Comparison

Control vs Budget App

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

Head to head
About

Control

Effortlessly manage your money with an intuitive and visually appealing budgeting app. Track expenses, monitor investments, and gain financial insights with AI assistance. Features include automatic transaction import, bill splitting, and customizable reports.

Highlights
  • Automatic transaction import
  • AI-powered financial insights
  • Bill splitting
  • Investment tracking
  • Customizable budgets
  • Receipt scanning
  • Travel and business expense tracking
Features
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Control is an elegant budgeting app designed for clarity without complexity. Its beautifully crafted interface makes managing finances feel magical. • Apple Pay transaction import • Bank notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Split bills when adding a transaction • Groceries list with Live Activity • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Net worth and portfolio tracking, with prices you update yourself • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • Ask AI - instant financial insights powered by AI • Apple Watch • Business page • Credit cards • Debt tracker • Past trips page • Wishlist shopping page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Receipt scanning with camera • Add transactions by sharing a receipt, email, or webpage • Monthly/weekly/yearly and category budgets with visual progress • Investments transactions • Beautiful reports and spending insights • Wrapped - your year in review summary • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Multiple currency support with conversion • Tags for organizing transactions • Siri Shortcuts • Custom budget start day • Rollover budget • Photos for transactions • Custom budget start day • Variable recurring payments amount • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • iCloud backup • Face ID • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Budget App

Features
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Where does your money go? ZeroBudget shows you at a glance and helps you give every dollar a job before you spend it. Zero-based budgeting, credit cards with installment plans, a grocery list and shared expenses, all in one iPhone app. And it's truly private: your data stays on your phone, with no account, no servers and no bank linking. — CONTROL YOUR MONTH — • Zero-based budget: assign every dollar of your income and always know what's left in each category • A three-color heatmap (green, yellow or red) to see in seconds where you're on track and where you're overspending • Category trends, month by month: find out where you spend more • End-of-month estimate: how you'll close against your plan — CARDS, INSTALLMENTS AND PAYMENTS — • Credit cards with statement and payment dates, plus installment plans (buy now, pay later): what you owe this period and what's left • Scheduled expenses organized by card and frequency: rent, subscriptions, installments • Savings goals with a date: know how much to set aside each day — FAST TO USE — • Log an expense in seconds, scan a receipt or just tell Siri • Grocery list with a live total that becomes an expense when you're done, with Dynamic Island while you shop • Split expenses with family or friends and see who owes you • Widgets, reminders and color palettes for your categories — YOUR DATA IS YOURS — • Everything is stored only on your iPhone • The app never sends your data to any server, and we have no access to it • No account, no email and no bank connection • Works offline • No ads or trackers: the App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected" • Protected with Face ID, Touch ID or PIN If you back up to iCloud Drive or share via AirDrop, you decide where your data goes. — FREE AND PRO — When you install, you try all of Pro free for 30 days, no card needed. After that you keep logging for free, with unlimited transactions, 1 debit account and 1 credit card, 1 goal, 1 installment plan, 1 split expense, 1 recurring expense and 1 shopping list active at a time. You can always view and back up your data, even if you don't pay. You can also follow how each category is doing against your budget. Pro adds the spending Heatmap, the subcategory and description breakdown, analytics with an end-of-month estimate and trends, receipt scanning and Siri, import from Excel or CSV, color palettes, password-protected backup and unlimited everything. Monthly or annual subscription; cancel anytime. If you installed ZeroBudget before October 19, 2026, you keep your original free plan: 2 accounts plus cash, 1 goal, 2 installment plans, 2 split expenses, 1 shopping list, unlimited recurring expenses, and scanning and Siri included. Terms: https://araniosoft.com/zeroBudget/terms-en.html Privacy: https://araniosoft.com/zeroBudget/privacy-en.html Support: soporte@araniosoft.com

Screenshots

Control4 screens
Budget App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Control at 4 against Budget App's 1. 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. Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Budget App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update every 4 days, Budget App every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 15, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Control versus Budget App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlBudget App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanRAUL DOMINGUEZ UGARTE

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Control

Subscriptions1
  • Control Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$17.99
2 purchases

Budget App

Subscriptions2
  • ZeroBudget Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • ZeroBudget Pro Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budget App free?
Budget App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Control or Budget App have ads?
Neither Control nor Budget App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or Budget App?
Control ships an update every 4 days, and Budget App every 8 days. Most recently, Control was updated on November 15, 2026 and Budget App on November 15, 2026.

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