Local Budget vs Cancely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Local Budget
This app helps you manage your finances by analyzing your existing bank statements. It securely processes PDF or scanned statements directly on your device, offering detailed spending breakdowns and budget tracking without linking to your bank.
- Reads PDF/CSV statements
- On-device text recognition
- Automatic merchant labeling
- Customizable categorization
- Spending analysis charts
- Budget and savings goals
- Recurring bill alerts
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Local Budget reads credit card statements on your iPhone and builds a budget from them. Input is the PDF or CSV your card issuer provides, or Apple Card through Apple Wallet. There is no account, no bank login and no server: parsing, storage and analysis all run on the device, and statement import works offline. INPUT • PDF statements, including scanned or photographed ones, read with on device text recognition • CSV exports. Column layouts are detected and remembered per card • Password protected PDFs • Import from the Statements tab, or the Share sheet in Files, Safari and Mail • Duplicate transactions are skipped if you import the same statement twice • Card payments are detected and left unticked, so paying the bill isn't counted as money in • The parsed total can be checked against the statement's printed total APPLE CARD (US) • Reads booked Apple Card transactions through Apple Wallet, with your permission • Syncs each time the app opens. Pending transactions are added once they settle • Apple Card only. Apple Cash and Savings are not read • Card payments are not stored. Refunds and statement credits are • Dates already covered by an imported Apple Card statement are not added again • Revoke access in Settings and the app deletes its Apple Card data CATEGORIES • One category per transaction. Labels are separate, any number per transaction, for grouping across categories such as a trip or a project • New transactions are categorized in this order: your rules, your past choices for that merchant, a built in list of over 250 common merchants, then Apple Card's merchant type. No match means no category • The import preview shows every category before anything is saved. Change any of them, or undo after • A category you set is never overwritten • Categorize by Merchant groups uncategorized spending by merchant, largest first. One choice covers every transaction from that merchant and adds a rule for future imports ANALYSIS • Home: the latest month's total, categories and merchants, compared with the previous month and your average • Spending by day, week, month or year over a range you choose • Saved filters, compared over time • Category, merchant and budget figures open the transactions behind them • Home screen widget BUDGETS AND BILLS • Monthly budgets by category or label, with optional rollover • Savings goals with the monthly amount needed • Recurring charges detected from your history, with reminders before the due date • Income, net worth and 17 currencies DATA AND SECURITY • Optional Face ID or Touch ID lock. No ads, no analytics, no tracking • Backups are encrypted with 256 bit AES (GCM). The key is derived from your password with PBKDF2 at 210,000 iterations and a new random salt for every file. Passwords are at least 12 characters • The backup password is kept in iCloud Keychain, so a new iPhone opens your backups without typing it, or on this iPhone only. Your choice • CSV export for spreadsheets (not encrypted), and delete all data in one step Free for the first 150 transactions. Local Budget Pro removes the limit, monthly or yearly, and the price for your region is shown before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store settings. A statement didn't import correctly? Email localbudget@tripletnotes.com with the card issuer's name. Don't attach the statement, and never send account or card numbers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://localbudget-app.netlify.app/privacy
Cancely
Manage all your recurring payments in one place. Get timely reminders before charges and access guides to cancel unwanted services. Easily add subscriptions by importing bank statements or using voice input.
- Centralized subscription management
- Renewal charge reminders
- Cancellation guides
- Import bank statements
- Voice input for adding subscriptions
- Track total monthly/yearly spend
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Cancely keeps every subscription in one place – track what you pay, get reminded before you're charged, and cancel the ones you don't use. • See all your subscriptions and your total monthly & yearly spend • Renewal reminders before every charge – no more surprise renewals • Cancel guides for popular services • Add fast: import a bank statement (PDF) or just use your voice Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://gerasimenko.tech/cancely/privacy-policy
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Verdict
Local Budget and Cancely are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Local Budget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Cancely sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. 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 Local Budget against 5.0 for Cancely. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Local Budget ships an update every 2 weeks, Cancely every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Local Budget | Cancely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Triplet Notes LLC | Sergei Nikonenko |
Customer experience
Local Budget
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In-app purchases
Local Budget
- Local Budget Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Local Budget Pro Annual$34.991 Year
Cancely
- Cancely Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Cancely Premium$4.997 Days
- Cancely Premium Monthly$24.991 Month
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- Cancely Premium Yearly3 Days trial$89.991 Year
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