Comparison

Monthly Budget Planner App vs Defray

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

Head to head
About

Monthly Budget Planner App

Easily track your expenses and income to manage your money effectively. Set budgets, monitor spending by category, and gain insights into your financial habits. Collaborate on group budgets for shared expenses.

Highlights
  • Log expenses by category
  • Add income by source
  • Set and monitor monthly budgets
  • Track spent, remaining, and percentage used
  • Review category progress
  • Create and join group budgets
  • Set logging reminders
Features
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Take control of everyday spending with a simple budget app that helps you add all expenses, track spends, and manage your money smoothly—on your own or with a group. Budget App turns day-to-day personal finance into a clear routine. Add expenses and income, organize transactions by category, set a monthly budget, and understand where your money goes without wrestling with a spreadsheet. Your home view keeps the essentials easy to scan: how much you have spent, how much remains, and which categories need attention. Use it as a practical budget planner for daily decisions. If you prefer a weekly budget check-in, review what you have logged and adjust before small purchases add up. If you think month to month, the monthly budget planner view keeps your total budget and category progress together. TRACK MONEY WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Record purchases as they happen and build a more accurate picture over time. This money tracker app keeps expenses and income in one organized place, while the spending tracker makes it easier to review recent activity. Use the expense tracker to capture category-based spending, and the cash tracker approach for cash purchases you would otherwise forget. SEE WHAT IS LEFT Budget App gives you a clear view of your spending, total budget, percentage used, and amount remaining. It works as a straightforward finance tracker for people who want useful answers—not accounting jargon. Compare monthly spending, review category progress, and use those signals to make calmer decisions. BUILD A HABIT THAT LASTS A money tracking app is only useful when it stays updated. Choose gentle daily or weekly reminders to log transactions, and use your visible streak as encouragement to keep going. Miss a day? Pick up where you left off without guilt. BUDGET TOGETHER WISELY Create a group budget for a couple, family, household, trip, event, or shared purchase. Invite others, coordinate spending, and see how the group is doing against a common budget. People can open an invitation and join the relevant group budget even if they do not already have an account. DESIGNED FOR EVERYDAY MONEY MANAGEMENT Budget App combines the simplicity of an expense manager with the context of an income and expense tracker. It supports the mindful routine people often want from a money saving app: notice patterns, make adjustments, and create more room to save money—without exaggerated promises or complicated dashboards. KEY FEATURES • Log expenses by category • Add income by source or category • Set and monitor a monthly budget • See spent, remaining, and percentage used • Review category progress and transactions • Compare total spending with the previous month • Choose daily or weekly logging reminders • Build consistency with a visible streak • Create, join, and contribute to group budgets • Coordinate shared spending with people you trust If you use a separate subscription manager, add recurring payments as expenses so they remain visible alongside everyday purchases. Whether you are comparing options for a free budget app or replacing a complicated system, Budget App gives you a warmer, clearer way to understand your money. Start logging today and make every budget easier to follow. Privacy Policy: https://fatmachines.com/privacy Terms: https://fatmachines.com/terms

About

Defray

Features
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Defray splits bills between friends, flatmates and travel groups, and it's free. No ads, no subscription, no "upgrade to add more than three expenses today". Nothing is locked behind a paywall. Only you need the app. Send your group a link and everyone else can open it in any browser to see what they owe and add what they paid. No download, no account, no password. ON A TRIP Five of you in Lisbon. Daniel pays 210€ for the farewell dinner, you buy the tram tickets, Lena pays for the gin at the duty-free in pounds. Everyone adds what they paid, from the app or from the link. Defray keeps a running balance for each person, converts the pounds at the live rate, and at the end works out the fewest transfers that square everyone up. No signal on the ferry? Add the expense anyway. It's saved on your phone and syncs as soon as you're back online. AT HOME Rent, electricity, internet, the cleaner every two weeks. Set each one up once as a recurring expense and Defray adds it on the right day, split the way you chose. WHAT YOU GET Splitting: equally, by exact amounts, by percentage or by shares. Add an extra on top for one person when someone ordered the lobster. Currencies: mix currencies in one group, use live exchange rates or type your own, and convert what someone owes in one tap. Settling up: who owes whom across all your groups, debt simplification, and payments you sent or received. Receipts: attach photos or videos to any expense. Categories: picked from the title as you type, or make your own. Guests: add people who don't use Defray and keep track of their share. They can claim an account later and keep their history. Chat: a group chat in every group, plus direct messages, with photos, voice messages, @mentions and reactions. Planning: shared notes and checklists, pinned places on a map, the weather where you're going, a shared calendar with reminders, and a photo wall. Stats: spending by category, by person and by month. Personal expenses: log your own spending with no group at all. Notifications when someone adds an expense or pays you back. If you've been tracking who owes what in a notes app, a spreadsheet or the group chat, Defray replaces all three. Good for holidays and weekends away, shared flats, couples, festivals, stag and hen dos, team lunches, and anything else where money goes into one pot and comes out unevenly.

Screenshots

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Defray4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Defray at none against Monthly Budget Planner App's 6. Defray also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Monthly Budget Planner App sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Defray asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monthly Budget Planner App ships an update every 10 days, Defray every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Monthly Budget Planner App versus Defray: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonthly Budget Planner AppDefray
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.5 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFatMachines LLCTheodoros Tsakalos

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Monthly Budget Planner App

Subscriptions4
  • Spend Tracker Premium$2.991 Month
  • Spend Tracker Premium$4.991 Month
  • Spend Tracker Premium$24.991 Year
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  • Spend Tracker Premium$44.991 Year
One-time2
  • Spend Tracker Premium$9.99
  • Spend Tracker Premium$12.99
None

Defray

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monthly Budget Planner App free?
Monthly Budget Planner App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Defray free?
Defray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monthly Budget Planner App or Defray have ads?
Monthly Budget Planner App shows ads; Defray does not.
Which is updated more often, Monthly Budget Planner App or Defray?
Monthly Budget Planner App ships an update every 10 days, and Defray every 2 weeks. Most recently, Monthly Budget Planner App was updated on November 9, 2026 and Defray on November 5, 2026.

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