BudgetIQ vs Penni
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BudgetIQ
This app simplifies financial management by helping you track income and expenses. Gain insights into your spending habits with beautiful charts and analytics to achieve your financial goals.
- Track income and expenses
- Customizable spending categories
- Weekly, monthly, and yearly financial insights
- Spending trend analysis
- Visual charts and graphs
- Build spending streaks
- Quick access widgets
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BudgetIQ helps you build better financial habits by making budgeting simple, insightful, and motivating. Track your income and expenses, understand where your money goes, and stay on top of your financial goals with beautiful analytics and an intuitive experience. Features: • Track income and expenses • Create custom categories • Weekly, monthly, and yearly insights • Spending trends and analytics • Beautiful charts and visualizations • Build spending streaks • Widgets for quick access • Fast and easy expense logging • Secure and private Whether you're budgeting for the first time or looking for a better way to manage your finances, BudgetIQ helps you stay in control. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Penni
Manage your finances with a calm, beautifully simple approach. Track spending, set gentle budgets, and grow savings without spreadsheets or account creation. Your data stays private on your device and synced via iCloud.
- Private by design, no sign-up required
- Track expenses and income
- Set gentle budgets
- Manage savings goals
- Financial health score
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- iCloud sync and backup
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Penni is a calmer way to manage your money. Track what you spend, set gentle budgets, and watch your savings grow — in an app that feels warm, unhurried, and beautifully simple. No spreadsheets, no clutter, and no account to create. Just open Penni and start. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No sign-up, no login, no account. Ever. • Your data is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud — it never touches our servers, because we don't have any. • Lock the app behind Face ID or Touch ID for an extra layer of privacy. SEE YOUR MONEY AT A GLANCE • A clean home dashboard with your total balance, income, and spending for the month. • Beautiful wallet cards for cash, bank accounts, cards, savings, and more. • A simple financial-health score that tells you how you're doing. TRACK EVERY TRANSACTION • Log expenses and income in seconds. • Organize with tidy, colorful categories and per-day grouping. • Search and filter by date range to find anything fast. BUDGETS THAT GUIDE YOU • Set gentle limits for the categories you care about. • Always know exactly where you stand — without the guilt. REACH YOUR GOALS • Save for an emergency fund, a new phone, or a dream trip. • Watch each goal fill up as you set money aside. INSIGHTS • Spending trends and category breakdowns that actually make sense. WORKS WHERE YOU DO • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your balance and budgets a glance away. • A Live Activity keeps an eye on your budget while you spend. ICLOUD SYNC & BACKUP • Turn on iCloud Sync and your wallets, transactions, budgets, and goals stay up to date across your iPhone and iPad automatically — and are safely backed up to your iCloud account. Penni is a personal bookkeeping tool to help you understand your own money. It does not connect to your bank, move money, or give financial advice. — PENNI PRO Penni is free to use. Penni Pro unlocks everything: unlimited wallets, unlimited budgets and goals, unlimited transactions, iCloud sync, dark mode, advanced insights, and custom categories. • Penni Pro Monthly — $3.99 / month • Penni Pro (3 Months) — $9.99 / 3 months • Penni Pro Yearly — $29.99 / year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically for the same price and duration unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://penni.cc/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: BudgetIQ at 4 against Penni's 1. Penni's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. BudgetIQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Penni sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 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 BudgetIQ against 5.0 for Penni. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BudgetIQ | Penni |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Karim Abdallah | OTHMANE MDIDET |
Customer experience
BudgetIQ
Penni
In-app purchases
BudgetIQ
- BudgetIQ Pro$2.991 Month
- BudgetIQ Pro Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
Penni
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- 3 Months$9.993 Months
- Yearly$29.991 Year







