Budget vs Duly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Budget
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Budget: Spend Tracker is a simple and secure app designed to help you track your expenses and manage your budget. By recording your daily spending, you can keep your monthly budget under control and better understand your money habits. How It Works When you open the app, you'll see your monthly total expenses, how much you've spent today, and the categories where you spend the most. To add a new expense, simply select the amount, category, and date. You can also add notes if you want. Category System You can organize your expenses by categorizing them. The app comes with ready-made categories like food, transportation, rent, bills, and entertainment. You can also create your own custom categories. For example, you can add categories like "Gym" or "Hobbies." Recurring Expenses You can set up regular payments like monthly rent, internet bills, phone bills, or subscriptions like Netflix. The app automatically adds these expenses to your account every month. This way, you don't need to enter them manually each time. For example, if you set up a monthly rent of $500, this expense will be automatically recorded on the 1st of each month. Charts and Analytics On the main screen, you can view your expenses visually. With the pie chart, you can see how much you spend in each category. With the line chart, you can see your spending trends over time. With the bar chart, you can compare monthly spending. This way, you can easily understand which areas you spend more on. Privacy and Security All your data is stored only on your device. No information is sent to the cloud or stored anywhere else. You can use it without an internet connection, even in airplane mode. You don't need to create an account or membership. Backup and Restore You can export your data in JSON format and restore it whenever you want. This way, you won't lose your data when you change devices or want to make a backup. Multi-Language Support The app can be used in 10 different languages, including English. You can change your language from settings at any time. Who Is It For? Budget: Spend Tracker is suitable for anyone who wants to track their spending habits. Students, employees, homemakers, retirees - in short, anyone who wants to keep their budget under control can use this app. Why Budget: Spend Tracker? Because it's simple, fast, and reliable. If you just want to record your expenses and track your budget without dealing with complex features, Budget: Spend Tracker is perfect for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Duly
Track all your recurring expenses, from subscriptions to rent, in one place. Get timely reminders before payments are due and mark them as paid directly from notifications. Visualize your spending with built-in analytics and custom categories.
- Recurring expense tracking
- Payment reminders
- Mark as paid from notification
- Spending analytics
- Custom categories
- Cross-device sync
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Know what's due next. Duly keeps your subscriptions and bills in one list and reminds you before each one is due. You add what you pay for yourself, so there is no bank to connect and no account to create. Track 6 expenses free, and one purchase unlocks unlimited. Netflix, rent, insurance, gym, cloud storage: more than you think, on repeat. Each one feels small. The total rarely does. Duly puts every recurring payment in one place and nudges you before each one hits. Add an expense, pick how often it repeats (weekly, monthly, yearly, or any custom interval), and get a reminder before it's due. Mark it as paid right from the notification, no need to even open the app. The home screen shows what's coming up and how much you're spending this month. Widgets bring the same view to your home and lock screen. Built-in charts break down your recurring payments by category and project totals months ahead. Works with any currency, amounts auto-convert to your base currency. Organize with custom categories. Add expenses through Siri. Syncs across your Apple devices via iCloud. Available in 21 languages. That's it. No bank linking, no account sign-ups, no ads. Just your recurring payments, where you can actually see them. Free for up to 6 expenses. A single purchase removes the limit. No subscription required to track your subscriptions. Your expenses live on your device and in your own iCloud. Duly has no account and no server of its own holding them. The only thing that ever leaves your phone is feedback, and only if you choose to write it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Duly at every 9 days against Budget's every 4 weeks. Budget's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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. Budget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Duly sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Budget ships an update every 4 weeks, Duly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget | Duly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hatice GORUN | Stepan Manzurov |
In-app purchases
Budget
- Budget Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
- Budget Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Budget Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Budget Pro Lifetime$34.99
Duly
- Copper Coin$1.99
- Duly Unlimited$4.99
- Silver Coin$4.99
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- Gold Coin$9.99
- Platinum Coin$19.99









