Folyo vs Budget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Folyo
Easily track daily expenses and manage your budget with intuitive charts and a calendar view. Synchronize your financial data across devices via iCloud for seamless access. Stay in control of your finances with this simple and comprehensive tool.
- Expense tracking
- Budget setting
- Integrated calendar
- Financial trend visualization
- iCloud synchronization
- Multi-device access
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Folyo helps you track your daily expenses and manage your budget effortlessly. Add an expense in just a few seconds, set a personalized budget, and keep track of your spending with the integrated calendar. Visualize your financial trends with clear and intuitive charts. All your data is synchronized via iCloud, so you can access your information from any of your devices. Simple, intuitive, and comprehensive. Folyo allows you to stay in control of your budget and easily monitor your finances day after day. Download Folyo and discover a new, stress-free way to manage your budget. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Budget
Track your spending and income to understand where your money goes. Set budgets, schedule bills, and save for goals. All your financial data stays private on your device.
- Log expenses, income, and transfers
- Set monthly budgets per category
- Schedule recurring bills and paychecks
- Save toward financial goals
- Track net worth
- View spending breakdown by category
- Offline functionality
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Where does your money actually go each month? Budget shows you. No ads, no account needed. Log every expense, income, transfer, charge, or payment. Pick the account, pick the category, add an optional note. Set monthly limits per category, schedule recurring bills and paychecks, and save toward goals like vacation or an emergency fund. Everything you log lives on your phone, with no sign-in and no cloud sync. Answers to your money questions • Where did all my money go this month? • How much can I still spend on groceries before I'm over budget? • What's my current net worth? • When is my next bill due? • How much have I saved for vacation so far? • Did this account move up or down this month? Transactions • Expense, income, and transfer entries • Charge and payment entries for credit cards and loans • Required fields: amount, account, category, date • Optional note on every transaction • Edit or delete with a tap Accounts • Asset accounts: cash, checking, savings, investment • Liability accounts: credit cards, loans, lines of credit • Per-account name, color, and a toggle to include or exclude from your total • Balances roll up to a Net Worth total • Bars showing each account's share of the total • Archive retired accounts and restore them later Budgets • One-off budgets per expense category, per month • Recurring budget templates that renew every month • Progress bar with remaining or over-by amount • Tap a category to see the month's transactions • End a recurring budget on any month Recurring transactions • Daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, or yearly cadence • Optional end date on every series • Upcoming entries appear on the home screen • Calendar shows projected and recorded entries with different markers Saving goals • Name, optional target, optional deadline • Presets: Vacation, Car, House, Wedding, Emergency Fund • Progress ring with percent complete and a Reached state • Deposits and withdrawals create linked transactions • See remaining amount, percent complete, and days to deadline Calendar • Month grid with markers on transaction days • Different markers for recorded and projected (recurring) entries • Tap a day to see that day's transactions and projections • Projected end-of-month balance at the top Stats • Expense breakdown by category for the active range • This Month or Last 6 Months toggle • 6-month income and expense bar chart • Income, Expense, and Net columns at the bottom • Tap any category in the legend to see its transactions Net Worth • Assets minus liabilities at the top • Month-to-date change since the start of the month • Line chart of net worth over time • Per-account asset and liability breakdowns More to explore • 28 hand-built themes • Daily reminder with quiet days • Cent-accurate math, no rounding errors • Translated into 39 languages Ad-free & private • No ads • All data stays on your device • No account required. Works completely offline Your money, your phone. Disclaimer This app is for personal money tracking and is not financial advice. All figures reflect what you log. Always verify against your bank or card statements.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Budget at 5.0 against Folyo's 4.0. Budget also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Folyo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Folyo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Budget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Budget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Folyo ships an update every 2 weeks, Budget every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Folyo | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Teboul | EHM TECH LLC |
Customer experience
Folyo
Budget
In-app purchases
Folyo
- Monthly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$24.99
Budget
- Pro - Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Pro - Weekly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









