Stats for YNAB vs Pause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stats for YNAB
This companion app offers visual insights into your personal finances, allowing you to quickly review income, expenses, and their distribution by month, category, and payee. It requires an active YNAB subscription and does not support manual transaction entry.
- Graphical data consultation
- Income and expense visualization
- Monthly distribution charts
- Category and payee breakdown
- Companion app for YNAB
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This app is a companion app to the YNAB platform. Stats for YNAB allows you to graphically consult the information about your personal economy. Check quickly and visually your income and expenses and how they are distributed throughout the months, by categories and payee. ** IMPORTANT: Stats for YNAB requires a YNAB account with an active subscription. The application itself does not allow you to save new transactions. **
Pause
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You don't have a spending problem. You have an impulse problem. That late-night cart. The "treat yourself" click. The thing you bought on a whim and forgot about a week later. Pause gives you a simple system to break the cycle - without budgets, guilt, or willpower. Here's how it works: Add anything you want to buy. Set a wait timer. When the timer runs out, decide - do you still want it? Often, the urge just passes. Sometimes, you buy it - and feel great because it was intentional. That's it. No complicated tracking. No spending shame. Just a pause between the urge and the purchase. FEATURES - Wishlist - Save items you want to buy, all in one place - Wait Timer - Set a cooldown period before you allow yourself to buy - Urge Tracker - See patterns in your impulse buying habits - Simple & Fast - Add an item in seconds, decide later PERFECT FOR YOU IF: - You overspend on emotional or stress shopping - You want to do a no-buy or low-buy challenge - You're tired of buyer's remorse - You want to be more intentional with money - without obsessing over budgets Pause won't judge you for wanting things. It just helps you want them a little longer before buying. Download Pause. Buy less. Regret nothing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pause at none against Stats for YNAB's 3. Pause also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Stats for YNAB sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pause asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stats for YNAB ships an update every 3 months, Pause monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stats for YNAB | Pause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruben Fernandez | Ashraful Islam |
In-app purchases
Stats for YNAB
- Stats for YNAB - Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Stats for YNAB - Annual7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Stats for YNAB - Lifetime$10.99
Pause
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Stats for YNAB free?
Is Pause free?
Do Stats for YNAB or Pause have ads?
Which is updated more often, Stats for YNAB or Pause?
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