Comparison

Kova vs Sable Budget

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

Head to head
About

Kova

Features
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Kova is the fastest way to track your spending and stay on top of your money. Built for people who want a simple, private expense tracker that just works. Every dollar you enter stays on your device. Track expenses in seconds Add an expense in two taps. Pin your most frequent ones to Quick Add for one-tap logging on the go. Know where your money goes See your spending broken down by category. Drill into any category to see every transaction. Filter by last 7 days, this week, or last week to spot patterns fast. Budget with a plan that fits you Choose from three popular budget splits — 50/30/20, 60/30/10, or 70/20/10 — or build your own. Set a budget base amount and Kova shows you exactly how much you've spent against each group in real time. Built for the Caribbean Kova is GYD-first with full support for USD, TTD, BBD, EUR, and GBP. No forced currency conversions. Support for more currencies to come. Your data, your device No account required. No cloud sync. No tracking. Everything you enter is stored locally and stays private. Export your data as a CSV at any time. Completely free. Always. Every feature in Kova is free. No paywalls. No premium tier. No subscription.

About

Sable Budget

Features
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Sable is a budget you keep by hand — a big keypad, monthly envelopes, savings buckets, and a quiet sense of what's left. You log spending by hand in seconds. That tiny moment of attention is the whole method: people who log by hand notice what they spend. WHAT SABLE DOES • Monthly budget with a calm "what's left Ā· per day" pace • Category envelopes that fill as you spend • Savings buckets for the things you're building toward • Bills & task reminders that actually repeat, with gentle notifications • A month in review: top categories, one gentle note, no charts screaming at you WHAT SABLE REFUSES TO DO • No bank or card connections — ever • No account, no sign-in, no cloud • No analytics, no trackers, no ads. The app makes zero network calls. • App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected YOUR DATA, LITERALLY Everything lives on your phone in an encrypted database. Back it up to a file that only your passphrase can open — restore it on any phone. Lock the app behind Face ID. If you leave, take everything with you. NO SUBSCRIPTION Sable will never charge monthly. And your data is never for sale back to you: backup export and import are free in every version, always. Made for people who'd rather feel their spending than automate it.

Screenshots

Kova4 screens
Sable Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Kova at 3 against Sable Budget's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Kova versus Sable Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKovaSable Budget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevTech SolutionsMaxwell Lockleer

In-app purchases

None

Kova

No in-app purchases

None

Sable Budget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kova free?
Kova is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sable Budget free?
Sable Budget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kova or Sable Budget have ads?
Neither Kova nor Sable Budget shows ads.

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