Spend Budget vs Basic Budget+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spend Budget
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Take control of your money and achieve financial freedom with Spend Budget! Manage your personal finance effortlessly with the world’s most intuitive budget tracker and expense manager. Whether you want to save money, track your daily spending, or manage your monthly bills, Spend Budget provides the ultimate planner to reach your financial goals. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internal/terms/site/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Basic Budget+
Manage your finances with a simple ledger. Track multiple account types, transfers, and view basic reports. Quickly record transactions and understand your spending habits without linking financial accounts.
- Multiple account types
- Transfers between accounts
- Basic reporting
- Quick transaction entry
- Transaction recall
- No financial account linking
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A basic ledger that allows for multiple account types, transfers between accounts, and basic reporting. Quick entries on app open and transaction recall make this a simple and quick way to manage your finances and see where your spending habits are without connecting your financial information anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Basic Budget+ at none against Spend Budget's shown. Basic Budget+ also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spend Budget ships an update every 4 months, Basic Budget+ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spend Budget | Basic Budget+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vedat Kocyigit | Furious Rhino |
In-app purchases
Spend Budget
No in-app purchases
Basic Budget+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Spend Budget free?
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Do Spend Budget or Basic Budget+ have ads?
Which is updated more often, Spend Budget or Basic Budget+?
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