Comparison

Local Budget vs Subvise

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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 paper statements saved as PDF, 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 • When nothing else knows a merchant, a word in its name (restaurant, parking, pharmacy) gives a suggestion. Suggestions from the name are never applied without a tap 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

About

Subvise

Effortlessly manage all your recurring payments in one place. Get timely reminders before charges hit, view your total monthly and yearly costs, and gain insights into your spending habits. Track contracts and cancellation notices with ease.

Highlights
  • Subscription overview
  • Payment reminders
  • Cost calculation
  • Catalog of popular services
  • Contract tracking
  • Spending insights
Features
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Subvise shows every subscription at a glance — and reminds you before you pay. Netflix, Spotify, iCloud, the gym, that annual software license: subscriptions add up. Subvise gathers them in one place, calculates your real monthly and yearly cost, and nudges you in time before the next charge — so you can decide calmly (and cancel if you want to). WHY SUBVISE • A reminder before you pay – choose how many days ahead. No more nasty surprises. • Everything at a glance – monthly and yearly totals, sorted by next payment. • Add in seconds – a catalog of 100+ popular services, each with logo and default price. • Built for real contracts – track minimum term and cancellation notice, and • Insights – where does your money go? By category and by month. PRIVATE. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. No account, no login, no bank access, no tracking. Your data syncs only through your own private iCloud across your devices — never through third-party servers, never to us. "Data Not Collected." PAID FAIRLY Subvise is free for up to 5 subscriptions — with all the basics, including Dark Mode. Want more? Unlock Subvise Pro with a single one-time payment: unlimited subscriptions, custom billing cycles, minimum-term & cancellation-notice tracking, widgets, and statistics. No subscription to track your subscriptions — pay once, keep it forever. HONEST Subvise is a tracker and reminder assistant. We don't cancel anything for you and we won't pretend to — we make sure you can do it in time yourself. Download Subvise and take control of your subscriptions.

Screenshots

Local Budget4 screens
Subvise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Subvise at none against Local Budget's 2. Subvise also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. Local Budget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Subvise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local Budget ships an update every 2 weeks, Subvise every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Local Budget versus Subvise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal BudgetSubvise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTriplet Notes LLCPortionscore UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Customer experience

Local Budget

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

Subvise

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Local Budget

Subscriptions2
  • Local Budget Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Local Budget Pro Annual$49.991 Year
None

Subvise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Local Budget free?
Local Budget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subvise free?
Subvise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Local Budget or Subvise have ads?
Neither Local Budget nor Subvise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Local Budget or Subvise?
Local Budget ships an update every 2 weeks, and Subvise every 4 days. Most recently, Local Budget was updated on October 24, 2026 and Subvise on October 24, 2026.

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