Comparison

Flow vs Budgetum

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

Head to head
About

Flow

This personal finance tracker allows you to manage your money with ease. It offers full control over your data and can function offline, with features like multiple accounts, currencies, and financial statistics.

Highlights
  • Multiple accounts
  • Multiple currencies
  • Full data control
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud backup
  • Financial statistics
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A free and open-source personal finance tracker app built with love. Flow offers full control over you data, and works fully offline*. Features: - Multiple accounts - Multiple currencies - Full control of your data - iCloud backup support - Simple and smooth UX - Statistics about your finance Please consider supporting Flow by leaving a review, suggesting ideas through Flow's GitHub issue tracker, contributing and more! * If you use multiple currencies, Flow needs an internet connection to fetch foreign currency exchange rates.

About

Budgetum

Easily plan your monthly budget and track expenses with this straightforward financial tool. It offers a clean interface, customizable categories, and unlimited use without subscriptions or hidden fees, helping you achieve your financial goals.

Highlights
  • Monthly budget planning
  • Expense tracking
  • Customizable categories
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Unlimited free use
Features
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Budgetum is a budget planner and expense tracker for people who want to plan their money without connecting a bank. Plan a monthly budget or a paycheck to paycheck budget, track spending and bills, and see exactly where your money goes. Everything stays on your phone. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works fully offline. No account, no email, no bank login • Your financial data stays on your device. Back it up or export it as CSV any time • No ads and no subscription. Budgeting is free; Pro is a one-time purchase PLAN YOUR BUDGET YOUR WAY • Monthly budgets, payday to payday budgets, or any custom period • Your own sections and categories, with your colors and icons • Planned vs. actual for every category, with clear progress bars • Budget from planned income, or set a fixed budget amount for a month • Copy last month's plan in one tap TRACK EXPENSES IN SECONDS • Add an expense or income in a few taps, with suggestions from your own history • Favourites: hold + to add a starred transaction in two taps • Split one receipt into several categories, with item counts • Checking, credit cards, cash, savings goals and debts, with transfers between accounts BILLS, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PAYDAYS • Recurring transactions for rent, utilities, subscriptions and salary • See what's coming before it happens, with the net total for each day • Confirm each bill when it's due, so nothing slips through UNDERSTAND YOUR SPENDING • Spending by category, section, account, store, person or tag • Drill down step by step, for example Vacation › Groceries › Store A • Trends month by month, compared with last month or last year • A spending calendar to spot your expensive days • Desktop Analytics: explore your data on a big screen, privately in your browser SWITCH IN MINUTES • Import from YNAB or any CSV file • Match a bank statement to your transactions to reconcile an account (Pro) • Tags, saved filters and mass updates keep years of data tidy FREE AND PRO Budgets, expense tracking, accounts, analytics, import and export are free. Budgetum Pro is a one-time purchase: unlimited recurring transactions and tags (5 of each are free), bank statement matching, Saved Sets and Budget Sets. It also supports an independent developer. WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone moving from a budget spreadsheet, notes or paper • People who budget paycheck to paycheck or plan every dollar each month • Students, families, freelancers and anyone who wants a calm, simple money manager • Anyone who doesn't want to give a budgeting app their bank login Budgetum is a budget planner, expense tracker, bill tracker and money manager in one, without the clutter. Questions or ideas? Write from More › Report a Problem. Every message is read by the developer.

Screenshots

Flow4 screens
Budgetum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flow at none against Budgetum's 5. Flow also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Budgetum sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Flow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flow against 4.9 for Budgetum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 48 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Flow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Budgetum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flow ships an update every 2 weeks, Budgetum monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flow versus Budgetum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowBudgetum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings) — better4.9 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2048 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBatmend GanbaatarDanylo Rudenko

Customer experience

Flow

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

Budgetum

All ratings47 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flow

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Budgetum

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Budgetum PRO$5.99
  • Extra Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Flow free?
Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Budgetum free?
Budgetum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flow or Budgetum?
Flow is rated higher. Flow averages 5.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Budgetum averages 4.9 from 48 ratings.
Do Flow or Budgetum have ads?
Neither Flow nor Budgetum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flow or Budgetum?
Flow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Budgetum monthly. Most recently, Flow was updated on October 24, 2026 and Budgetum on October 30, 2026.

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