Comparison

Budgitrack vs B&W Budget

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

Head to head
About

Budgitrack

Features
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Know what is left. Explore what comes next. Budgitrack brings your income, regular bills, and budget plans together on your iPhone. Enter your own figures and see what remains after expenses. No bank linking or transaction syncing. TRY A CHANGE WITH PLAN What would a pay rise, a higher bill, or a new monthly cost mean for you? Adjust income and expenses, exclude a cost, or add a trial monthly expense. Compare your saved budget with your trial over 3, 6, or 12 full months. Your saved budget amounts stay unchanged. SAVE YOUR SCENARIOS Give a scenario a name and revisit it later. Saved scenarios stay on your device and belong to their budget. Free includes one saved scenario across all budgets. Premium lets you keep unlimited scenarios. SEE YOUR BUDGET CLEARLY • Disposable income at a glance • Income and expenses organised by category • Weekly, fortnightly, and monthly budget views • Multiple currencies • Light and dark mode FREE TO START • One budget, one income source, and up to 10 expenses • Plan comparisons • One saved scenario across all budgets PREMIUM • Unlimited budgets, income sources, expenses, and saved scenarios • CSV export • Home screen widgets • Smart budget alerts Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime purchase. Current prices appear in the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your budget and saved scenarios stay on your device. Budgitrack does not connect to your bank. Forecasts use the figures you enter; they are estimates, not account balances. Terms: https://budgitrack.com/terms Privacy: https://budgitrack.com/privacy

About

B&W Budget

Features
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Black & White Budget — opinionated, monochrome, beautifully simple personal budgeting. Built around one idea: see exactly what's coming in, what's going out, and what's left to spend. No rainbow charts. No category overload. No subscription. THE DESIGN • Strict monochrome — no green, no red, no opinion-by-colour. Hierarchy comes from typography and weight, the way good print does. • Every interaction respects the same 4pt grid. SF Rounded everywhere. • Private by design — no login, no account, no telemetry. Your data lives on your device, or in your private iCloud with optional sync (Pro). THE BASICS • Add income and expense in seconds. • Create categories and sub-categories with built-in icons. • Set a monthly spending limit on any category. When you cross it, the app offers a "split" — push the overage into another category, cascading until everything fits, or choose to go over. RECURRING • Rent, salary, subscriptions — set them once, let them fire on their schedule. • Upcoming view shows the next 30 days of expected income and expense, with a "balance after" line so you know what's actually free to spend. INSIGHTS • Monochrome donut breaking down spend by category for the focused period. • Trend chart of income vs expense over days, weeks, months, or years. • Plain-English deltas: "$120 less spent than last month." NOTIFICATIONS • Reminders when recurring transactions fire. • "Due tomorrow" reminders before they fire. • Low-balance alert when your total drops below your threshold. SHARING & EXPORT • Export everything to CSV or JSON via the native share sheet. • Home-screen widget shows Capital + this-month flow at a glance. • Long-press the app icon for "Add income" / "Add expense" quick actions. OTHER • Multiple budgets — Personal, Work, Family — switch with one tap. • Two app icon variants — default and inverted. • Replay the walkthrough any time from Settings. Free. No ads. No subscription. A single one-time purchase unlocks Pro — iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Screenshots

Budgitrack4 screens
B&W Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: B&W Budget at 4 against Budgitrack's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Budgitrack sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and B&W Budget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Budgitrack ships an update every 4 days, B&W Budget every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Budgitrack versus B&W Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudgitrackB&W Budget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRECURSE LTDJuan Pierre Lotter

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Budgitrack

Subscriptions2
  • Budgitrack Premium$2.991 Month
  • Budgitrack Premium (Annual)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Budgitrack Premium (Lifetime)$24.99
1 purchases

B&W Budget

One-time1
  • Black & White Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Budgitrack free?
Budgitrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is B&W Budget free?
B&W Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Budgitrack or B&W Budget have ads?
Neither Budgitrack nor B&W Budget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Budgitrack or B&W Budget?
Budgitrack ships an update every 4 days, and B&W Budget every 3 days. Most recently, Budgitrack was updated on October 31, 2026 and B&W Budget on November 5, 2026.

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