Comparison

Budget Projects vs Group Expenses Light

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

Head to head
About

Budget Projects

This app helps you manage your finances by creating income and expense budgets. Track your spending against these budgets to gain control and save money. Visualize your financial habits with detailed reports and charts.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited budgets
  • Recurring budget options
  • Progress bar for budget tracking
  • Detailed financial reports and charts
  • Customizable categories
  • Transaction search and export
  • Passcode and Touch ID protection
Features
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Stop asking the question that where my money went, and why there is no money left in my wallet. Budget Projects keeps your money well managed and spent. By Budget Projects, you can create income and expense budgets, which indicate how much money you plan to spend or get, then when you have transactions under that budget, add them into it. When there is less money to spend under a budget, you will automatically control spending. This app helps controlling yourself spending money randomly and keeping your money well organized. After using it for a while, you will be surprised how much money you will save. Key Features: ⁃ Create unlimited budgets with recurring or not. ⁃ Recurring budgets by single or multiple cycles of daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. ⁃ Progress bar to show used amount VS budget amount. ⁃ Over roll amount to next cycles or not. ⁃ Custom order of added budgets. ⁃ Add recurring transactions. ⁃ Editable default categories and you can add your own. ⁃ Pie chart reports to show income, expense and savings. ⁃ Cycle pie chart reports to show percentage and amount of each budget. ⁃ Chart report to show cash flow tendency. ⁃ Search transactions by their name, type amount or note. ⁃ Hide Expired Budgets or not. ⁃ Air print support. ⁃ iCloud backup and restore. ⁃ Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Supports Touch ID as passcode. ⁃ Custom week and month start day. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders. ⁃ Export data in form of CSV, HTML or PDF. ⁃ Adds 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question or suggestion, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.

About

Group Expenses Light

Easily track shared expenses within groups, assigning payers and payees for each receipt. See individual shares, settle debts with a swipe, and even transfer balances between members.

Highlights
  • Create and manage groups
  • Add receipts with details and photos
  • View individual shares per event
  • Settle debts with a swipe
  • Transfer balances between members
  • Track all receipts in one place
Features
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- My dad pays for me so get it from him. - It's transferred to Tom. Get it from Tom. - Add a Group and people all at once. - Add receipts to any Group by selecting payer, payees, description of the receipt ,amount and an optional photo of a receipt. - See all receipts in one place and tap on each receipt to see details about it. - See each individual's share in each event by just tapping the name in People tab. - Pay off the entire debt or even partial amount with a single swipe. - Family members do not owe anyone including their head. - All shares are payable to/from each family's head. - Transfer shares to a different person: If Brian doesn't see Tom frequently and Tom owes Brian, the share can be transferred to a John. Now Tom has to pays the John and John will pay Brian. All happens without you noticing.

Screenshots

Budget Projects4 screens
Group Expenses Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Group Expenses Light at 5.0 against Budget Projects's 4.3. Group Expenses Light also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (91% vs 62%). Budget Projects's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Budget Projects sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months and Group Expenses Light sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Group Expenses Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budget Projects has 80 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Budget Projects's written reviews are positive against 91% of Group Expenses Light's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Budget Projects ships an update every 6 months, Group Expenses Light every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Budget Projects versus Group Expenses Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudget ProjectsGroup Expenses Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (80 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLINKLINKS LTDNovaNext

Customer experience

Budget Projects

All ratings80 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative29.9%

Group Expenses Light

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Budget Projects

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes when creating budgets
  • Recurring costs not deducted from associated budgets
  • Date field defaults to January instead of current date
  • Ads appearing in center of screen and not closeable
  • Data erased after app updates
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  • App freezes or becomes unresponsive
  • Transactions showing as 'earned' instead of 'spent'
  • Incompatibility with iOS 15 and later
  • Unexpected charges for in-app purchases
  • Budgets disappearing without explanation

Requested features

11 requests
  • In-app tutorial or contextual help menu
  • Automatic transaction entry from bank accounts
  • Biweekly recurring payment option
  • Default time setting for all transactions
  • Monthly calendar view of expenses
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  • Ability to change budget cycle date
  • Zero-dollar budget groups for tracking unexpected expenses
  • Better UI/UX design and layout improvements
  • Easier decimal entry without calculator
  • Multi-month or year-long budget tracking
  • Improved customer support responsiveness

Group Expenses Light

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Budget Projects

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - 6 months$1.996 Months
One-time2
  • Remove Ads Forever$9.99
  • Unlimited Transactions$11.99
10 purchases

Group Expenses Light

One-time10
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Donate $3$1.99
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  • Donate $7$4.99
  • Advertising for 30 days$6.99
  • Donate $10$6.99
  • Donate $15$10.99
  • Donate $20$13.99
  • Advertising for 180 days$35.99
  • Advertising for 365 days$69.99

Questions

Is Budget Projects free?
Budget Projects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Group Expenses Light free?
Group Expenses Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Budget Projects or Group Expenses Light?
Group Expenses Light is rated higher. Budget Projects averages 4.3 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while Group Expenses Light averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Budget Projects or Group Expenses Light have ads?
Both Budget Projects and Group Expenses Light show ads.
Which is updated more often, Budget Projects or Group Expenses Light?
Budget Projects ships an update every 6 months, and Group Expenses Light every 3 days. Most recently, Budget Projects was updated on October 24, 2026 and Group Expenses Light on October 8, 2026.

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