Budget Zero vs Allot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Budget Zero
This app offers a private and simple way to manage your money using a zero-based envelope budgeting system. It allows manual transaction logging without linking bank accounts, helping you track every dollar and stay mindful of your spending.
- Zero-based envelope budgeting
- Manual transaction logging
- No bank account linking
- Private and secure
- Offline functionality
- Monthly budget periods
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The budgeting app that respects your wallet AND your privacy. Budget Zero uses zero-based envelope budgeting to give every dollar a job, without linking your bank account or tracking your data. Try Budget Zero Pro free for a month, or pay once with Lifetime and skip the subscription. WHY BUDGET ZERO? • Affordable - A fraction of the cost of other budgeting apps. • Private - No bank linking. No data selling. Your finances stay yours. • Simple - Manual entry keeps you mindful of every transaction • Powerful - Full envelope budgeting, with leftover money that rolls into next month HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your accounts (checking, savings, credit cards, cash) 2. Create budget categories and organize them into groups 3. Assign dollars to each category every month 4. Log transactions and watch your budget update in real time 5. Reach zero - every dollar has a job FEATURES • Zero-based envelope budgeting system • Import your budget from YNAB: accounts, categories, transactions and balances • Multiple account support (checking, savings, credit, cash) • Monthly budget periods with easy month-to-month navigation • Rollover: unspent money carries into the next month, and you can move it to another budget • Budget groups for organized category management • Transaction tracking with payee, date, and category, plus transfers between accounts • Budgets filled in from each payee's last transaction • Credit card payment budgets that keep card spending covered • iCloud-synced across your devices • Works offline - no internet required to budget • Clean, distraction-free interface • Dark mode support BUDGET ZERO PRO Pro unlocks unlimited budgets, accounts and transactions. Start with a free month on the monthly or yearly plan, or buy Lifetime once and keep Pro forever. Either way, it costs a fraction of what other budgeting apps charge. Take control of your money. Download Budget Zero today. About Subscriptions: • Subscription Name: Budget Zero Pro • Subscription Length: 1 Month or 1 Year (Auto-renewable) • Subscription Price: shown in your local currency on the App Store before purchase • Free Trial: the monthly and yearly plans start with a 1-month free trial for eligible new subscribers. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, the subscription starts and renews automatically. • Lifetime: a one-time purchase that unlocks Budget Zero Pro permanently. It does not renew. Price shown in your local currency on the App Store before purchase. • Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account Settings at any time after purchase. Links: • Privacy Policy: https://budgetzeroapp.com/privacy • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Budget Zero at 4.3 against Allot's 2.0. Budget Zero also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Allot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Budget Zero sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Allot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Budget Zero holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budget Zero has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Budget Zero's written reviews are positive against 33% of Allot's.
Budget Zero ships an update every 3 days, Allot every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget Zero | Allot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Grey Park, LLC | Stive Hassan |
Customer experience
Budget Zero
Allot
In-app purchases
Budget Zero
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$79.99
Allot
- Allot Pro$11.99








