Comparison

fineants vs BuyBye

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

Head to head
About

fineants

This app helps you track small, daily savings to reach your financial goals. Set a target, log each saved amount, and monitor your progress to achieve your desired purchases faster.

Highlights
  • Set saving goals
  • Log daily savings
  • Track progress
  • Motivational tool
  • Simple interface
Features
Read full description

fineants helps you save for the things you want by tracking every small win along the way. Set a goal, log what you saved — skipped coffee, packed lunch, found a deal — and watch your progress grow. Whether you're saving for a holiday, a new gadget, or a rainy day fund, fineants keeps you motivated with a clear view of how far you've come. Features: - Create saving goals with a target amount - Log individual savings with optional notes - Track progress with visual indicators - Home Screen widget to check your goals at a glance - Upgrade to Pro for unlimited goals

About

BuyBye

This app helps you curb impulse spending by showing the real cost of purchases in terms of work hours. It offers features to pause buying decisions and block shopping apps, encouraging intentional spending and savings tracking.

Highlights
  • Visualize purchase cost in work hours
  • Cooldown period for impulse buys
  • Block shopping apps
  • Savings tracking
  • 100 Envelope Savings Challenge
  • Milestone rewards
Features
Read full description

Budgeting is better with your pig. Meet Penny, your money buddy in BuyBye. She earns rewards when you make better money choices, helping budgeting feel more fun, motivating, and a little less overwhelming. BuyBye is the budgeting app that shows you the real cost of your spending. Not just in dollars, but in hours of your life. Most budgeting apps track your money. BuyBye helps you decide how to use it. Use BuyBye to: -Set a monthly budget and see what’s left to spend -Track income, expenses, savings, bills, and no-buy days -Use the Worth It? Analyzer to see what purchases cost in work time -See what your money could become if you invested it instead -Pause impulse buys with Cooldown -Temporarily block shopping apps with Shop Block using Apple’s built-in controls -Create savings goals for travel, an emergency fund, or anything else -Try the 100 Envelope Savings Challenge -Earn rewards with Penny as you build better money habits Subscription Information: Some features in BuyBye require an active subscription. This includes adding income and savings to your BuyBye budget. Subscription terms and pricing are available in the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

fineants4 screens
BuyBye4 screens

Verdict

The call

fineants and BuyBye both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of fineants's written reviews are positive against 11% of BuyBye's. fineants also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). BuyBye's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 24) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. fineants sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BuyBye sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.4 for fineants against 4.5 for BuyBye. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BuyBye has 1.8K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of fineants's written reviews are positive against 11% of BuyBye's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

fineants ships an update every 2 months, BuyBye fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
fineants versus BuyBye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfineantsBuyBye
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (24 ratings)4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better10.7% of reviews
Number of ratings241.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiovanni LodiBuyBye Inc.

Customer experience

fineants

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

BuyBye

All ratings1,724 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive10.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative86.5%

Bugs and requests

fineants

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BuyBye

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Too many pop-ups

In-app purchases

1 purchases

fineants

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$2.99
11 purchases

BuyBye

Subscriptions10
  • BuyBye Weekly Plan$3.997 Days
  • BuyBye Monthly Plan3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • BuyBye Quarterly Plan$9.993 Months
Show 7 more
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan (7-day trial)7 Days trial$19.997 Days
  • BuyBye Yearly Winback7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$26.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • BuyBye Yearly Plan3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • BuyBye Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is fineants free?
fineants is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BuyBye free?
BuyBye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, fineants or BuyBye?
BuyBye is rated higher. fineants averages 4.4 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while BuyBye averages 4.5 from 1.8K ratings.
Do fineants or BuyBye have ads?
BuyBye shows ads; fineants does not.
Which is updated more often, fineants or BuyBye?
fineants ships an update every 2 months, and BuyBye fortnightly. Most recently, fineants was updated on October 24, 2026 and BuyBye on October 28, 2026.

Other comparisons