Comparison

Kinwallet vs Envelope Budgeting

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

Head to head
About

Kinwallet

Features
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Know where every dollar goes. Kinwallet is a shared budget app for couples and families — track expenses, set limits, and plan together without the spreadsheet headache. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Shared wallets — invite family and friends with a simple code • Track income & expenses in seconds, with notes and categories • Transfer money between your wallets • Spend in any currency — auto-converted at up-to-date rates • Smart category tree — built-in or your own, with icons and colors • Recurring transactions — rent, salary, subscriptions on autopilot • Budget limits with progress bars and overspend warnings • Clear reports by category, period, and wallet • Import & export your data as CSV • 13 languages, including a right-to-left layout for Arabic Privacy first: we don't sell your data and we don't show ads. The free plan includes one wallet and all core features — no time limits, no hidden fees. Premium unlocks unlimited wallets, unlimited shared members, full transaction history, and priority support. Questions? Reach us at merbelcorp@outlook.com Terms of Use: https://shared-budget-lovat.vercel.app/terms/

About

Envelope Budgeting

Features
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Fundkeep is envelope budgeting — the zero-based method — for iPhone, iPad and Mac. You decide what every dollar is for before you spend it, and the board tells you what is actually left. Bought once. There is no subscription, no account to create, and no bank login. GIVE EVERY DOLLAR A JOB Money arrives, you assign it to envelopes, and each envelope shows what remains. Overspend one and the app says so plainly, then carries the rest forward the way the method expects. Credit cards work properly: a card purchase moves money into that card's payment envelope, so the money is set aside the moment you spend it. YOUR BANK'S CSV, READ ON YOUR DEVICE Export a statement from your bank and Fundkeep works out the columns itself — dates, payees, amounts, debit and credit pairs — for the layouts the major US banks produce. Import the same file twice and nothing is duplicated. You see every row before anything is saved. If a column is read wrong, you tell it which is which — and Fundkeep remembers the layout for next time. COMING FROM YNAB Bring your budget across in about five minutes. Fundkeep reads a YNAB export, rebuilds your categories, accounts and history, and then shows you a reconciliation report: what YNAB said each balance was, what Fundkeep makes it, and every difference it found. You check the numbers before you commit to them. IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC One purchase covers all three. Enter a spend in a few seconds from anywhere — a widget on your home or lock screen, or a button in the Control Centre. The Mac app is a real Mac app with a menu bar and keyboard shortcuts, not a phone app in a window. REPORTS THAT STATE FACTS Where the month went, by envelope and by group. What changed against the last three months, compared like for like. Age of money. A monthly review you can save as a PDF. Every figure is a statement about your own history — the app never tells you what to do with your money. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE No bank connections. No servers. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising identifier. Syncing between your own devices goes through your private iCloud account, and you can switch it off. The privacy label says Data Not Collected, and it is accurate. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Export everything to CSV at any time — including after the trial ends. An app that held your own records hostage would not be worth trusting with them. TRY IT FIRST Fundkeep is free to use for 14 days, with nothing withheld. After that it becomes read-only until you buy it: everything you entered stays visible and exportable, and entering new transactions resumes the moment you unlock it.

Screenshots

Kinwallet4 screens
Envelope Budgeting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Kinwallet at 15.1 against Envelope Budgeting's 26.0. 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. Kinwallet sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Envelope Budgeting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kinwallet ships an update every 4 days, Envelope Budgeting every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Kinwallet versus Envelope Budgeting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinwalletEnvelope Budgeting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav MershkovArmen Ter-Oganezov

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Kinwallet

Subscriptions4
  • SharedBudget Premium Monthly Family7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • SharedBudget Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • SharedBudget Premium Annual Family7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • SharedBudget Premium Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Envelope Budgeting

One-time1
  • Fundkeep Full$39.99

Questions

Is Kinwallet free?
Kinwallet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Envelope Budgeting free?
Envelope Budgeting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kinwallet or Envelope Budgeting have ads?
Neither Kinwallet nor Envelope Budgeting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kinwallet or Envelope Budgeting?
Kinwallet ships an update every 4 days, and Envelope Budgeting every 5 days. Most recently, Kinwallet was updated on October 25, 2026 and Envelope Budgeting on October 24, 2026.

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