Comparison

KeepBudget vs BudgetingBuddi

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

Head to head
About

KeepBudget

Features
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KeepBudget is a free budget planner and expense tracker that shows exactly where your money goes. Add an expense in seconds, watch your budgets update live, and keep every wallet, bill and savings goal in one calm place โ€” no spreadsheets, no bank logins, no ads. BUDGET PLANNER THAT KEEPS UP โ€ข Set a budget for any category, wallet or tag โ€” weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly โ€ข See what's left in real time; the bar turns red the moment you cross the line โ€ข Spending in any currency converts into your budget's currency automatically EXPENSE TRACKER BUILT FOR SPEED โ€ข Log a transaction in seconds with nested categories, custom icons and tags โ€ข Snap a receipt or paste a bank SMS โ€” AI fills in the amount, date and category for you to confirm โ€ข Transfers between wallets handled properly, with the exchange rate recorded โ€ข Instant search, powerful filters, four view modes and bulk edit NEVER MISS A BILL โ€ข Rent, salary, subscriptions โ€” add each recurring payment once and it posts itself on schedule โ€ข One clear list of everything that repeats, so no subscription drains you quietly โ€ข Reminders before money leaves your account MULTIPLE WALLETS, EVERY CURRENCY โ€ข Cash, cards, bank accounts, crypto โ€” each wallet keeps its own balance in its real currency โ€ข 160+ currencies with live exchange rates โ€ข One net worth total, converted at today's rates, with the original amounts kept intact โ€ข Shared wallets: invite your partner and run the household from the same live numbers SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE โ€ข A dashboard that answers "where did it go?" at a glance โ€ข Net worth, cashflow, savings rate and daily spend, always up to date โ€ข Interactive reports by category, tag, wallet or time period REACH YOUR GOALS โ€ข Savings goals track the live balance of the wallets you link โ€” no manual updates โ€ข Income targets: set what you want to earn this month and watch it fill in green YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY โ€ข Import history from CSV or Excel; export everything whenever you like โ€ข Syncs securely across your devices and the web app โ€ข Sign in with Apple, Google or an email link โ€” no password to remember โ€ข No ads. No tracking. No bank credentials. Your finances are nobody's business but yours. START FREE The free plan is a real plan, not a trial โ€” unlimited transactions and one of everything. KEEPBUDGET PRO Upgrade to Pro with a monthly or annual subscription to unlock everything KeepBudget has to offer. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account, and subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://keepbudget.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://keepbudget.com/privacy

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BudgetingBuddi

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Budgeting that works the way you actually think about money. Set one budget amount at whatever scale makes sense to you โ€” $600 a month, $40 a day, $7,200 a year โ€” and every other scale is derived from it. Switch between day, week, month, and year, and every figure on screen follows. OVERVIEW What you've spent against what you planned, for the period you're looking at. Every category gets a meter, a remaining figure, and a plain status: on track, close to budget, or over. CALENDAR A month of daily spending as a heatmap. Darker days are heavier days. Tap any day to read its figure โ€” and every number is listed in plain text beneath the grid, so the colour is never the only thing carrying the value. TRENDS Spending across recent periods, your biggest movers period over period, and outlier detection that flags a category when it drifts more than two standard deviations from its own recent history. It tells you the sample size behind each call, so you know how much to trust it. ONE-OFF EXCEPTIONS December groceries aren't September groceries. Set a different amount for a single period and the weeks and days inside it scale to match. YOUR CATEGORIES, YOUR NUMBERS The app starts with an empty list. It never invents categories, never guesses at what you spent, and never asks to connect to your bank. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account to create and no server of ours to sign in to. Your budget lives on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud, keyed to the Apple ID you already use. No ads, no trackers, no third-party analytics. The app makes no network requests of its own and works fully offline. Built for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

KeepBudget4 screens
BudgetingBuddi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BudgetingBuddi at none against KeepBudget's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. KeepBudget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BudgetingBuddi asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
KeepBudget versus BudgetingBuddi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeepBudgetBudgetingBuddi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecond Profit LLCJory Gutman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

KeepBudget

Subscriptions2
  • Keep Budget Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • KeepBudget Pro Annual$39.991 Year
None

BudgetingBuddi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KeepBudget free?
KeepBudget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BudgetingBuddi free?
BudgetingBuddi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do KeepBudget or BudgetingBuddi have ads?
Neither KeepBudget nor BudgetingBuddi shows ads.

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