Comparison

Simple Offline Budget vs Simple Register

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

Head to head
About

Simple Offline Budget

This private budget tracker keeps your financial data offline and secure on your device. Log expenses, manage budgets by category, and track income with visual insights. Enjoy a clean interface with no ads or accounts required.

Highlights
  • 100% Offline functionality
  • Complete privacy, no accounts or cloud sync
  • Zero ads, clean interface
  • Instant expense tracking
  • Budget management by category
  • Income and recurring transaction tracking
  • Visual financial insights
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Simple Offline Budget: Your private, offline budget tracker. Tired of budget apps that require accounts, link to your bank, or bombard you with ads? Simple Offline Budget is designed for those who value privacy and simplicity above all else. 100% Offline No internet connection? No problem. All your financial data is stored directly on your device, giving you total control and lightning-fast performance even without a data connection. Complete Privacy No accounts. No cloud syncing. No tracking. Your finances are nobody's business but your own. Because your data stays on your phone, you never have to worry about data breaches or third-party tracking. Zero Ads, Zero Clutter We believe a budget tool should be focused on your money, not on selling you credit cards. Enjoy a clean, beautiful interface with absolutely no advertisements or intrusive pop-ups. Key Features: Instant Expense Tracking: Log spending in seconds. Budget Management: Set monthly limits for categories like Food, Rent, and Travel. Income Tracking: Monitor your earnings and total cash flow. Recurring Transactions: Automate your bills and regular income. Visual Insights: See where your money goes with intuitive, colorful charts. Smart Copy: Easily copy your favorite budget category structures from month to month. Take control of your financial future today with the simplest, most private budget tracker on the App Store.

About

Simple Register

This app provides a digital checkbook register for tracking personal finances. It allows users to quickly record transactions, manage bills, and reconcile statements without connecting to bank accounts. Designed for privacy, it offers local-only mode and optional biometric security.

Highlights
  • Digital checkbook register
  • Record payments, deposits, checks, transfers
  • Bill planning and reminders
  • Statement reconciliation
  • Multiple register support
  • Data export to CSV/PDF
  • Optional biometric security
Features
Currently charting
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Your checkbook register, exactly as you remember it. Simple Register brings the familiar paper checkbook register to your Apple devices. Open it, enter a transaction, see your balance, and close it. No bank connections, no complicated budgeting system, and no subscription. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS New customers can start a seven-day free trial with every feature. After the trial, unlock permanently with one purchase: US $9.99, with local pricing shown in the app. There is no subscription or automatic charge. Your existing records stay available to read and export after the trial. Customers who already own the paid app keep full access at no additional charge. FAST, FAMILIAR ENTRY • Record payments, deposits, checks, and transfers • Type 1254 and Simple Register enters $12.54 • Reuse recent payees, with gentle reminders when a monthly bill seems due • Save an entry and immediately add another • See your running and cleared balances at a glance RECONCILE WITH CONFIDENCE Enter your statement balance, check off cleared transactions, and watch the difference reach zero. Simple Register never changes your transaction amounts during reconciliation. BIG ORDERS, HANDLED Enter a large order once at its full total — even if the bank bills it as several separate charges. List each charge under the entry as it posts, check them off one by one, and reconcile against your statement exactly the way the bank sees it. SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD Keep one register between two people. Invite someone from your household and you both add, edit, and reconcile the same book on your own devices. Invitations are private to the people you choose — view-only or full edit — and the data never leaves your iCloud. SET IT ONCE, FORGET IT Paycheck every other Friday? Mortgage on the 1st? Schedule it once and Simple Register adds due entries when you open the app — weekly, every two weeks, monthly, quarterly, or yearly. Entries arrive uncleared and marked "Scheduled", so you still check them off against your bank. BRING YOUR RECORDS WITH YOU Import a CSV into a new or existing register. Match columns, preview entries, preserve check numbers, review possible duplicates, and undo the import if needed. Simple Register CSV exports also preserve itemized charges. SEE WHAT’S COMING See your balance today and projected balances for the next 30, 60, or 90 days. Future-dated entries and scheduled payments or deposits appear below a TODAY line, with running balances to help you plan. PLAN YOUR BILLS List your monthly bills once — due date, minimum payment, auto-pay — and check them off as you pay. A month calendar shows every due date, your register nudges you when a bill is due this week, and recording the payment checks the bill off automatically. MADE FOR HOUSEHOLDS Keep as many registers as your household needs — checking, vacation fund, gift money. Transfers record both sides automatically and stay linked, and every entry shows who added it. YOUR REGISTER, YOUR STYLE Choose from familiar checkbook-inspired covers and ledger styles while keeping every number clear and readable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No bank logins • No Plaid or financial account linking • No ads • No analytics • No Simple Register account • Optional local-only mode • Optional Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode protection YOUR DATA STAYS USEFUL Export your register to CSV or PDF whenever you need it. Edit history and Recently Deleted help protect you from mistakes. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES Use Simple Register on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with your private iCloud keeping your registers in step across your devices. Simple Register is for people who want to track their money themselves — without handing their financial history to another service.

Screenshots

Simple Offline Budget3 screens
Simple Register4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Simple Register at #60 against Simple Offline Budget's unranked. Simple Offline Budget's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Simple Offline Budget costs $1.99 and Simple Register $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Offline Budget against 5.0 for Simple Register. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Simple Offline Budget versus Simple Register: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Offline BudgetSimple Register
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#60 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeran GideonJennifer Hendrickson

Customer experience

Simple Offline Budget

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Register

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Offline Budget

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Register

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Offline Budget free?
Simple Offline Budget costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Register free?
Simple Register costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple Offline Budget or Simple Register?
Simple Offline Budget and Simple Register are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Simple Offline Budget or Simple Register have ads?
Neither Simple Offline Budget nor Simple Register shows ads.

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