BudgetBloom vs Free Spend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BudgetBloom
Effortlessly monitor your expenditures with a clean, intuitive interface. Visualize spending patterns through simple charts and enjoy a privacy-focused experience with data stored locally. Ideal for those seeking a straightforward way to understand their finances.
- Expense tracking
- Spending pattern visualization
- Intuitive donut charts
- Dark mode support
- Privacy-first local data storage
- Clean and simple design
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BudgetBloom – Track Your Spending, Simply. Track your expenses with clarity and simplicity. BudgetBloom is designed for those who want to understand their spending without the complexity of traditional budgeting apps. Features You’ll Love: All Your Spending at a Glance See where your money goes daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly—perfect for tracking spending patterns over time. Clean and Simple Design No complicated menus or overwhelming features. Just an easy-to-use interface that focuses on your expenses. Visual Insights Intuitive donut charts help you quickly understand your spending by category. Dark Mode Switch to Dark Mode for a stylish, eye-friendly experience—perfect for any time of day. Privacy First Your financial data stays on your device, ensuring complete privacy. Your Feedback Shapes BudgetBloom This app is built with users at its core. Have a suggestion? Your feedback will guide future updates, ensuring BudgetBloom grows with your needs. Perfect for anyone who wants to track spending without the hassle. If you’re tired of complicated finance apps and want something straightforward, BudgetBloom is the perfect fit.
Free Spend
Track your running spending total with a simple home screen widget. Log purchases and income manually to gain a clear, immediate view of your outgoing funds without complex setup or bank connections.
- Home screen widget for running total
- Manual purchase and income logging
- No bank account connections
- No setup required
- Focus on mindful spending
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You know how much you make. You know how much you save. But do you know how much you've actually spent? Free Spend puts one number on your home screen: your running spending total. No budgets to set up. No bank accounts to connect. No categories to configure. Just open the app, log what you spent, and see your total — right from your home screen widget. Built for people who already have their finances figured out but need one simple thing: a clear, running view of what's going out the door. Your spending total, always visible. Add the widget to your home screen and see your total at a glance. Log a purchase in seconds. Add money when you get paid. That's it. Why Free Spend exists: No more jumping between bank apps, adding up balances in your head just to know what you've spent. Free Spend puts it all in one place. Log each purchase yourself, and feel the weight of each purchase. Free Spend gives you that number. One place. One glance. No setup. No friction. Just your number. Home screen widget with your running total Log purchases and add funds in seconds Manual logging means you feel every purchase and think twice about the next one No account required — no sign-ups, no bank connections Whether you use it as a daily spending tracker, a monthly running total, or just a way to stay honest with yourself about what's going out — Free Spend keeps it simple.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Free Spend at none against BudgetBloom's 3. BudgetBloom's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. BudgetBloom sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Free Spend asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BudgetBloom against 5.0 for Free Spend. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
BudgetBloom ships an update weekly, Free Spend every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BudgetBloom | Free Spend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benia Morgan-Ware | William Bray-Cotton |
Customer experience
BudgetBloom
Free Spend
In-app purchases
BudgetBloom
- Water the Bloom$0.99
- Water the Bloom$2.99
- Water the Bloom$4.99
Free Spend
No in-app purchases





