Comparison

Budget30 vs Simple Register

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

Head to head
About

Budget30

Quickly log expenses in under 30 seconds without complex setup or subscriptions. Monitor your monthly budget, view spending patterns, and export your data. Ideal for tracking everyday purchases with ease.

Highlights
  • Log spend in under 30 seconds
  • Custom categories and tags
  • Monthly budget tracking
  • Spending insights and trends
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • CSV export
Features
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Budget30 — track any spend in 30 seconds. No complicated setup, no endless categories, no subscription required. Just open the app, log what you spent, and stay on top of your monthly budget. Built for real life — whether it's a coffee, a night out, or an impulse buy, Budget30 captures it fast and shows you exactly where you stand. Set your monthly budget, log entries from your home screen widget or back tap, and watch your spending patterns emerge over time in the Insights tab. Features: Log a spend in under 30 seconds Custom categories and tags Monthly budget tracking with pace-aware status Spending insights and trends over time Home screen and lock screen widgets iCloud sync across your devices CSV export for any month No ads. No subscription. No nonsense.

About

Simple Register

This app provides a digital checkbook register for tracking personal finances. It allows users to quickly record transactions, manage bills, and reconcile statements without connecting to bank accounts. Designed for privacy, it offers local-only mode and optional biometric security.

Highlights
  • Digital checkbook register
  • Record payments, deposits, checks, transfers
  • Bill planning and reminders
  • Statement reconciliation
  • Multiple register support
  • Data export to CSV/PDF
  • Optional biometric security
Features
Currently charting
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Your checkbook register, exactly as you remember it. Simple Register brings the familiar paper checkbook register to your Apple devices. Open it, enter a transaction, see your balance, and close it. No bank connections, no complicated budgeting system, and no subscription. FAST, FAMILIAR ENTRY • Record payments, deposits, checks, and transfers • Type 1254 and Simple Register enters $12.54 • Reuse recent payees, with gentle reminders when a monthly bill seems due • Save an entry and immediately add another • See your running and cleared balances at a glance RECONCILE WITH CONFIDENCE Enter your statement balance, check off cleared transactions, and watch the difference reach zero. Simple Register never changes your transaction amounts during reconciliation. BIG ORDERS, HANDLED Enter a large order once at its full total — even if the bank bills it as several separate charges. List each charge under the entry as it posts, check them off one by one, and reconcile against your statement exactly the way the bank sees it. SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD Keep one register between two people. Invite someone from your household and you both add, edit, and reconcile the same book on your own devices. Invitations are private to the people you choose — view-only or full edit — and the data never leaves your iCloud. PLAN YOUR BILLS List your monthly bills once — due date, minimum payment, auto-pay — and check them off as you pay. A month calendar shows every due date, your register nudges you when a bill is due this week, and recording the payment checks the bill off automatically. MADE FOR HOUSEHOLDS Keep as many registers as your household needs — checking, vacation fund, gift money. Transfers record both sides automatically and stay linked, and every entry shows who added it. YOUR REGISTER, YOUR STYLE Choose from familiar checkbook-inspired covers and ledger styles while keeping every number clear and readable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No bank logins • No Plaid or financial account linking • No ads • No analytics • No Simple Register account • Optional local-only mode • Optional Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode protection YOUR DATA STAYS USEFUL Export your register to CSV or PDF whenever you need it. Edit history and Recently Deleted help protect you from mistakes. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES Use Simple Register on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with your private iCloud keeping your registers in step across your devices. Simple Register is for people who want to track their money themselves — without handing their financial history to another service.

Screenshots

Budget304 screens
Simple Register4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Budget30 at Free against Simple Register's $1.99. Budget30 also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). Simple Register's advantage is chart position (#60 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Budget30 is free to download; Simple Register costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Budget30 against 5.0 for Simple Register. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Budget30 ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple Register every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Budget30 versus Simple Register: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudget30Simple Register
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#60 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerpeter getchiusJennifer Hendrickson

Customer experience

Budget30

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Register

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Budget30

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Register

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Budget30 free?
Budget30 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Register free?
Simple Register costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Budget30 or Simple Register?
Budget30 and Simple Register are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Budget30 or Simple Register have ads?
Neither Budget30 nor Simple Register shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Budget30 or Simple Register?
Budget30 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Simple Register every 3 weeks. Most recently, Budget30 was updated on October 2, 2026 and Simple Register on October 5, 2026.

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