Comparison

impause vs Almost Savings

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

Head to head
About

impause

This app uses behavioral psychology to help you understand and stop impulse spending. Log purchases with your emotions to identify triggers, and access science-backed lessons and mindfulness tools to build better financial habits.

Highlights
  • Psychology-powered spending tracking
  • Emotion-based purchase logging
  • Science-backed money lessons
  • AI spending insights
  • Personalized spending challenges
  • Mindfulness tools for impulse control
Features
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Stop the cycle. Impause is the only money app built on behavioral psychology so you finally understand WHY you impulse buy, not just how much you spent. Every other budget app shows you the past. Impause changes your next purchase. Our users save $250+ a month and it has nothing to do with willpower. SWIPE AWAY REGRET Connect your bank and swipe through recent purchases: right if it was worth it, left if you regret it. Over time Impause spots the patterns the triggers, the moods, the moments that lead to purchases you regret, so you can see them coming and skip them entirely. OUTSMART THE TRICKS RETAILERS USE ON YOU Retailers spend billions engineering the urge to buy. Impause fights back with 40 two-minute lessons, grounded in behavioral science, on the psychological traps behind flash sales, scarcity messaging, and checkout nudges so you can spot them and walk away. No shame, no spreadsheets, no guilt. CUT FORGOTTEN SUBSCRIPTIONS Impause surfaces the subscriptions you've stopped thinking about and helps you cut the ones you've stopped caring about. Dead weight gone, money back in your pocket. THE PAUSE : STOP IMPULSE BUYING IN THE MOMENT The urge to buy is beatable, but only if you catch it in time. Before you buy, run it through the Pause: see what a purchase really costs in hours of your life, and what it'd grow into if you invested instead. Hit "Don't Buy" to lock in the win, and Impause holds it for 24 hours so the urge can pass. MEET YOUR FUTURE YOU Upload a selfie and see two versions of who you're becoming based on how you spend today. Built on Dr. Hal Hershfield's research: the more connected you feel to your future self, the better the money decisions you make now. TRACK WITHOUT THE SHAME Connect Chase, Amex, Bank of America, Capital One and thousands more. See your income split across Needs, Wants, and Savings, and exactly where your money goes, not to obsess over it, but so nothing hides from you. MAKE SAVING FEEL LIKE A GAME Spend challenges, swipe cards, XP, and streaks turn better habits into something you actually want to do. Pick a category, set a limit, set the days, challenges build the habit without the misery of a budget that fights you. Small wins compound fast. FIND YOUR MONEY PERSONALITY Are you the Retail Therapist? The Comfort Shopper? The Blackout Spender? Discover your spending archetype and what actually works for your wiring. ---- WHAT USERS SAY "The first app that actually changed my spending habits. It doesn't feel like a spreadsheet, it feels like a coach." -- Ceddy212 "Has helped me stop impulse buying and learn what purchases actually make my life better vs cause regrets." -- Shanoon5 "Took 2 minutes from downloading to my first goal." -- Squire T. ---- WHO IT'S FOR You stress-shop. You doom-spend at midnight. You've tried every budgeting app and quit by week three. You don't need another tracker, you need to stop the next purchase before it happens. Impause meets you right before the swipe. Especially for people who feel things deeply like anyone with ADHD, anxiety, or a heightened emotional relationship with money. ---- PRICING Free to download. Pro is $10/month or $80/year. Cancel anytime. Bank-level encryption. Your data is never sold. Master your mind, master your money. Please read impause's privacy policy and terms of service below: https://impause.com/terms-of-service https://impause.com/privacy-policy

About

Almost Savings

This app helps you curb impulsive spending and cultivate better financial habits. It offers personalized insights into your spending patterns, helps you set and track savings goals, and provides tools to delay purchases. Build streaks and earn rewards for resisting impulse buys.

Highlights
  • Resisted impulse buy logging
  • Adaptive spending analysis
  • Personalized budget calculator
  • Savings goal tracker
  • No spend day streaks
  • Purchase delay feature
  • Money mindfulness check-ins
Features
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Meet the redesigned Almost Savings. Pause impulse purchases, follow your goals and build more mindful spending habits. Think of it as a purchase simulation for everyday temptations: add the item and its price, record your decision to skip it, and see the amount you did not spend. No order is placed and no payment is made for that item. The progress you see is based on your entries, not a bank balance. Save first. Shop later. Block selected shopping apps. Reach your goal to open one for 30 minutes. Give that purchase some time. Let the impulse pass. Decide when you are ready. Your goal. Getting closer. Keep your savings goal in sight, one decision at a time. Make room for what matters. Plan savings and debt payments. Make transfers in your own bank. See where your money goes. Understand the choices behind your savings and spending. Small steps. Stronger habits. Take on challenges and celebrate progress with Almi. Track the cost of subscriptions. Keep upcoming charges and renewal decisions in view. Some features require Almost Premium, available as an in-app purchase. Privacy Policy: https://almost-apps.com/legal/almost-shop-less-save-more/privacy/?lang=en Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

impause4 screens
Almost Savings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Almost Savings at 5.0 against impause's 4.5. Almost Savings also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). impause's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. impause sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Almost Savings sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.59 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Almost Savings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: impause has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of impause's written reviews are positive against 100% of Almost Savings's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

impause ships an update fortnightly, Almost Savings every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
impause versus Almost Savings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterimpauseAlmost Savings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (30 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerimpause inc.Alexander Rysev

Customer experience

impause

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Almost Savings

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

impause

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly $5$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$10.001 Month
  • Yearly $40$39.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$80.001 Year
  • offer yearly1 Year trial$80.001 Year
8 purchases

Almost Savings

Subscriptions6
  • Almost Premium Weekly$1.597 Days
  • Almost Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Almost Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
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  • Almost Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Almost Premium Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Almost Premium Yearly$54.991 Year
One-time2
  • Almost Premium Lifetime$49.99
  • Almost Premium Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is impause free?
impause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Almost Savings free?
Almost Savings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, impause or Almost Savings?
Almost Savings is rated higher. impause averages 4.5 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Almost Savings averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do impause or Almost Savings have ads?
Neither impause nor Almost Savings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, impause or Almost Savings?
impause ships an update fortnightly, and Almost Savings every 5 days. Most recently, impause was updated on October 22, 2026 and Almost Savings on October 24, 2026.

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