Budget Tracker vs Trackle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Budget Tracker
This app helps you understand your safe-to-spend amount by automatically deducting bills, subscriptions, and savings. It offers no-bank-connection tracking, Siri integration, and detailed financial insights through charts and on-device AI.
- Automatic bill and subscription deduction
- No bank connection required
- Siri and Spotlight integration
- On-device AI for financial insights
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- CSV import/export
- Supports 180+ currencies
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What's safe to spend right now? Not your bank balance. What's left after bills, subscriptions, and savings - before the next payday. No bank connection required. Ever. No account. No sign-in. Brim shows you one honest number, and it never leaves your iPhone. SET UP ONCE. KNOW EVERY DAY. Add your bills, subscriptions, and recurring expenses once. Brim deducts them automatically - that number on your home screen is what's actually yours to spend. No mental math. No guessing before you spend. NO BANK CONNECTION. STILL AUTOMATIC. Brim never connects to your bank. Set up an Apple Pay automation once, and every tap to pay logs itself as an expense - no manual entry, ever. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Salary on the 29th. Freelance month. Two paychecks at different times. Brim plans on what you actually expect to earn, and adjusts as reality unfolds. ASK SIRI AI Ask Siri what's left in your budget, or for any category, like "Ask Brim what I have left for Coffee Shops." Ask Siri to add a transaction, hands free. Search your transactions right from Spotlight. UNDERSTAND YOUR MONEY, AT A GLANCE Six charts, each with one job. • Spending Breakdown - watch your paycheck flow from income to every category • Spending Trend - is this month better or worse than your usual? • Top Spending - which categories are absorbing the most? • Saving Rate - are you on track? Benchmarks included, not a vague thumbs-up Tap any chart. Apple Intelligence tells you what it means, in one sentence, on your device. ONE TAP TO ADD AN EXPENSE Tap once inside the app. Pick a category. Done. Or set up an Apple Pay automation in iOS Shortcuts and let your purchases log themselves. Whichever feels less like work. Brim also suggests the right emoji when you create a new category - small touch, but it makes the app feel like yours. YOUR ACCOUNTS, OVER TIME See your balance for every account or just one, from a week to all time. Touch the chart to read any day, and Apple Intelligence sums up what's on screen in one sentence. Add the Accounts widget, or ask Siri for your balance. WORKS WHILE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING • 9 Home Screen widgets, plus Lock Screen widgets • Browse what's ahead in the new Upcoming calendar • A reminder before a recurring payment goes out • Apple Pay automation via Shortcuts • Recurring bills auto-deducted every month PRIVATE BY DESIGN. NO SIGN-IN, EVER. Open Brim and start. No account to create, no email, no password. Your financial data lives on your device. iCloud sync goes through your personal account - we never see it. The AI features run on-device too - your transactions never leave your iPhone. BUILT TO BE FAST Opens instantly. No loading screen. Just your number, right there. Logging an expense on the go takes three seconds. That's the whole point. DATA YOU OWN • CSV import from other budget apps • CSV export anytime • 180+ currencies supported BUILT WITH YOU Made by one indie developer who uses Brim every day. Vote on the roadmap, email feedback, help shape what comes next. - Lazare Privacy: https://getbrim.app/privacy Terms: https://getbrim.app/terms
Trackle
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Trackle brings your daily expenses, income and subscriptions together, so you can see where your money goes. • Record expenses and income, and organize transactions by category. • View upcoming payments and renewals in the calendar. • Plan budgets and explore spending statistics by category. • Manage accounts and schedule recurring transfers. • Track subscriptions and get insights from the AI Assistant. • Access key information with widgets. • Back up and sync your data with iCloud. The free plan includes expenses, income, categories and the transactions calendar. Trackle Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription that unlocks subscriptions, statistics, budgets, multiple accounts and transfers, the AI Assistant, and backup and sync. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://samuelclr91-del.github.io/Trackle/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trackle at 5.0 against Budget Tracker's 3.4. Trackle also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). Budget Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Budget Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Trackle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Trackle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budget Tracker has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Budget Tracker ships an update every 11 days, Trackle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget Tracker | Trackle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lazare Kolebka | SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ DIEZ |
In-app purchases
Budget Tracker
- Brim Pro$4.991 Month
- Brim Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Brim Pro Lifetime$59.99
Trackle
- Trackle Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Trackle Pro Yearly$22.991 Year
- Trackle Pro Lifetime$24.99









