Comparison

AMC Entertainment Visa Card vs Basic Budget+

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

Head to head
About

AMC Entertainment Visa Card

Visualize your spending with interactive bubbles and clear merchant icons. Earn unlimited rewards on everyday purchases, dining, groceries, and gas, with bonus points at AMC Theatres. Manage payments with scheduled autopay and get notified before due dates.

Highlights
  • Spending visualization with interactive bubbles
  • Merchant icons for easy transaction identification
  • Unlimited rewards on purchases
  • Bonus points at AMC Theatres
  • Scheduled payments and autopay
  • Transaction history and context
Features
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”******* Visualize Your Spending Habits Fun, floating bubbles on the homepage card will help you understand where your money goes. Tap on one to expand the category and learn how much you spent this month, last month and what’s your top spend for this category. ******* Recognizable and Clean Your transactions are no longer a boring spreadsheet. Large icons with logos help you quickly identify the merchant. Transactions are split into days, weeks and months. ******* Earn Unlimited Rewards* 50 points for every $1 you spend at AMC Theatres. In addition to the 100 points per $1 earned as an A-List or Premiere member, or the 20 points per $1 earned as an Insider. 20 points per $1 spent on everyday purchases, including dining, groceries, and gas. 10 points per $1 spent on all other purchases. There’s no drama and no annual fees, just points that add up rapidly to rewards. Use your rewards to treat yourself to tickets, movie snacks, and more. ******* Engaging Transaction Details Get the picture, map and logo of your merchant. See how this purchase affected your overall category spend for the month as well as the history of your spend with this merchant. If you added a tip, you’ll see a red heart next to it. Now you can understand and get the full context of all your spending habits. ******* Scheduled Payments Set up autopay and don’t worry about late fees or additional interest charges. Turn the payment dial and see exactly how much you need to pay for minimum, statement and full balance payment. Get notified before the payment is due. ******* **Rewards are earned as AMC Stubs Points. Purchases do not include items returned for credit, or interest and account fees.

About

Basic Budget+

Manage your finances with a simple ledger. Track multiple account types, transfers, and view basic reports. Quickly record transactions and understand your spending habits without linking financial accounts.

Highlights
  • Multiple account types
  • Transfers between accounts
  • Basic reporting
  • Quick transaction entry
  • Transaction recall
  • No financial account linking
Features
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A basic ledger that allows for multiple account types, transfers between accounts, and basic reporting. Quick entries on app open and transaction recall make this a simple and quick way to manage your finances and see where your spending habits are without connecting your financial information anywhere.

Screenshots

AMC Entertainment Visa Card4 screens
Basic Budget+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Basic Budget+ at 5.0 against AMC Entertainment Visa Card's 3.9. AMC Entertainment Visa Card's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Basic Budget+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AMC Entertainment Visa Card has 73 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AMC Entertainment Visa Card versus Basic Budget+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAMC Entertainment Visa CardBasic Budget+
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (73 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Multi-Cinema, IncFurious Rhino

Customer experience

AMC Entertainment Visa Card

All ratings73 ratings
Positive71.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative26.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive37.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.9%

Basic Budget+

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AMC Entertainment Visa Card

Reported bugs

33 issues
  • App not working
  • Website not working
  • Cannot login
  • Error occurred when trying to login
  • App won't display dashboards
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  • Cannot make payments on the card through the app
  • Customer service cannot update email
  • Issue signing in after Apple update
  • App sends codes to phone and email, then error
  • Two-factor authentication always says 'oops there was a problem'
  • No option for existing user to sign in
  • App asks for phone number and email, then says existing customer with no sign-in option
  • Constant need to reverify via text and email MFA
  • App doesn't properly portray statement balance
  • Verification emails not received
  • App kicks users out and takes forever to get back in
  • Latest update did not fix bugs
  • App seems to try to make users apply a second time
  • Payment from six days ago not posted
  • No confirmation for second payment made
  • No option to cancel payment
  • Offshore agents were totally useless
  • App never sends email to finish application
  • Email from customer service gets nowhere
  • App has a lot of bugs
  • Error message when entering codes during sign-up
  • No number to call for help
  • AutoPay feature needs work through PLAID
  • Application process non-responsive
  • Will not verify address
  • Login situation that won't remember you from session to session
  • No way to track points or signup bonus
  • Photo capture for ID backside does not work

Requested features

14 requests
  • Fix app bugs and glitches
  • Improve app UI/UX
  • Allow users to make payments through the app
  • Display dashboards (balance, totals, scheduled payments)
  • Fix two-factor authentication issues
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  • Allow existing users to sign in
  • Improve customer service responsiveness and helpfulness
  • Fix verification email issues
  • Allow cancellation of pending payments
  • Enable point tracking
  • Fix photo capture for ID verification
  • Improve AutoPay feature
  • Allow users to finish application process
  • Provide a phone number for support

Basic Budget+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AMC Entertainment Visa Card

No in-app purchases

None

Basic Budget+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AMC Entertainment Visa Card free?
AMC Entertainment Visa Card is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Basic Budget+ free?
Basic Budget+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AMC Entertainment Visa Card or Basic Budget+?
Basic Budget+ is rated higher. AMC Entertainment Visa Card averages 3.9 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Basic Budget+ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do AMC Entertainment Visa Card or Basic Budget+ have ads?
Neither AMC Entertainment Visa Card nor Basic Budget+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AMC Entertainment Visa Card or Basic Budget+?
AMC Entertainment Visa Card ships an update every 2 weeks, and Basic Budget+ every 2 weeks. Most recently, AMC Entertainment Visa Card was updated on October 13, 2026 and Basic Budget+ on October 1, 2026.

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