Comparison

Simple Budget vs BudgetDeck

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

Head to head
About

Simple Budget

Manage your personal finances with this straightforward expense tracker. Monitor spending, set savings goals, and track bills and debt. Offers offline access, automatic cloud backup, and customizable reports to help you stay on top of your money.

Highlights
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Budget planning and savings goals
  • Debt and bill management
  • Offline finance management
  • Automatic cloud backup
  • Customizable expense categories
  • Forecasting future expenses
Features
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Simple Budget is a private expense tracker and budget planner that works completely offline — no bank login, no signup, nothing to connect. Add an expense, log your income, and see exactly where your money goes. If you've tried a budgeting app that wanted your bank password before you'd even set a budget, Simple Budget is the alternative: every number comes from you, stored on your device, not pulled from a linked account. WHAT'S INSIDE • Expense & income tracking, with a real-time balance by day, week or month • A budget planner with overspend alerts, so you know before you go over • Bills & recurring payments, with start and end dates — mark each one paid or pending • A two-year calendar view of every expense and bill • Weekly and monthly reports with a top-5 category pie chart, plus 5 monthly spending insights • Savings goals and a debt tracker, so paying things off feels like progress, not guesswork • Custom categories, duplicate-in-one-tap entries, search and export • Free cloud backup and restore • Daily and weekly reminders, dark mode, and 9 in-app languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi) WHO IT'S FOR Students working with a fixed allowance. Freelancers whose income changes every month. Households and couples splitting bills who want one clear picture instead of two separate mental tallies. Anyone who'd rather type in a number than link a bank account to a stranger's server. FREE TO USE, WITH OPTIONAL PREMIUM Simple Budget is free to use, supported by ads, with a generous free plan that covers every core feature — expense tracking, budgets, bills, reports, savings goals and the debt tracker included. Premium (monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase) removes ads, unlocks unlimited accounts and budgets, and adds extra spending insights. There's no requirement to upgrade to use the app for real budgeting. THE PRIVACY PART Simple Budget doesn't ask for a bank login, and it works fully offline — your expenses and budgets live on your device. The app does show ads and, if you choose to back up or restore your data, that data is linked to your account so it can be restored later; our full privacy details are in the App Privacy section below. Download Simple Budget and set up your first budget in under a minute. Please find our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Support Centre links below. Terms of use: https://simplebudget.online/apps/terms/simplebudget/ Privacy Policy: https://simplebudget.online/policysimplebudget/ Help Centre: https://simplebudget.online/apps/support/simplebudget/

About

BudgetDeck

Features
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BudgetDeck answers one question: how much can I spend today? The app automatically calculates your daily spending capacity and tells you in real time whether you're ahead or behind on your pay cycle. AI COACH: Savings projections, alerts and personalized advice based on your actual pace. SCENARIOS: Balanced, Prudent or Strict. Your daily target adjusts instantly. ANALYSIS: Category breakdown, full cycle statement exportable as PDF. QUICK ENTRY: Log an expense in 2 seconds. Multi-currency (CHF, EUR, USD, GBP). Download and take control today.

Screenshots

Simple Budget4 screens
BudgetDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BudgetDeck at none against Simple Budget's 3. BudgetDeck also leads on ads (none vs shown). Simple Budget's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Simple Budget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. BudgetDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Budget ships an update weekly, BudgetDeck every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simple Budget versus BudgetDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple BudgetBudgetDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaheed NazirSid'Ahmed Khou

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Simple Budget

Subscriptions3
  • Premium (Weekly)$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)$44.991 Year
None

BudgetDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Budget free?
Simple Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BudgetDeck free?
BudgetDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Budget or BudgetDeck have ads?
Simple Budget shows ads; BudgetDeck does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Budget or BudgetDeck?
Simple Budget ships an update weekly, and BudgetDeck every 6 weeks. Most recently, Simple Budget was updated on October 30, 2026 and BudgetDeck on November 9, 2026.

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