Comparison

Envelope Budget App vs Allot

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

Head to head
About

Envelope Budget App

This app helps you manage your finances by focusing on food expenses first. It offers a simple, private way to track spending, set budgets, and build healthy financial habits one category at a time.

Highlights
  • Focus on food expenses
  • Private and local tracking
  • Simple transaction entry
  • Category budgeting
  • Integrated tip calculator
  • Bill splitter
Features
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Tuck is for anyone who finds budgeting overwhelming. It is a simple way to see where your money actually goes. Give every part of your spending its own envelope: Groceries, Rent, Coffee, Savings. Set what each one holds, log transactions as you go, and keep your month on track one envelope at a time. No bank logins, no charts to decode, no noise. EMBRACE SIMPLICITY No sign-in and no bank linking. Completely private and local to your device. Add a transaction in seconds. Create envelopes, set budgets, allow negative balances, and roll unspent money into next month. Move budgeted money between envelopes, or cash between accounts, with a tap. A calm home screen that shows exactly what is left this month. SEE YOUR MONTH Calendar, insights, and spend-by-envelope reports. Home screen and lock screen widgets. Dark mode, your choice of currency, and a Face ID or Touch ID lock. Local backups every launch and CSV export. Your data is always yours. DO MORE WITH TUCK PLUS Unlimited accounts, envelopes, and transactions. iCloud sync across your devices, and partner sharing so two people keep one budget. Recurring bills and paychecks, with gentle reminders. Beautiful Monthly Journal, Year in Review, and Statement exports as PDFs. More color palettes to make Tuck yours. Tuck Plus is available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Everything else stays free. TUCK PLUS SUBSCRIPTION Tuck Plus is available as an auto-renewing subscription: Monthly: $3.99 per month Yearly: $29.99 per year A one-time Lifetime purchase ($49.99) is also available and does not renew. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy - https://lifesimulator.io/#privacypolicy Terms of Use - https://lifesimulator.io/#terms

About

Allot

This app helps you manage your finances with a zero-based budgeting approach. It allows you to assign every dollar a job, track your net worth, and plan for financial goals without requiring bank logins or a recurring subscription.

Highlights
  • Zero-based budgeting
  • No bank login required
  • One-time purchase for all features
  • Family Sharing included
  • Goal setting and tracking
  • Debt-paydown planner
  • Recurring charge tracker
Features
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Every dollar gets a job. Allot is a zero-based budgeting app with no subscription — free to download, $11.99 unlocks every feature forever. Built for people who left YNAB when it went to $109/year, want envelope-style budgeting without a monthly bill, and don't want to hand their bank logins to a third party. Family Sharing is included — your spouse downloads, you pay $11.99 once for the household. WHY ALLOT? — Free download. $11.99 one-time unlocks every feature, forever. — No bank login. You categorize manually so your data stays on-device. — Zero-based budgeting — every dollar of income gets assigned a job. — Goals, debt-paydown plan, recurring-charges tracker built in. — Family Sharing — one purchase covers your whole household. WHAT YOU GET — Build a monthly budget where every dollar has a job — Track net worth and cash flow at a glance — Set goals (emergency fund, trip, anything) and watch progress — Plan debt-free dates with snowball/avalanche math — See every recurring charge in one place — Multiple budgets supported WHAT YOU DON'T GET — No subscription — No bank login required — No social features — No ads — No analytics — No Android (yet) Built solo. The pitch is simple — you should be able to budget without paying $109/year. $11.99 once unlocks everything. That's it.

Screenshots

Envelope Budget App4 screens
Allot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Envelope Budget App at 4.8 against Allot's 2.0. Envelope Budget App also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and ratings volume (30 vs 1). Allot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Envelope Budget App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Allot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Envelope Budget App holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Envelope Budget App has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Envelope Budget App's written reviews are positive against 33% of Allot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Envelope Budget App ships an update every 10 days, Allot every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Envelope Budget App versus Allot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnvelope Budget AppAllot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChimpanzee, LLCStive Hassan

Customer experience

Envelope Budget App

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

Allot

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Envelope Budget App

Subscriptions2
  • Tuck Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Tuck Yearly Subscription$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tuck Plus Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

Allot

One-time1
  • Allot Pro$11.99

Questions

Is Envelope Budget App free?
Envelope Budget App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Allot free?
Allot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Envelope Budget App or Allot?
Envelope Budget App is rated higher. Envelope Budget App averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Allot averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Envelope Budget App or Allot have ads?
Neither Envelope Budget App nor Allot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Envelope Budget App or Allot?
Envelope Budget App ships an update every 10 days, and Allot every 3 weeks. Most recently, Envelope Budget App was updated on November 4, 2026 and Allot on October 31, 2026.

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