Set limits for specific categories and share your budget with a partner to monitor expenses collaboratively.

Highlights
  • Create category-specific budgets
  • Track spending against budget
  • Share budgets with partners
  • Collaborative expense tracking
  • Simple expense logging
Features
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Simple expense tracker. Create a set budget for a category like "Boba" or "Eating out". Add your partner to the budget, then track your spending together.

About

Digital Budget

Manage your finances with a personal budgeting app that allows you to track income, expenses, and set aside money for specific purposes. Plan for future 'what-if' scenarios and visualize your spending habits with helpful charts. Syncs data across iCloud-enabled devices.

Highlights
  • Monthly budget planning
  • Envelope spending tracking
  • Scenario builder for future planning
  • Graphical spending trend analysis
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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Digital Budget is your own personal hassle-free go-to budgeting app. Budget without any external accounts and have all your data sync across iCloud-enabled devices. PLAN YOUR MONTHLY BUDGET Track all of your income, expenses, and envelopes to plan your monthly budget. Mark items as paid, or see them warn you when the due date is upcoming or past. Quickly see a variety of totals and know how well you’re sticking to your budget. TRACK DAILY ENVELOPE SPENDING* Your envelopes are a representation of money set aside for a specific purpose in the month (i.e. groceries). However, we don’t always spend exactly that much per month. So, you can add spending expenses quickly to track how much of the envelope has been spent, or how much needs to be reassessed and/or moved to compensate for over spending. PLAN WITH THE SCENARIO BUILDER* Life is full of what ifs. What if I bought a new car? What if I moved? What if I changed jobs? Now, you can create Scenarios that don’t touch or affect your official monthly budget. Plan for the what ifs and know if you can afford to make changes to your budget. VIEW GRAPHICAL TRENDS* Numbers on the screen are just text. View the graphical trends of your spending habits monthly or in a custom range. Are you spending more per month than you expected? Have you spent more than you budgeted in your envelopes? See where there are anomalies in order to try and fix it before the next month’s budget starts. WIDGET SUPPORT* Various Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets allow for quick updates to your budget without opening the app. Quickly see budget metrics for the current month, see expenses that are due in the next week, and see envelope progress for the current month. (The envelope widget is customizable to which envelope you want to see for the current month.) WATCHOS COMPANION APP* View your current month's budget straight on your Apple Watch in the companion app. See the status of all budget items along with the status of your envelopes (amount and all expenses). Includes various watch face complications for quick glances throughout the day. SIRI SHORTCUTS INTEGRATION NEW! Two preconfigured shortcuts are available to be run from anywhere (Spotlight Search, Shortcuts, asking Siri, etc.). The first is Due Soon, which shows you which budget items are coming due in the next week without opening the app or the widget. The second is Record Expense* (this is exclusive to subscribers to record an envelope expense). These shortcuts can also be utilized in the Shortcuts app to automate your budget and make it work for you. *Always ad-free and free use to create a simple monthly budget (using a limited number of envelopes and budget items). Additional app features require Budget Pass. DIGITAL BUDGET PASS Purchasers of the Digital Budget Pass gain these benefits over free users: -Unlimited budget items (income, expenses, and envelopes) -Track daily envelope spending -View graphical trends -Plan with the Scenario Builder -Access home and Lock Screen widget -Access the watchOS companion app and watch face complications -Access to the Record Expense Siri Shortcut Subscribe with your Apple ID and manage in your Apple subscriptions, or pay once and unlock forever. All data is processed on device, stored in your private iCloud container and shared securely between all your personal devices signed in to the same Apple ID. Budget on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Silicon Mac and have your data sync automatically. No data is collected from you, ever. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EnvelopeBudgeter3 screens
Digital Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EnvelopeBudgeter at none against Digital Budget's 3. EnvelopeBudgeter also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Digital Budget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. EnvelopeBudgeter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EnvelopeBudgeter ships an update daily, Digital Budget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EnvelopeBudgeter versus Digital Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnvelopeBudgeterDigital Budget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperButterApps LLCBryant Foster

Customer experience

EnvelopeBudgeter

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Digital Budget

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EnvelopeBudgeter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Digital Budget

Subscriptions2
  • Budget Pass - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Budget Pass - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$39.99

Questions

Is EnvelopeBudgeter free?
EnvelopeBudgeter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digital Budget free?
Digital Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EnvelopeBudgeter or Digital Budget have ads?
Neither EnvelopeBudgeter nor Digital Budget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EnvelopeBudgeter or Digital Budget?
EnvelopeBudgeter ships an update daily, and Digital Budget every 5 days. Most recently, EnvelopeBudgeter was updated on September 29, 2026 and Digital Budget on September 17, 2026.

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