Comparison

Budgetly vs Nvelopes

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

Head to head
About

Budgetly

Features
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The budget you can actually keep: assign your money, log a spend in two taps, and glance at what's safe to spend โ€” right on your Home Screen. No bank login, nothing to sync or break, and you can pay once instead of subscribing. Budgetly is envelope budgeting (digital cash stuffing) that stays 100% on your device. No account. No bank connection. Nothing for a server outage to lose. HOW IT WORKS - Give every dollar a job: assign your monthly money across envelopes. - Log spending in seconds โ€” type it, say it with Siri, or scan a paper receipt on-device. - Glance at your Safe-to-Spend number on the Home Screen widget without opening the app. - Close the month, roll unspent money forward, and keep the streak going. WHAT'S INSIDE - Envelope budgeting with rollover, drag-to-reorder, and archiving - Safe-to-Spend widget for your Home Screen (free) and Lock Screen (Pro) - A weekly reset reminder and near-limit alerts, all scheduled on your device - Siri quick-add: "Add $12 to Coffee" โ€” always with a confirm step - On-device receipt scanning: the total arrives as an editable guess, and images never leave your phone - Smart category suggestions โ€” you confirm every one - Zero-based monthly planning with live "Left to assign" - 12-month trends, category breakdowns, and top-spend charts - CSV import from other budget apps, and CSV export any time โ€” your data is yours PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE Your envelopes and transactions live on your device, covered by your normal iPhone backup. Budgetly has no server that sees your money. Nothing to breach, nothing to reconnect, nothing to break. FAIR PRICING Free forever: 3 envelopes, manual tracking, and the Home-Screen widget. Budgetly Pro unlocks unlimited envelopes, receipt scanning, CSV tools, and all widget styles โ€” monthly, yearly, or a single one-time purchase. No pressure, cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://budgetly.keenshift.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://budgetly.keenshift.ai/privacy

About

Nvelopes

Features
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Nvelopes takes the classic envelope-stuffing style of budgeting and puts it right at your fingertips. Instead of complicated categories and pie charts, you get simple visual envelopes that you create yourself. FEATURES โ€” Envelope Budgeting Add money to envelopes for groceries, fun, pizza, movies, golf lessons, house plants โ€” whatever your life actually needs. Spend from envelopes, move money between them, or send it back to your main balance. โ€” Debt Snowball Pay off debt strategically with the built-in snowball method. Tackle your smallest balances first and build momentum as each payment gets added to the next. โ€” Payment Tracking Track recurring payments, bills, and debts on a weekly, biweekly, monthly, or yearly schedule. Mark payments paid or unpaid and keep a running total of what's left for the month. โ€” Funds Set savings goals as Funds and watch your progress build toward vacations, emergencies, or big purchases. Every payment toward a Fund shows exactly how much you still need to save. Nvelopes gives you real budgeting power without making your brain hurt.

Screenshots

Budgetly4 screens
Nvelopes3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nvelopes at none against Budgetly's 3. Nvelopes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Budgetly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Nvelopes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Budgetly versus Nvelopes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudgetlyNvelopes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMitaanshu AgarwalLee Dyer

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Budgetly

Subscriptions2
  • Budgetly Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Budgetly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Budgetly Pro Lifetime$59.99
None

Nvelopes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Budgetly free?
Budgetly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nvelopes free?
Nvelopes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Budgetly or Nvelopes have ads?
Neither Budgetly nor Nvelopes shows ads.

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