Spendy vs Budget Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spendy
A simple and shared budget app designed for quick expense entry and tracking. It allows users to record spending, manage budgets together with others, and even log moments with notes and tags.
- iCloud Shared Budget
- Quick Expense Entry
- Budget as a Diary
- Tag Management
- Calendar & Reminders Integration
- Automation Support
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The fastest way to log — and share — your spending. Spendy, the minimal budget app. Open the app and you are already on the entry screen. Even without an amount, a tag and a one-line note become your diary for the day. If complex budget apps wore you out, Spendy makes recording a habit. Recommended For - Those who quit budget apps because they felt too complicated - Couples, families, and friends who want to track expenses together - People who want to record both their spending and their feelings Key Features Recording - Quick entry first: start typing the moment you open the app. - Budget as a diary: capture moments with just tags and notes — no amount needed. - Tag management: understand your spending patterns at a glance. - Attach photos and scan documents to keep receipts together. Sharing & Sync - iCloud shared budget: record and manage expenses in real time with your partner, family, or friends. - Automatic sync across all your Apple devices — iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Views & Insights - Timeline and calendar views: browse your history the way you like. - Smart lists: automatically group expenses by the conditions you set. - Calendar & Reminders integration: see your schedule and spending in one timeline. Automation - Automatically register Apple Pay and SMS transactions. - Build your own entry flows with Shortcuts support. Widgets - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show today's spending at a glance. - Widget quick actions: memo, search, take a photo, scan a document. Privacy - Your ledger is stored in your own iCloud, not on our servers. Some features are part of Spendy Premium, a one-time purchase you keep forever. Start your habit of recording both money and moments with Spendy today. Terms of Use: https://onessa.app/spendy/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://onessa.app/spendy/privacy/
Budget Notebook
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A budget app you fill in yourself. Record what you earn and spend, and each month is laid out in charts. No bank linking, no sign-up and no ads. What you enter stays on your devices; the developer cannot see it. The app is available in English and Korean. New books start in your device's currency. ■ Recording · Income, expenses and transfers between accounts, with date, amount, description, payment method, category and memo · Browse by month and filter by type, category, payment method or keyword · Register money that leaves on the same day every month as a recurring payment, and it is added on that day. You can also show recurring payments in your device's calendar · Add entries with Shortcuts and Siri ■ Your month in charts · This month's income, spending and savings at the top · Fixed and variable costs, and money you marked as "Didn’t Need It" · A six-month bar chart for the trend · Spending by category as a donut, and as a race that replays how each category added up over the month · A recurring calendar showing what goes out on which day ■ Savings and debts · Net worth is the total of all account balances minus debts · Balances are not stored; they are calculated from the starting balance and transactions, so fixing a transaction fixes the balance · Moving money from a spending account to a savings account counts as saving, and moving it back counts as spending your savings ■ Budgets · Set a monthly budget per category and see how much you've used as a bar · See the whole year at once, with every month's budget and spending added up · "Copy Last Month" saves re-entering every month ■ Three ways to start · Start with samples: twenty example entries to look around first, removable in one step · Import a backup: read a JSON file exported from the app · Start empty: basic categories and a "Cash" account, ready to use ■ Across devices · Signed in to iCloud, your iPhone, iPad and Mac share the same book · Without iCloud, everything stays on this device and works the same way · Export everything to one file at any time, and read it back the same way · On the Mac, switch tabs at the top of the window, with a sidebar for each tab, menus, keyboard shortcuts and multiple windows ■ If you use Claude (optional) Turn on Claude Link in Settings and an inbox appears. Claude on your Mac can read your book and put transactions into the "Budget Notebook" folder in iCloud Drive, and the app shows them line by line. Likely duplicates are flagged, and you add only what you choose. This needs a Mac and the Claude desktop app. The connector tool and setup guide: github.com/impro0126-pixel/bueong-claude The switch is off by default. While it is off, the app does not look at any files. ■ What's not here · No account. No sign-up or login · No connection to banks or card companies. No financial credentials are asked for · No ads, no analytics, no third-party SDKs · No in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Budget Notebook at none against Spendy's 3. Budget Notebook also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Spendy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Budget Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spendy ships an update every 4 days, Budget Notebook every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spendy | Budget Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dasol kim | Youngju Lee |
In-app purchases
Spendy
- Day Money Premium Monthly Plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Day Money Premium Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
- Day Money Premium Lifetime$19.99
Budget Notebook
No in-app purchases









