Budget Tracker vs AimSaver
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
AimSaver
This app helps you save for specific goals by tracking your income and expenses. It calculates how much you can save and estimates when you'll reach your target. Your financial data remains private on your device and syncs via iCloud.
- Track multiple savings goals
- Set target dates and photos for goals
- Calculate available savings after expenses
- Visualize progress towards goals
- Allocate income across different goals
- iCloud data syncing across devices
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AimSaver helps you save for the things you actually want. Set a goal - a trip, a car, a down payment, anything on your wishlist. Tell AimSaver what you earn and what you have to spend each month. It figures out how much you can actually save and shows you exactly when you'll hit your goal. No accounts to connect. No subscriptions. Your data stays on your device and syncs privately through your iCloud. Features: • Track multiple goals at once with photos, categories, and target dates • See your real "available to save" after income, taxes, and fixed costs • Watch progress accumulate with each save • Allocate income across goals however you want • All your data syncs across your devices through iCloud Built for one person tracking their own money. Simple, private, and yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AimSaver at 5.0 against Budget Tracker's 3.4. AimSaver also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Budget Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence, ads 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. AimSaver asks for nothing beyond the download.
AimSaver 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. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Budget Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of AimSaver's.
Budget Tracker ships an update every 11 days, AimSaver every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget Tracker | AimSaver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lazare Kolebka | Christy Lam |
Customer experience
Budget Tracker
AimSaver
In-app purchases
Budget Tracker
- Brim Pro$4.991 Month
- Brim Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Brim Pro Lifetime$59.99
AimSaver
No in-app purchases









