Comparison

Expenso vs Budget Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Expenso

Features
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Expenso is a personal finance app that helps you understand your money and plan ahead, without a lot of setup or spreadsheets. It works fully offline with no account required, so your data stays on your device. Now with smart, on-device suggestions that learn from you โ€” logging is faster and your insights are sharper, all without your data ever leaving your phone. Whether you're trying to spend less, save more, or just stop wondering where the month went, Expenso keeps the whole picture in one place. TRACK YOUR SPENDING Log a purchase in a few seconds from any screen. As you type what you bought, Expenso suggests the category for you โ€” it learns from your own history and recognises common shops from the very first day, so most logs are just a tap to confirm (nothing is ever saved without you). Search your history by keyword, filter by category, and jump back to any past month. Buying something later this month? Add it with a future date and it counts toward your projected balance right away, then becomes a regular transaction on the day it happens. SMARTER, AND STILL PRIVATE Expenso includes on-device intelligence that learns only from your own history โ€” no account, no cloud, nothing shared. It suggests categories as you log, gives you an honest month-end forecast as a realistic range rather than a single number, and can quietly flag a category that's running unusually high for you. Every bit of it runs on your phone, offline. PLAN THE MONTH Set up your income, recurring bills, subscriptions, and savings in the Planner, and Expenso rolls it all into a projected month-end balance. You'll know where you'll land before the month is over, not after. Income is recorded month by month, so a raise or a lost income source never rewrites your past numbers. BUILD YOUR SAVINGS Set a target amount and a date, then log contributions as you go. Expenso tracks your progress and tells you plainly whether each goal is on track, needs attention, or at risk. A monthly check-in helps you keep the habit going, and skipping a month is fine when things are tight. WISHLIST Add the things you're thinking about buying with a price and a category. Expenso weighs your budget, your recent spending, and your savings commitments, then gives each item a straight answer: buy now, wait, or save first. CATEGORIES YOUR WAY Build your own spending categories with the icon and colour you want. Set a monthly budget for each one and watch the progress bars fill as you spend. FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE A single score from 0 to 100, built from your savings rate, budget adherence, expense coverage, spending trend, and balance direction. It gives you an honest read on how you're doing and what to work on next. Tap the info icon to see exactly how it's calculated. MONTHLY INSIGHTS - Projected net balance, month by month - A realistic month-end forecast range, so you can see where you'll land - A heads-up when a category is running unusually high for you - Spending against budget for every category - Daily average spend - A six-month spending trend - A year-in-review summary each year MORE - Optional notifications for upcoming transactions, a weekly spending recap, wishlist alerts, unusual-spending alerts, and bill reminders - Dark and light themes - Any currency you like - Export your transactions as CSV - Full account control: change your password, sign out, or delete your account FREE TO USE Every feature in Expenso is free, and all of it works offline with no account. That means budgeting, transaction tracking, categories, planning, savings goals, insights, the health score, and notifications, at no cost. Optional Cloud Sync, to back up your data and keep it in sync across devices, is coming soon.

About

Budget Wizard

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This is a straightforward and user friendly application that allows users to manage their money spending patterns, list your payments and save all of your receipts.

Screenshots

Expenso4 screens
Budget Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Expenso at none against Budget Wizard's shown. Budget Wizard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expenso ships an update weekly, Budget Wizard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Expenso versus Budget Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpensoBudget Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.613.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size103 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian SztruharKhaled agbaria

In-app purchases

None

Expenso

No in-app purchases

None

Budget Wizard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expenso free?
Expenso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Budget Wizard free?
Budget Wizard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Expenso or Budget Wizard have ads?
Budget Wizard shows ads; Expenso does not.
Which is updated more often, Expenso or Budget Wizard?
Expenso ships an update weekly, and Budget Wizard every 2 days. Most recently, Expenso was updated on October 5, 2026 and Budget Wizard on October 18, 2026.

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