Comparison

Budget Projects vs Volu

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

Volu

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• Volu app is an international Arabic application that facilitates volunteering for all in light of volunteering facing many challenges and obstacles that in turn reduce the effectiveness of the volunteering process. • The application works to preserve the rights of the volunteer and all his efforts and community participation. • It is easy for the volunteer to choose the appropriate volunteer field for him according to: his time, place, skills, and interests. • Through the application, the volunteer can be connected to the associations and vice versa, and to the volunteer opportunities available with ease. • The application preserves the time and effort of volunteers, associations and institutions. • Achieving peace, coexistence and equality among the members of society because volunteering is for everyone and for everyone regardless of their orientations, religions and beliefs.

Screenshots

Budget Projects4 screens
Volu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Volu at none against Budget Projects's 3. Volu also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). Budget Projects's advantage is device support. On price 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. Volu asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Budget Projects versus Volu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudget ProjectsVolu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (80 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings80 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS1614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLINKLINKS LTDGRAND Limited

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

Volu

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
None

Volu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Budget Projects free?
Budget Projects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Volu free?
Volu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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