Comparison

Bills Manager vs $5 Bill Helper

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

Head to head
About

Bills Manager

Easily track your bills and avoid late fees with this intuitive app. It offers a clean interface for managing payments, viewing upcoming due dates, and receiving customizable notifications. All your data is stored locally on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Monthly bill list
  • Calendar view
  • Past due and upcoming bills overview
  • Recurring bills management
  • Customizable notifications
  • Attach photos to bills
  • Backup and restore via Dropbox
Features
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Bills Manager helps you stay on top of your payments and avoid costly late fees. With a clean and intuitive design, it makes tracking your bills simple and stress-free. The concept is straightforward — easily keep track of what’s been paid and what’s coming due each month. No registration, no bank connection, and no Internet required. All your data stays safely on your iPhone, and you can manually back up or restore it at any time. Main Features: - Monthly bill list, sorted by status and due date - Calendar view - Past due and upcoming bills overview - Passcode and Touch ID protection - Recurring bills - Attach photos to bills - AutoPay tracking - Customizable notifications (choose how many days before and at what time you’re reminded) - Backup and restore via Dropbox - Account history - Quick Pay option - Charts by month, quarter, or year - Custom icons and colors to identify bills easily If you enjoy using Bills Manager, please take a moment to rate or review the app — your feedback helps us make it even better!

About

$5 Bill Helper

This app helps you manage your finances by splitting bills and spending over a 4-6 week period. It offers an at-a-glance view of current and future expenses, with options to manually enter data or link your bank account for seamless tracking.

Highlights
  • Bill splitting and spending management
  • 4-6 week financial planning
  • At-a-glance bill and spending overview
  • Manual data entry
  • Bank account linking via Plaid
  • Pending and cleared bill status
Features
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The $5 Bill Helper™ app uses the Bill Balancer™ to split bills and spending money over a 4-6 week period. The users can see current and future bills and spending money at-a-glance. Bills can be marked pending or cleared and will calculate the users remaining spending money. Information can be entered manually, or the user can link their bank account using Plaid. Apple Subscription Terms: – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. for more information please go to Terms and Conditions: https://5dollarbillhelper.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://5dollarbillhelper.com/privacy-policy - 5 dollar offers Basic and Gold plans. - The basic plan costs $4.99 per month and is billed on a recurring basis. The first month is free if you select the basic package. - The cost of the gold plan is $49.99 per year. If you choose this plan, the first month is free.

Screenshots

Bills Manager4 screens
$5 Bill Helper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: $5 Bill Helper at none against Bills Manager's shown. $5 Bill Helper also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Bills Manager's advantage is ratings volume (8.1K vs 13) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Bills Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and $5 Bill Helper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Bills Manager against 4.7 for $5 Bill Helper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bills Manager has 8.1K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Bills Manager's written reviews are positive against 89% of $5 Bill Helper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bills Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, $5 Bill Helper every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bills Manager versus $5 Bill Helper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBills Manager$5 Bill Helper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8.1K ratings) — better4.7 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.1K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Fabian PenaFive Dollar Bill Helper LLC

Customer experience

Bills Manager

All ratings8,123 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative8.5%

$5 Bill Helper

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

Bills Manager

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recurring bills automatically turning off
  • Paid bills getting unmarked after app use
  • Crashes when marking bills as paid

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to set bills with no end date
  • Ability to track paydays and link them to bills
  • Export/import functionality for bill data
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Integration with mobile banking apps

$5 Bill Helper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bills Manager

One-time1
  • Remove ads$5.99
2 purchases

$5 Bill Helper

Subscriptions2
  • $5 Bill Helper Basic Plan1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • $5 Bill Helper Gold Plan1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Bills Manager free?
Bills Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is $5 Bill Helper free?
$5 Bill Helper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bills Manager or $5 Bill Helper?
Bills Manager is rated higher. Bills Manager averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8.1K ratings, while $5 Bill Helper averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do Bills Manager or $5 Bill Helper have ads?
Bills Manager shows ads; $5 Bill Helper does not.
Which is updated more often, Bills Manager or $5 Bill Helper?
Bills Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, and $5 Bill Helper every 6 weeks. Most recently, Bills Manager was updated on November 1, 2026 and $5 Bill Helper on October 10, 2026.

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