Comparison

SpendBalance vs Basic Budget+

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

Head to head
About

SpendBalance

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SpendBalance shows you where your money goes, without the setup. Add a purchase in two taps. Set rent, subscriptions and allowances once and they track themselves — daily, weekly or monthly — so you only log what you actually choose to spend. Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, nothing collected. WHAT YOU GET - Two-tap entry — log a purchase in seconds - Recurring transactions — set repeating income and expenses once and let them run daily, weekly or monthly - Four dashboard widgets — month's overview, balance trend, budget situation and spending split - 38 categories in groups like Campus Life, Food & Social and Personal Wellbeing — pick the 7 that matter to you - Day, week, month and year views - 66 currencies - Custom colours and a dashboard you arrange yourself - Dark mode, following your system setting HOW IT WORKS SpendBalance doesn't connect to your bank. You enter what you spend, which takes a couple of seconds — and means the app works with any bank in any country, and that your financial data never leaves your device. Recurring items handle the predictable spending on their own. Start in under a minute. No sign-up screen, nothing to connect.

About

Basic Budget+

Manage your finances with a simple ledger. Track multiple account types, transfers, and view basic reports. Quickly record transactions and understand your spending habits without linking financial accounts.

Highlights
  • Multiple account types
  • Transfers between accounts
  • Basic reporting
  • Quick transaction entry
  • Transaction recall
  • No financial account linking
Features
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A basic ledger that allows for multiple account types, transfers between accounts, and basic reporting. Quick entries on app open and transaction recall make this a simple and quick way to manage your finances and see where your spending habits are without connecting your financial information anywhere.

Screenshots

SpendBalance4 screens
Basic Budget+4 screens

Verdict

The call

SpendBalance and Basic Budget+ are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpendBalance ships an update every 3 weeks, Basic Budget+ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SpendBalance versus Basic Budget+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpendBalanceBasic Budget+
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven SbarbaroFurious Rhino

In-app purchases

None

SpendBalance

No in-app purchases

None

Basic Budget+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpendBalance free?
SpendBalance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Basic Budget+ free?
Basic Budget+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpendBalance or Basic Budget+ have ads?
Neither SpendBalance nor Basic Budget+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpendBalance or Basic Budget+?
SpendBalance ships an update every 3 weeks, and Basic Budget+ every 2 weeks. Most recently, SpendBalance was updated on October 3, 2026 and Basic Budget+ on October 1, 2026.

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