Comparison

Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker vs Envelope Tracker

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

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About

Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker

Effortlessly manage your finances with this intuitive app. Track spending, set budgets, and achieve savings goals with a human-centered design. Enjoy real-time insights and secure, private data management.

Highlights
  • Safe-to-Spend Dashboard
  • Fast Expense Tracking
  • Smart Budget Planner
  • Savings Goals & Progress
  • Income & Recurring Bills Management
  • Multi-Currency Support
  • Private & Secure Data
Features
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Actual Budget is a calm and modern money manager that helps you understand what you can safely spend, stay ahead of bills, and build better financial habits without stress. Track expenses, income, savings, debt, cash flow, and net worth in one clean app built for iPhone and iPad. Safe to Spend See how much you can safely spend today or this week after bills and essentials. Actual Budget gives you a clearer view of your real budget before you spend. Expense and Income Tracking Add one-time or recurring expenses and income in seconds. Organize everything with categories, edit quickly with swipe actions, and review your money with search, filters, and clear totals. Savings Goals Create savings goals, track deposits and withdrawals, and follow your progress visually. You can also send part of your income directly to savings goals automatically. Bills, Alerts, and Notifications Get bill reminders before due dates, budget alerts at 75, 90, and 100 percent, savings milestone notifications at 25, 50, 75, and 100 percent, and optional weekly summaries. Cash Flow, Debt, and Net Worth Plan ahead with cash flow forecasting, manage debts with smarter payoff guidance, and track assets and liabilities to understand your net worth over time. Widgets and Tips Use 4 home screen widgets for Safe to Spend, recent expenses, upcoming payments, and savings progress. Explore 400 plus practical budget tips to build stronger money habits. Currencies and Devices Use 17 major currencies including USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, JPY, MXN, BRL, KRW, PLN, DKK, NOK, SEK, TWD, RUB, CNY, and TRY with live exchange rates and offline fallback. Enjoy dark mode, native iPad layouts, keyboard shortcuts, iCloud sync, and easy restore when switching devices. Languages and Privacy The app currently supports English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Chinese Traditional, Russian, and Chinese Simplified with auto-detect. Your data is designed to stay under your control with local storage and iCloud sync, so budgeting stays simple, private, and reliable. Purchase Required Actual Budget is a premium app. A purchase is required to use the app and unlock the full experience, including tracking, planning tools, widgets, and advanced money management features. Independent app. Not affiliated with actualbudget.org. Terms of Use: https://afterbudget.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://afterbudget.com/privacy

About

Envelope Tracker

Manage your weekly budget with a simple, private system. Set spending limits, categorize purchases, and track your remaining funds. Visualize your spending pace and review past weeks.

Highlights
  • Weekly spending envelopes
  • Customizable spending categories
  • Log purchases with details
  • Vendor memory for quick entries
  • Split purchases across categories
  • Review past spending history
  • CSV export of transactions
  • iCloud sync for Apple devices
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Envelope Tracker is a simple, private way to stay aware of what you have left this week. Set one weekly spending envelope, add the categories that make sense for you, and log purchases as they happen. Your dashboard shows what is left, what you have spent, and how your pace compares with the week so far. Features: - Log spending with a vendor, amount, category, date, and optional note - Remember vendors to speed up repeated entries - Split one purchase across multiple categories - Review past weeks and filter spending history - Carry money forward at the start of a new week, or start fresh - See your current envelope in small and medium widgets - Export your transaction history as a CSV file - Keep your data in your private iCloud account so it can sync between your own Apple devices Envelope Tracker does not require bank linking, receipt scanning, social sharing, advertising, or third-party behavioral analytics.

Screenshots

Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker4 screens
Envelope Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Envelope Tracker at 5.0 against Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker's 4.3. Envelope Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Envelope Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Envelope Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker has 89 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker versus Envelope Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActual Budget Spendıng TrackerEnvelope Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (89 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings89 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHalim OzturkRob Lynch

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Premium$3.997 Days
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Weekly$7.997 Days
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  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time3
  • Life Time Offer$49.99
  • Life Time Plan$69.99
  • Lifetime Unlock$199.99
None

Envelope Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker free?
Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Envelope Tracker free?
Envelope Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker or Envelope Tracker?
Envelope Tracker is rated higher. Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Envelope Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker or Envelope Tracker have ads?
Neither Actual Budget Spendıng Tracker nor Envelope Tracker shows ads.

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