Comparison

iBudgetPro vs BudgetNotes

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

Head to head
About

iBudgetPro

Manage your income and expenses with detailed graphical representations and easy transaction entry. Export data to Excel, set recurring transactions, and organize finances with custom categories and multiple budgets.

Highlights
  • Graphical expense and income overview
  • Detailed Excel export
  • Recurring transaction entry
  • Customizable categories
  • Multiple budget management
  • Receipt scanning with GPS
  • Sync across devices
Features
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Home Finance — Your Budget, Expenses & Savings in One Place More than an expense tracker. Home Finance helps you understand where your money goes, track income and expenses, set spending limits, manage savings, scan receipts, and keep your finances organized in one place. INCOME & EXPENSES • Record income and expenses with amount, date, category, payment method, and notes. • Create custom income and expense categories. • Set daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly recurring transactions. • Track recurring income and payments. • Attach receipts and documents to transactions. FINANCIAL OVERVIEW • View income, expenses, and balance at a glance. • Analyze your finances by day, week, month, quarter, or year. • Use charts and graphs to understand spending by category. • Review detailed budget reports and transaction history. HOME SCREEN WIDGET View important budget information directly from your Home Screen without opening the app. SPENDING LIMITS • Set monthly spending limits for categories such as groceries, entertainment, and transportation. • See how much you have spent, your usage percentage, and how much remains. • Receive in-app alerts when you reach 80% and 100% of your limit. • Choose when your monthly budget period begins. SAVINGS TRACKING • Track savings, securities, investment funds, foreign currency, and more. • Record savings values on different dates. • View changes in value and percentage over time. • Use charts to follow increases and decreases. • Compare one or multiple savings accounts over a selected period. • View update history and combined savings totals. Savings changes may include deposits and withdrawals and are not an investment return calculation. SMART OCR RECEIPT SCANNING • Take a photo of a receipt or choose one from your photo library. • OCR technology automatically detects information from receipt images and suggests transaction details for your review and approval. • Keep the original receipt together with the transaction. • Crop, rotate, and zoom receipt images. • Attach, view, and share PDF documents. • Link receipts to recurring transactions. PDF files without a password up to 25MB are supported. Automatic transaction recognition is designed for receipt images. POWERFUL SEARCH • Search transactions by text and date range. • Sort and filter results. • View income, expense, and balance totals for search results. • Quickly access transactions and attached receipts. MULTIPLE BUDGETS & CURRENCIES • Manage multiple separate budgets and easily switch between them. • Choose a name and currency for each budget. • Convert foreign currency amounts into your budget currency. • View the exchange rate and rate date used for conversion. REMINDERS Set daily, weekly, or monthly reminders to keep your budget up to date. BACKUP & SECURITY • Back up and restore your data using Google Drive, iCloud, and Dropbox, or create a backup via email. • Protect access with a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID. • Light and Dark Mode. • Customize colors and text size. MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT Full support for Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, and Spanish, including right-to-left (RTL) support for Hebrew and Arabic. Home Finance gives you the tools to manage your everyday finances and follow your progress over time — keeping your financial information organized, accessible, and easy to understand.

About

BudgetNotes

Track expenses, incomes, and set spending limits with customizable categories and multiple budgets. Visualize financial health with insightful charts and stay motivated with savings goals. Syncs across Apple devices and offers personalization options.

Highlights
  • Log transactions and recurring entries
  • Visualize spending with charts
  • Categorize expenses and set limits
  • Track savings goals
  • Manage multiple budgets
  • Customizable notifications and widgets
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
Features
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BudgetNotes — Minimalist Budget Tracker Transactions Easily manage your expenses and incomes with BudgetNotes. Log transactions with a few taps and set recurring entries to save time. Quickly search or filter your history to find specific transactions when you need them. Charts Visualize your financial health with clear and insightful charts. Get a detailed view of your spending trends through monthly line charts and category-based pie charts, making it easier to track your financial progress. Expense Categories Stay organized by categorizing your expenses. Assign multiple categories to a single transaction and see where your money goes. Filter by category for a deeper understanding of your spending habits. Spending Limits Take control of your budget with customizable spending limits. Set limits for specific categories and monitor your progress through detailed charts to ensure you’re staying on track. Saving Goals Set and achieve your financial goals with BudgetNotes’ Savings Tracker. Add savings, monitor your progress, and stay motivated with goal tracking features. Multiple Budgets Manage multiple budgets effortlessly. Separate personal and work finances, or organize funds for different projects, all within a single, intuitive app. Notifications Stay on top of your finances with customizable daily or monthly reminders. Log transactions, review budgets, and maintain good financial habits with timely notifications tailored to your needs. Widgets Access your financial status at a glance with BudgetNotes widgets. View your monthly spending summary or category-specific pie charts directly from your home screen for instant updates. iCloud Sync Keep your data secure and synchronized across all your Apple devices with iCloud. Access your budget anytime, anywhere, knowing your information is backed up and protected. Personalization Make BudgetNotes uniquely yours. Customize languages, currency, and visual themes to suit your preferences. Switch between light and dark modes to ensure the interface is always just right for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iBudgetPro4 screens
BudgetNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BudgetNotes at 5.0 against iBudgetPro's 1.0. BudgetNotes also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99). iBudgetPro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iBudgetPro costs $4.99 and BudgetNotes $2.99 up front. BudgetNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iBudgetPro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BudgetNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBudgetPro ships an update every 6 weeks, BudgetNotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iBudgetPro versus BudgetNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBudgetProBudgetNotes
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNetanel VisionCAN AVSAR

Customer experience

iBudgetPro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

BudgetNotes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iBudgetPro

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BudgetNotes

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is iBudgetPro free?
iBudgetPro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BudgetNotes free?
BudgetNotes costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iBudgetPro or BudgetNotes?
BudgetNotes is rated higher. iBudgetPro averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while BudgetNotes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iBudgetPro or BudgetNotes have ads?
Neither iBudgetPro nor BudgetNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iBudgetPro or BudgetNotes?
iBudgetPro ships an update every 6 weeks, and BudgetNotes every 3 weeks. Most recently, iBudgetPro was updated on October 17, 2026 and BudgetNotes on October 10, 2026.

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