Comparison

BudgetFox vs MintMonitor

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

Head to head
About

BudgetFox

Features
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Plan your month before it happens. BudgetFox lets you set a budget for every category, log income and expenses in seconds and see exactly where your money goes. Paying down a card, saving for a trip or just tired of month-end surprises? BudgetFox keeps your budgets, bills and savings goals together in one calm place. BUDGETS THAT FIT REAL LIFE Create monthly budgets for food, transport, shopping, utilities and more. Progress bars show what is left, and unused money can roll over into next month. QUICK EXPENSE AND INCOME TRACKING Add a transaction in a few taps. Split one purchase across several categories, mark charges as pending until they clear, and search any merchant or note in seconds. BILLS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS Save recurring charges such as rent, streaming or the gym and BudgetFox adds them on schedule. Merchant rules put each payee in the right category automatically. SAVINGS GOALS Set targets for an emergency fund, a holiday or a new laptop, add money as you go and watch every goal fill up. ALL YOUR ACCOUNTS Keep bank accounts, credit cards and cash wallets side by side with their balances, in the currency you prefer. REPORTS WITH BUDGETFOX PRO See spending by category in clear charts for the week, month or year, and compare income and expenses across recent months. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, BudgetFox also writes a short weekly spending summary on device. PRIVATE AND IN YOUR CONTROL Lock the app with Face ID, start as a guest or sign in to sync, add a Home Screen widget for your balance and monthly spending, and export every transaction to CSV whenever you like. ABOUT BUDGETFOX PRO BudgetFox is free to download. BudgetFox Pro unlocks Reports and is offered as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/budgetfox-privacy-policy-/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/budgetfox-terms-and-conditions

About

MintMonitor

This app projects your balance forward, showing bills and paychecks on their actual dates. It helps you visualize your financial future up to three months ahead, highlighting potential low points and providing detailed breakdowns of income and expenses.

Highlights
  • Daily balance projection up to 3 months
  • Calendar view of income and expenses
  • Bills and paychecks on real dates
  • Customizable budget cycles
  • Spending breakdown by category
  • Savings goals tracking
  • Cloud backup and restore
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MintMonitor projects your balance forward, one day at a time. Most budgeting apps are good at telling you where the money went. MintMonitor tells you where it's going: bills and paychecks land on their real dates instead of being smoothed into a monthly average, so you can see the day your balance dips while there's still time to do something about it. YOUR BALANCE, THREE MONTHS AHEAD • Every day between today and three months out, with the balance at the close of each one • Read it as three figures or as a balance chart, drawn from the same day-by-day walk • The low point in each cycle, dated — a tight week is visible before you reach it • Cleared and pending kept apart, so you know what's actually in the account A PROJECTED CALENDAR YOU CAN READ TWO WAYS • A month grid showing each day's net movement and the balance after it • Or a table: one row per day, with income, expenses and the projected balance in their own columns • Tap any day to see what it's made of — every bill, paycheck and budgeted amount behind the figure • Pick the one the dashboard opens in, and switch whenever you like BILLS AND PAYCHECKS ON THEIR REAL DATES • Bills weekly, every two weeks, monthly, quarterly or annual • Paychecks weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly • Add a bill as paid, or drop one from the month when it isn't happening • Reminders ahead of a due date, and a follow-up if one goes past due BUDGETS THAT MATCH HOW YOU'RE PAID • A budget per category, by week, two weeks, half-month or month • Dated bills come out of their budget rather than on top of it • Alerts when a category is near its limit or over it — you pick the point • Start your budget cycle on the day you're actually paid, not the 1st • Choose which day your weeks begin, separately from that cycle WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING • Spending broken down by category over 30, 60 or 90 days, or six months • Income against expenses, month by month • Savings goals with a target amount and a target date, editable as plans change • Reserve a goal's contribution as a budget, on the day the money actually moves SET UP IN ONE SITTING • A guided walkthrough for your starting balance, income and budgets • Suggested budgets to start from, rather than a blank page • Set up mid-month and the first cycle scales to the days that are left • A tour of the app whenever you want it again YOUR TRANSACTIONS, AND YOUR WAY OUT • Filter by date, type, cleared status or category, and save the view you use most • Export your full history to CSV whenever you want it BACKED UP AND IN STEP • Cloud backup after changes, restored on any device you sign in to • Sign in with Apple, and delete your account and its data from inside the app BUILT TO BE PLAIN • Every figure traceable to what produced it — no unexplained numbers • Dark and light themes • Eight currencies • A glossary of every term the app uses NO BANK CONNECTION MintMonitor never asks for your bank login. You enter what you earn and what you owe, and every projection is built from that. SUBSCRIPTION MintMonitor Access unlocks the whole app — no limited tier, no upsells inside. Choose monthly or annual, starting with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. MintMonitor is a budgeting tool. It doesn't give financial advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BudgetFox4 screens
MintMonitor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MintMonitor at none against BudgetFox's 3. MintMonitor also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). BudgetFox's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BudgetFox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. MintMonitor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BudgetFox ships an update every 4 days, MintMonitor every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
BudgetFox versus MintMonitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudgetFoxMintMonitor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDheeraj SharmaMintMeter LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BudgetFox

Subscriptions2
  • BudgetFox Monthly$14.991 Month
  • BudgetFox Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$99.99
None

MintMonitor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BudgetFox free?
BudgetFox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MintMonitor free?
MintMonitor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BudgetFox or MintMonitor have ads?
Neither BudgetFox nor MintMonitor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BudgetFox or MintMonitor?
BudgetFox ships an update every 4 days, and MintMonitor every 10 days. Most recently, BudgetFox was updated on October 31, 2026 and MintMonitor on November 5, 2026.

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