Comparison

Sinkstack vs Mintseed

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

Head to head
About

Sinkstack

Features
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Sinkstack turns irregular bills into a plan for every paycheck. Create a sinking fund for each bill you only see a few times a year, such as car insurance, holidays, renewals and repairs, and Sinkstack shows what to set aside from each upcoming paycheck so each one is covered by its due date. NEW IN 4.0: PAYCHECK PLAN Choose how often you are paid and one payday. Each of your next 4, 6 or 12 paychecks then lists what to set aside for every fund: • Funds with a due date spread what they still need evenly across the paydays before that date, exact to the cent. • Recurring bills start their next cycle automatically after each due date. • Funds without a due date use the contribution you planned. • Bills that land before your next payday are flagged with the amount still needed. • Enter your take-home pay (optional) to see what is left after the set-asides. • Book the next paycheck's set-asides as deposits in one step, or export the plan as CSV. ALSO NEW • Backup & Restore: one file with every fund, ledger entry, pay schedule and Payday Bridge plan. Restore checks the whole file first and saves a copy of your current data before replacing anything. • Widgets: a Next Payday countdown (you set the schedule in the widget; it never shows balances) and Quick Actions for the allocator, Paycheck Plan and Payday Bridge. • Control Center control and Siri / Shortcuts actions to open the allocator, Paycheck Plan or Payday Bridge. • A redesigned tab layout: Funds, Paychecks, Calendar, Insights and Settings. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU ALREADY HAVE • Unlimited sinking funds with goals, due dates, weekly to annual contributions, revolving funds and recurring bills that reset after each due date. • Paycheck allocator: split new money across your funds proportionally, by priority or evenly, booked as dated deposits. • Payday Bridge: put income and payments on real dates to find the lowest balance before payday and test a late payday. • Funding Calendar: 12 months of set-asides and bill dates, with busy months marked. • Insights, catch-up options for funds that fell behind, a what-if solver, PDF statements and CSV export. • 60+ templates for common irregular expenses. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no bank login, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your device. Amounts use exact decimal math. One purchase. No subscription. Sinkstack is a planning tool. It does the arithmetic on the numbers you enter; it does not move money, connect to a bank or give financial advice. iPhone and iPad.

About

Mintseed

Features
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Mintseed helps you budget for any period a week, a month, or custom dates. Log spends in seconds, see what's left, review analytics, and export CSV. Everything stays on your iPhone. • Flexible budget periods with a finish date • Daily budget • Tags, history, and analytics • CSV export • Home Screen widget (iOS 17+) • Light, dark, and accent themes No bank login. No account. No subscription. Pay once, use forever.

Screenshots

Sinkstack4 screens
Mintseed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mintseed at Free against Sinkstack's $0.99. Mintseed also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Sinkstack's advantage is chart position (#52 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Mintseed is free to download; Sinkstack costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sinkstack ships an update every 6 days, Mintseed daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 3 level
Sinkstack versus Mintseed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSinkstackMintseed
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Best chart rank#52 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert CorbinAaryan Dongre

In-app purchases

None

Sinkstack

No in-app purchases

None

Mintseed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sinkstack free?
Sinkstack costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mintseed free?
Mintseed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sinkstack or Mintseed have ads?
Neither Sinkstack nor Mintseed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sinkstack or Mintseed?
Sinkstack ships an update every 6 days, and Mintseed daily. Most recently, Sinkstack was updated on November 10, 2026 and Mintseed on November 5, 2026.

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