Comparison

Moon vs Local Budget

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

Head to head
About

Moon

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Tired of unexpected charges on your bank statement? Meet Moon, the most intuitive and private subscription manager designed to help you track spending and never pay for a forgotten trial again. Unlike other finance apps, Moon puts your privacy first. No accounts, no logins, and no bank linking required. Moon runs 100% offline, meaning your data never leaves your device. Just add your subscriptions in seconds and see exactly where your money goes. • All Subscriptions in One Place: A beautiful dashboard to visualize your monthly and yearly commitments. • Smart Billing Reminders: Get notified before a payment is due or a free trial expires. • Free Trial Tracker: Add trials and get a "cancel alert" so you’re never charged unexpectedly. • 100% Private & Offline: No accounts needed. Your data stays on your phone, not on a server.  • Monthly Budget: Set a monthly budget and track how much your recurring bills take out of your limit.  • Categories: Organize your bills and subscriptions exactly the way you want. From students managing streaming services to professionals tracking SaaS tools, Moon is built for anyone who wants to simplify their financial life and stop "subscription creep." Free to use. Forever. All core features at no cost. Upgrade to Moon Premium to unlock unlimited subscriptions, custom budget settings, and optional iCloud sync. Best of all? Pay once, own it forever—no recurring subscription required. Download Moon today and start saving!

About

Local Budget

This app helps you manage your finances by analyzing your existing bank statements. It securely processes PDF or scanned statements directly on your device, offering detailed spending breakdowns and budget tracking without linking to your bank.

Highlights
  • Reads PDF/CSV statements
  • On-device text recognition
  • Automatic merchant labeling
  • Customizable categorization
  • Spending analysis charts
  • Budget and savings goals
  • Recurring bill alerts
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Local Budget reads credit card statements on your iPhone and builds a budget from them. Input is the PDF or CSV your card issuer provides, or Apple Card through Apple Wallet. There is no account, no bank login and no server: parsing, storage and analysis all run on the device, and statement import works offline. INPUT • PDF statements, including scanned or photographed ones, read with on device text recognition • CSV exports. Column layouts are detected and remembered per card • Password protected PDFs • Import from the Statements tab, or the Share sheet in Files, Safari and Mail • Duplicate transactions are skipped if you import the same statement twice • Card payments are detected and left unticked, so paying the bill isn't counted as money in • The parsed total can be checked against the statement's printed total APPLE CARD (US) • Reads booked Apple Card transactions through Apple Wallet, with your permission • Syncs each time the app opens. Pending transactions are added once they settle • Apple Card only. Apple Cash and Savings are not read • Card payments are not stored. Refunds and statement credits are • Dates already covered by an imported Apple Card statement are not added again • Revoke access in Settings and the app deletes its Apple Card data CATEGORIES • One category per transaction. Labels are separate, any number per transaction, for grouping across categories such as a trip or a project • New transactions are categorized in this order: your rules, your past choices for that merchant, a built in list of over 250 common merchants, then Apple Card's merchant type. No match means no category • The import preview shows every category before anything is saved. Change any of them, or undo after • A category you set is never overwritten • Categorize by Merchant groups uncategorized spending by merchant, largest first. One choice covers every transaction from that merchant and adds a rule for future imports ANALYSIS • Home: the latest month's total, categories and merchants, compared with the previous month and your average • Spending by day, week, month or year over a range you choose • Saved filters, compared over time • Category, merchant and budget figures open the transactions behind them • Home screen widget BUDGETS AND BILLS • Monthly budgets by category or label, with optional rollover • Savings goals with the monthly amount needed • Recurring charges detected from your history, with reminders before the due date • Income, net worth and 17 currencies DATA AND SECURITY • Optional Face ID or Touch ID lock. No ads, no analytics, no tracking • Backups are encrypted with 256 bit AES (GCM). The key is derived from your password with PBKDF2 at 210,000 iterations and a new random salt for every file. Passwords are at least 12 characters • The backup password is kept in iCloud Keychain, so a new iPhone opens your backups without typing it, or on this iPhone only. Your choice • CSV export for spreadsheets (not encrypted), and delete all data in one step Free for the first 150 transactions. Local Budget Pro removes the limit, monthly or yearly, and the price for your region is shown before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store settings. A statement didn't import correctly? Email localbudget@tripletnotes.com with the card issuer's name. Don't attach the statement, and never send account or card numbers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://localbudget-app.netlify.app/privacy

Screenshots

Moon4 screens
Local Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Moon at 15.1 against Local Budget's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Moon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Local Budget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moon ships an update fortnightly, Local Budget every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Moon versus Local Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonLocal Budget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMartin JirickaTriplet Notes LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Moon

One-time4
  • Buy me a Coffee$2.99
  • Buy me a Beer$4.99
  • Unlock Moon$5.99
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  • Buy me a Lunch$9.99
2 purchases

Local Budget

Subscriptions2
  • Local Budget Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Local Budget Pro Annual$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Moon free?
Moon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Local Budget free?
Local Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Moon or Local Budget have ads?
Neither Moon nor Local Budget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moon or Local Budget?
Moon ships an update fortnightly, and Local Budget every 2 weeks. Most recently, Moon was updated on October 4, 2026 and Local Budget on October 10, 2026.

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