SimpliBudget vs Left
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpliBudget
Effortlessly track expenses, set budgets, and understand your spending habits. This app prioritizes simplicity and privacy, keeping your financial data offline and secure on your device.
- Expense tracking
- Budget setting
- Spending analysis
- Offline functionality
- Data privacy
- CSV export (Pro)
- Backup and restore (Pro)
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Track every expense in seconds. No account, no cloud, no ads. Your data stays on your device. SimpliBudget is the budget app for people who don't want a budget app. Open it, type the amount, tap a category, done. FAST TRACKING Log an expense the moment it happens. Big number pad, one tap per category, nothing in your way. SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Set a monthly budget and watch the progress bar fill up. The dashboard chart shows your top categories, and the monthly overview lists every expense. 100% PRIVATE No sign-up, no syncing, no tracking. Your financial data never leaves your phone. GO PRO • Unlimited categories • Export to CSV • Back up and restore to any location you choose Simple budgeting, finally. Download SimpliBudget. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/ Privacy Policy: https://simpli-budget.com/pages/privacy.html
Left
This app simplifies daily budgeting by focusing on a single number: what's left to spend after setting aside essential bills. It offers a minimalist approach to personal finance, ideal for those overwhelmed by complex budgeting tools.
- Single daily spending number
- Envelope for big bills
- Customizable spending periods
- Minimalist interface
- No bank syncing
- No categories
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One number tells you what's left to spend today. One envelope holds the big bills — rent, subs, loans. That's it. — — — Left. is a daily budget tracker for people who tried YNAB and gave up, tried spreadsheets and got bored on day three, tried mental math and lost track on day one. It works on a single, honest idea: pour everything you have into a period, set aside the big bills into an envelope, and what remains is yours to spend, divided by days. One screen. One number. No charts. No categories. No streaks, no badges, no nudges. Nothing to maintain. When you need to dip into the reserve — hold the envelope. The envelope breaks open. You take what you need. It seals back. — — — How it works: 01 Pick a period — a month, a week, three days, a trip. 02 Pour in the amount — everything you have for that period. 03 Set the envelope aside — the big bills that have to wait. 04 See what's left — one number on the home screen, every day. — — — What's not in here: — No syncing with banks. — No machine learning categorisation. — No social feed of how friends spend. — No subscription, no upsell, no premium tier. What is in here: — A blank page that opens on a number. — A reserve sealed in an envelope, opened with a long press. — A ledger that remembers every tap. — One hand. One thumb. One number a day. — — — Left. by Koodalabs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Left at none against SimpliBudget's 2. Left also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). SimpliBudget's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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. SimpliBudget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Left asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpliBudget ships an update every 4 months, Left every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpliBudget | Left |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Ole Wellnitz | Koodalabs LLC |
Customer experience
SimpliBudget
Left
In-app purchases
SimpliBudget
- Subscription (Annual)7 Days trial$2.991 Year
- Lifetime$4.99
Left
No in-app purchases
