fineants vs Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Set saving goals
- Log daily savings
- Track progress
- Motivational tool
- Simple interface
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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
Buddy
This app helps you create and manage personal or shared budgets. Track expenses, connect your bank account for automatic transaction import, and gain a clear overview of your spending, income, and savings. It also features tools to split costs and settle up with others.
- Create personal budgets
- Shared budgeting for couples/groups
- Connect bank accounts for transaction import
- Detailed spending and income overview
- Expense splitting and settlement tracking
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Buddy helps you set up a budget and keep track of your expenses, either by yourself or together with your loved ones. Here’s what is waiting for you inside: BUDGETS Buddy will help you not to overspend on your well-earned salary by setting up a budget plan that fits you. Do you want a shared budget with your partner? Or keep the expenses between you and your mates fair on the vacation? No problem, just invite them and get a clear picture of who spent what. CONNECT YOUR BANK Import all transactions from your bank account into Buddy and see how your budget is doing. OVERVIEW We'll give you a beautiful & detailed overview of your spendings, income, and savings. SPLIT Split lets you know who paid what, and how to settle up. And much more for you to find. Take control of your finance today! Buddy offers a $9.99 monthly renewing and a $49.99 yearly renewing subscription to unlock Premium functionality. The purchase will be charged from your iTunes account if you choose to buy the Buddy Premium subscription. You can manage or cancel your subscription through the user settings in iTunes after the purchase. The subscription period ends with the same kind of subscription you already bought to the same price unless you turn off your subscription 24 hours before it renews. It is not possible to cancel your current subscription during the time your subscription is active. Privacy Policy: https://buddy.download/privacypolicy/ Terms & Conditions: https://buddy.download/terms-and-conditions/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: fineants at 75% against Buddy's 49%. Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (9.6K vs 23) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. fineants sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Buddy sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buddy has 9.6K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of fineants's written reviews are positive against 49% of Buddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
fineants ships an update every 2 months, Buddy every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | fineants | Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (23 ratings) | 4.7 (9.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 48.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 9.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #84 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giovanni Lodi | Buddy Budgeting AB |
Customer experience
fineants
Buddy
Bugs and requests
fineants
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Buddy
Reported bugs
5 issues- Recurring transactions not working as expected
- Balance not carrying over to next month
- Syncing issues between devices
- Transactions disappearing or resetting
- Inability to edit categories without creating new ones
Requested features
8 requests- Calendar view for transactions
- Bill reminders and due date tracking
- Ability to hide/exclude certain transactions
- Savings/investment tracking
- Multi-currency support
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- Ability to reorder categories
- Weekly budget view
- Ability to split transactions
In-app purchases
fineants
- Upgrade to Pro$2.99
Buddy
- Buddy Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Buddy Premium$4.991 Month
- Premium$9.991 Month
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- Buddy Premium$9.991 Month
- Buddy Premium7 Days trial$16.991 Year
- Buddy Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Buddy Premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Buddy Premium1 Year trial$34.991 Year
- Buddy Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Buddy Premium7 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
- Unlimited$49.99
