Enoughly vs MintMonitor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Enoughly
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Know what's actually safe to spend. Most budgeting apps think in calendar months. Your money doesn't — it arrives by paycheck and leaves through bills. Enoughly is built around that reality: one honest number tells you what's truly spendable after the bills due before your next payday, with a safety net you never touch. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO BANK LINKING. Enoughly is free to try for 14 days, then a single one-time purchase unlocks it forever on Mac, iPhone and iPad, with Family Sharing. It never asks for your bank credentials — import your bank's CSV, QFX, or OFX files instead. There are no servers, no accounts, and no analytics: your data lives on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud. The privacy label says "Data Not Collected" because that's how it's built. SAFE TO SPEND • Liquid cash − bills due before payday − your safety net = one glanceable number • On the Dashboard, in the Mac menu bar, and in home-screen and Lock Screen widgets • A Discreet widget option shows your status with no dollar amounts at all PAYCHECK-ENVELOPE BUDGETS • Give each category an allowance that refills every payday • Build envelopes automatically from your real spending history • See what's left in every envelope, and what's leaking outside them BRING IN YOUR TRANSACTIONS • Import the CSV, QFX, or OFX files your bank already offers • Automatic categorization, custom rules, and duplicate detection GET OUT OF DEBT • Snowball and avalanche payoff plans with dates and interest saved • A printable per-payday payment plan • What-if simulator: see how financing a car or making a lump-sum payment moves your debt-free date — including trade-ins with negative equity INSIGHTS THAT WATCH YOUR BACK • Paycheck report card after every payday: what came in, where it went • Alerts for bill spikes, possible double charges, and subscriptions that quietly raised prices • Optional AI coaching by Apple Intelligence, in the personality of your choice — from a drill sergeant to a butler YOUR DATA IS YOURS • Encrypted, password-protected backups • One-tap CSV export that opens in any spreadsheet or finance app • Net worth tracking across cash, credit, property, vehicles, and investments Enoughly: the paycheck-first budget for people who want one clear answer — can I afford this before payday?
MintMonitor
This app projects your balance forward, showing bills and paychecks on their actual dates. It helps you visualize your financial future up to three months ahead, highlighting potential low points and providing detailed breakdowns of income and expenses.
- Daily balance projection up to 3 months
- Calendar view of income and expenses
- Bills and paychecks on real dates
- Customizable budget cycles
- Spending breakdown by category
- Savings goals tracking
- Cloud backup and restore
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MintMonitor projects your balance forward, one day at a time. Most budgeting apps are good at telling you where the money went. MintMonitor tells you where it's going: bills and paychecks land on their real dates instead of being smoothed into a monthly average, so you can see the day your balance dips while there's still time to do something about it. YOUR BALANCE, THREE MONTHS AHEAD • Every day between today and three months out, with the balance at the close of each one • Read it as three figures or as a balance chart, drawn from the same day-by-day walk • The low point in each cycle, dated — a tight week is visible before you reach it • Cleared and pending kept apart, so you know what's actually in the account A PROJECTED CALENDAR YOU CAN READ TWO WAYS • A month grid showing each day's net movement and the balance after it • Or a table: one row per day, with income, expenses and the projected balance in their own columns • Tap any day to see what it's made of — every bill, paycheck and budgeted amount behind the figure • Pick the one the dashboard opens in, and switch whenever you like BILLS AND PAYCHECKS ON THEIR REAL DATES • Bills weekly, every two weeks, monthly, quarterly or annual • Paychecks weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly • Add a bill as paid, or drop one from the month when it isn't happening • Reminders ahead of a due date, and a follow-up if one goes past due BUDGETS THAT MATCH HOW YOU'RE PAID • A budget per category, by week, two weeks, half-month or month • Dated bills come out of their budget rather than on top of it • Alerts when a category is near its limit or over it — you pick the point • Start your budget cycle on the day you're actually paid, not the 1st • Choose which day your weeks begin, separately from that cycle WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING • Spending broken down by category over 30, 60 or 90 days, or six months • Income against expenses, month by month • Savings goals with a target amount and a target date, editable as plans change • Reserve a goal's contribution as a budget, on the day the money actually moves SET UP IN ONE SITTING • A guided walkthrough for your starting balance, income and budgets • Suggested budgets to start from, rather than a blank page • Set up mid-month and the first cycle scales to the days that are left • A tour of the app whenever you want it again YOUR TRANSACTIONS, AND YOUR WAY OUT • Filter by date, type, cleared status or category, and save the view you use most • Export your full history to CSV whenever you want it BACKED UP AND IN STEP • Cloud backup after changes, restored on any device you sign in to • Sign in with Apple, and delete your account and its data from inside the app BUILT TO BE PLAIN • Every figure traceable to what produced it — no unexplained numbers • Dark and light themes • Eight currencies • A glossary of every term the app uses NO BANK CONNECTION MintMonitor never asks for your bank login. You enter what you earn and what you owe, and every projection is built from that. SUBSCRIPTION MintMonitor Access unlocks the whole app — no limited tier, no upsells inside. Choose monthly or annual, starting with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. MintMonitor is a budgeting tool. It doesn't give financial advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MintMonitor at none against Enoughly's 1. MintMonitor also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). Enoughly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Enoughly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MintMonitor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Enoughly ships an update every 2 days, MintMonitor every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Enoughly | MintMonitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lane Yaremchuk | MintMeter LLC |
In-app purchases
Enoughly
- Unlock Enoughly$14.99
MintMonitor
No in-app purchases









