Comparison

Prosper vs Envelope Budget

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

Head to head
About

Prosper

Plan your financial future with interactive projections for net worth, cash flow, and retirement. Simulate major life decisions and optimize financial goals like mortgage payments. Data is stored locally for privacy with optional cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Interactive net worth and cash flow projections
  • What-if scenario testing
  • Inflation-adjusted projections
  • Mortgage optimization tools
  • Household planning with multiple profiles
  • Offline support and local data storage
Features
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See your financial future before it happens. Prosper helps you plan ahead, not just track the past. Simulate retirement, test major life decisions, optimize your mortgage, and see how your net worth could evolve over time. - Project your future with interactive net worth and cash flow projections over the next 10, 20, or 30 years. - Test what-if scenarios for salary changes, home purchases, children, major expenses, and early retirement. - View inflation-adjusted projections to understand what your money could be worth in real terms. - Optimize your mortgage with extra payment simulations, payoff comparisons, and long-term cost analysis. - Plan as a household with multiple profiles and combined long-term projections. - Stay private by default with data stored on your device, offline support, and optional cloud sync only if you enable it. Prosper is built for people pursuing Financial Independence (FIRE), planning retirement, paying off debt, and making bigger financial decisions with more confidence. Download Prosper and start simulating your financial future.

About

Envelope Budget

Manage your money by assigning every dollar a purpose. Track spending against your budget in real-time, ensuring you know exactly what's available for each category and what's reserved for upcoming bills. Stay in control of your finances with clear visibility until your next payday.

Highlights
  • Envelope budgeting system
  • Paycheck allocation
  • Transaction categorization
  • Bank account syncing
  • Bills calendar
  • Spending reports
  • Shared budgeting
Features
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Stop wondering if you can afford it. Envelope Budget gives every dollar a job, so you always know what you can spend, what's set aside for bills, and what's left until payday. HOW IT WORKS When you get paid, fill your envelopes: mortgage, groceries, gas, eating out, savings. Every purchase comes out of an envelope. When one runs low, you know before you overspend, not after. FEATURES • Envelopes at a glance: see what's funded, what's spent and what's left in every envelope • Payday in one tap: allocate a paycheck the moment it lands, or reuse a paycheck template • Overspent? Cover it from another envelope in one tap. No guilt, just a plan • Smart inbox: new transactions arrive sorted. Payee rules suggest the envelope, and you swipe to accept • Bank sync: connect your bank through Plaid or SimpleFIN (read-only), or enter everything by hand • Amazon orders split by item: each item lands in the right envelope, with the EnvelopeBudget browser extension • Budget Bootcamp: a guided start that walks you through your first weeks, step by step • Budget together: invite your partner or family to the same budget, in sync on phone and web • Bills calendar and savings goals, so nothing sneaks up on you • Reports: spending by category, income by source, and net worth over time • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Face ID or a PIN to keep your budget private PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. We never sell your data. Bank connections are read-only, and you can skip them entirely. FREE TRIAL, MEMBERSHIP AND SELF-HOSTING Envelope Budget can be used at no charge with your own self-hosted Envelope Budget server. The optional EnvelopeBudget.com hosted service includes a 34-day free trial; continued access to that hosted service requires a paid membership purchased through an in-app purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Prosper4 screens
Envelope Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Envelope Budget at every 4 days against Prosper's every 3 weeks. Envelope Budget also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Prosper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Envelope Budget sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Prosper against 5.0 for Envelope Budget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prosper ships an update every 3 weeks, Envelope Budget every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Prosper versus Envelope Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProsperEnvelope Budget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaulo Jose Mendes MarquesRed Seam, Inc

Customer experience

Prosper

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Envelope Budget

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Prosper

Subscriptions2
  • FP Pro - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • FP Pro - Annual$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Features$6.99
5 purchases

Envelope Budget

Subscriptions4
  • Bank Sync Monthly$3.001 Month
  • Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
  • Bank Sync Yearly$30.001 Year
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  • Annual Membership$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$59.99

Questions

Is Prosper free?
Prosper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Envelope Budget free?
Envelope Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Prosper or Envelope Budget?
Prosper and Envelope Budget are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Prosper or Envelope Budget have ads?
Neither Prosper nor Envelope Budget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prosper or Envelope Budget?
Prosper ships an update every 3 weeks, and Envelope Budget every 4 days. Most recently, Prosper was updated on October 30, 2026 and Envelope Budget on November 12, 2026.

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