Envello vs Envelope Budgeting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Envello
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Budget with envelopes, not spreadsheets. Envello brings the cash-stuffing method to your phone. Split your money into envelopes, spend from them, and watch each one empty in real time โ so you always know what is left before you overspend. KEY FEATURES โข Cash-stuffing envelopes with a live "emptying" progress bar โข Savings goals & the 100 Envelope Challenge โ stuff numbered envelopes toward a goal (1 goal free, unlimited with Pro) โข One-tap spending โ pick an envelope, enter the amount, done โข Zero-spend day badges to keep your streak โข Charts: donut breakdown, weekly/monthly trends, usage bars โข History with search, date groups and top-spending ranking โข CSV export & import โ your data stays yours โข Fill envelopes from your income โ the cash-stuffing move itself โข NEW Wallet tab: record income and see what is still ready to split into envelopes โข Cash, cards & bank balances in one place โ move money between them and match each to your real balance โข Rent, salary and subscriptions recorded automatically every month, plus monthly income vs spending โข Move money between envelopes, and reconcile to your real balance โข Automatic local backups (last 7 days) you can restore anytime No account. No bank connection. Your budget data stays on your device. Start your first envelope budget in under a minute. PRO (one-time, no subscription): unlimited envelopes, savings goals, wallets and recurring bills, no ads, CSV & JSON export, 6-month trends. Free plan includes 12 envelopes, 1 goal, 2 wallets and 2 recurring bills. Terms of Use: https://envello.mint-soft.com/terms/
Envelope Budgeting
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Fundkeep is envelope budgeting โ the zero-based method โ for iPhone, iPad and Mac. You decide what every dollar is for before you spend it, and the board tells you what is actually left. Bought once. There is no subscription, no account to create, and no bank login. GIVE EVERY DOLLAR A JOB Money arrives, you assign it to envelopes, and each envelope shows what remains. Overspend one and the app says so plainly, then carries the rest forward the way the method expects. Credit cards work properly: a card purchase moves money into that card's payment envelope, so the money is set aside the moment you spend it. YOUR BANK'S CSV, READ ON YOUR DEVICE Export a statement from your bank and Fundkeep works out the columns itself โ dates, payees, amounts, debit and credit pairs โ for the layouts the major US banks produce. Import the same file twice and nothing is duplicated. You see every row before anything is saved. If a column is read wrong, you tell it which is which โ and Fundkeep remembers the layout for next time. COMING FROM YNAB Bring your budget across in about five minutes. Fundkeep reads a YNAB export, rebuilds your categories, accounts and history, and then shows you a reconciliation report: what YNAB said each balance was, what Fundkeep makes it, and every difference it found. You check the numbers before you commit to them. IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC One purchase covers all three. Enter a spend in a few seconds from anywhere โ a widget on your home or lock screen, or a button in the Control Centre. The Mac app is a real Mac app with a menu bar and keyboard shortcuts, not a phone app in a window. REPORTS THAT STATE FACTS Where the month went, by envelope and by group. What changed against the last three months, compared like for like. Age of money. A monthly review you can save as a PDF. Every figure is a statement about your own history โ the app never tells you what to do with your money. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE No bank connections. No servers. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising identifier. Syncing between your own devices goes through your private iCloud account, and you can switch it off. The privacy label says Data Not Collected, and it is accurate. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Export everything to CSV at any time โ including after the trial ends. An app that held your own records hostage would not be worth trusting with them. TRY IT FIRST Fundkeep is free to use for 14 days, with nothing withheld. After that it becomes read-only until you buy it: everything you entered stays visible and exportable, and entering new transactions resumes the moment you unlock it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Envelope Budgeting at none against Envello's shown. Envelope Budgeting also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Envello's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Envello sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Envelope Budgeting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Envello ships an update monthly, Envelope Budgeting every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Envello | Envelope Budgeting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mint-soft | Armen Ter-Oganezov |
In-app purchases
Envello
- Envello Pro (Lifetime)$3.99
Envelope Budgeting
- Fundkeep Full$39.99
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