Next Balloon vs Cash Flow Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Next Balloon
Easily track important annual events like birthdays and anniversaries. This app organizes upcoming dates, showing you what's happening in the next 90 days. Receive notifications and mark events as completed for the following year.
- Track birthdays and anniversaries
- View upcoming events (next 90 days)
- Receive event notifications
- Badge app icon for pending events
- Mark events as completed
- Automatic yearly updates
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Easily keep track of birthdays, anniversaries or other annual events that are important to you. Next Balloon shows you which events are coming soon. Enter the details of the annual event, and Next Balloon will organize them so you know which ones are coming up next. It shows you items which are coming up in the next 90 days, or you can view all the events in your list. If you enable notifications, you'll receive a notification when the event is coming soon as well as badge the app icon until the item is marked off. As you mark off the items you have completed, Next Balloon will automatically update the item so you are ready for it next year. You can even enter a note when you mark the item as completed.
Cash Flow Planner
This personal finance app helps you track income and expenses with ease. You can record one-time and recurring transactions, create custom categories, and set budgets and income targets. Get a clear overview of your finances and manage your money effectively.
- Track income and expenses
- Record recurring transactions
- Create custom categories
- Set budgets for expenses
- Set income targets
- iCloud data sync
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Cash Flow Planner is a simple personal finance app that helps you track your income and expenses, plan ahead, and stay in control of your finances. Features: • Add one-time and recurring transactions • Organize transactions using custom categories • Create budgets for your expenses • Set income targets • Explore and filter transactions • Track trends with charts • Securely sync and back up your data with iCloud Start using Cash Flow Planner today and take control of your hard-earned money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cash Flow Planner at Free against Next Balloon's $5.99. Cash Flow Planner also leads on ratings volume (305 vs 1). Next Balloon's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Cash Flow Planner is free to download; Next Balloon costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Next Balloon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cash Flow Planner has 305 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Next Balloon's written reviews are positive against 76% of Cash Flow Planner's.
Next Balloon ships an update every 39 months, Cash Flow Planner every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Next Balloon | Cash Flow Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (305 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 305 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 27 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Surprise Software | Erik Wegener |
Customer experience
Next Balloon
Cash Flow Planner
Bugs and requests
Next Balloon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cash Flow Planner
Reported bugs
4 issues- Text unreadable in dark mode
- Font disappears when adding/changing categories
- Math drops cents to lower dollar amount
- Filter feature does not show relevant transactions
Requested features
16 requests- Option to adjust background color
- Reports by week or month
- Analytical tools (pie charts, graphs)
- Print document option
- Ability to adjust font color
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- Notes feature for categories
- Recurring expenses with weekly/bi-monthly option
- Ability to click on categories for breakdown
- Carry balances forward monthly
- Trend reports
- Ability to split expenses across categories
- More options or icons
- Homepage shows budget to the penny
- Alert on abnormal expenses
- Vendor info
- Comparison of expenses to last month
In-app purchases
Next Balloon
No in-app purchases
Cash Flow Planner
No in-app purchases
