Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker vs Radish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker
Manually track spending using the envelope budgeting method on your phone. Create virtual wallets for different expenses, allocate income, and log transactions to see exactly how much you have left. Features shared wallets and receipt scanning for easy expense logging.
- Create virtual wallets for any expense
- Allocate income across wallets
- Log expenses manually
- Track remaining budget per wallet
- Shared wallets for couples/families
- Receipt scanning for expense import
- Budget weekly, monthly, or yearly
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Budget Envelopes is a simple, deliberate way to plan your money using the classic envelope method — now on your phone. Create virtual wallets for anything you spend on (groceries, rent, gas, date night, savings) and allocate your income across them. Every time you spend, log it against the right wallet and see exactly what you have left. No bank connections. No cryptic charts. No guessing where your money went. Just you, your wallets, and a budget that actually works because you built it. -------------------- WHY ENVELOPE BUDGETING WORKS -------------------- The envelope method (sometimes called cash stuffing or zero-based budgeting) has helped people take control of their money for decades. The idea is simple: decide what every dollar is for BEFORE you spend it, not after. When a wallet runs low, you know it's time to slow down — no surprises at the end of the month. Budget Envelopes brings that discipline to your pocket, without the physical cash. -------------------- WHAT YOU CAN DO -------------------- - CREATE WALLETS for anything — groceries, rent, subscriptions, savings goals, fun money - CHOOSE YOUR PERIOD — budget weekly, monthly, or yearly depending on the wallet - ROLL OVER unspent budget into the next period, per wallet - ORGANIZE WITH CATEGORIES to tag transactions and see where money goes - TRACK EVERY EXPENSE manually, so you stay intentional about what you spend - SEE DAILY PACE on each wallet — your remaining daily allowance for the rest of the period - NAVIGATE PAST & FUTURE periods to plan ahead or review where you've been - SET RECURRING EXPENSES for bills that hit the same amount every cycle - VIEW A PERIOD SUMMARY that aggregates what's budgeted and spent across all wallets -------------------- BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT CONTROL -------------------- Budget Envelopes is manual on purpose. Automated apps that sync your bank can show you what happened — but they can't tell you what SHOULD happen. The act of logging an expense yourself is what makes envelope budgeting work. It keeps you present with your money. If you've tried auto-tracking apps and still felt out of control, this is for you. -------------------- SHARED WALLETS FOR COUPLES & FAMILIES -------------------- Sync a wallet with your partner, roommate, or family and keep one shared budget in real time. Everyone sees the same numbers — no more "wait, did you already buy groceries this week?" -------------------- MAGIC IMPORT -------------------- Snap a receipt, upload a CSV, or drop in a bank statement PDF and let Budget Envelopes pull out the line items and totals for you. All the discipline of manual tracking, none of the typing. -------------------- PRIVATE BY DEFAULT -------------------- We don't connect to your bank. We don't sell your data. Your budget is yours. -------------------- SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS -------------------- Budget Envelopes offers a 7-day free trial. After the trial, continued access requires a subscription. Shared wallets and Magic Import are subscriber-only features. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://dimmple-benv.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://dimmple-benv.web.app/privacy-policy -------------------- Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: support@dimmple.com
Radish
Transform grocery receipts into a clear, shared spending overview without needing bank access. Scan, edit, and categorize items to understand household expenses. Share your grocery history with others on compatible devices.
- Scan grocery receipts
- Edit item details and categories
- Mark items as Essential, Optional, or Excluded
- Share grocery history with household members
- Search by store or item
- Export purchase history as CSV
- No bank login required
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Turn grocery receipts into a clear picture of your spending. Scan a receipt, review the items and prices, and see your spending by category and store. Set a weekly or monthly grocery budget and check what is left before your next shopping trip, without connecting your bank. Try your first three saved receipts free. WITH RADISH - Review and correct scanned items before saving. - Understand spending by item, category, store, and month. - Follow your weekly or monthly grocery budget and spending pace. - Keep your receipts organized by store. - Share grocery receipts and budgets with your partner through iCloud. - Export your item history as CSV or a monthly summary as PDF. - Choose your own Essential or Optional labels and change them anytime. PRIVACY AND SCANNING No bank login. No ads. No selling grocery data. You explicitly allow receipt scanning before up to four receipt photos are sent to OpenAI through Radish's receipt-processing service to create an editable draft. Manual entry remains available without that permission. You check every draft before it is saved. In 1.15.0 and later, unfinished receipt photos and shared imports stay on this iPhone for up to seven days. Original photos are kept after saving only if you choose; these local files are excluded from backups and household sync. Community suggestions, when available, can help explain abbreviated receipt names. You confirm every change. Sharing your own corrections stays off until you choose it. SHARING REQUIREMENTS Share through a QR invite and a private iCloud household. Both iPhones need Radish 1.14.2 or later, iOS 18 or later, internet access, iCloud, and different Apple IDs. Both people need access through their own subscription or eligible Apple Family Sharing. Weekly budget sharing requires 1.15.0 or later on both iPhones. FREE RECEIPTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS Your first three saved receipts are free. After your third saved receipt, a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription unlocks continued scanning, receipt review, household sharing, and spending insights. Eligible new subscribers can try the yearly plan free for 7 days. Monthly has no free trial. Apple shows final local pricing, eligibility, and terms before purchase. Cancel anytime in Apple Account settings. Saved receipts remain available in a read-only archive with search and CSV export. RECEIPT SUPPORT Optimized for English-language US and UK grocery receipts with USD and GBP totals. Receipt results depend on image quality, device, language, network, model, and service availability. Radish is not financial, tax, legal, or accounting advice. Privacy Policy: https://www.radish.money/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.radish.money/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Radish at none against Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker's shown. Radish also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year and Radish sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker against 5.0 for Radish. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Radish every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker | Radish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DIMMPLE PTY LTD | CITRUSGATE LLC |
Customer experience
Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker
Radish
In-app purchases
Budget Envelopes Spend Tracker
- Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
Radish
- Radish Monthly$4.991 Month
- Radish Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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