Budget Projects vs DFM e
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
DFM e
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DFM e-Sign is een app voor het autoriseren van betalingen van de e-Kompas betaalmodule. DFM heeft hiermee een oplossing gevonden die zowel veilig als zeer gebruiksvriendelijk is. De app is overzichtelijk en intuïtief. In de e-Sign app kunt u eenvoudig uw betaalopdrachten autoriseren, zowel enkelvoudig als meerdere opdrachten tegelijk. Deze app is gebaseerd op EBICS beveiliging. Deze beveiliging zorgt ervoor dat de autorisatie versleuteld naar een andere beveiligde omgeving wordt gestuurd en van daaruit gecontroleerd terug wordt ontvangen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Budget Projects at Free against DFM e's $3.99. DFM e's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Budget Projects is free to download; DFM e costs $3.99 up front. Budget Projects sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months. DFM e asks for nothing beyond the download.
Budget Projects ships an update every 6 months, DFM e every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budget Projects | DFM e |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (80 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LINKLINKS LTD | Volkswagen PON Financial Services B.V. |
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
DFM e
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Budget Projects
- Premium - 6 months$1.996 Months
- Remove Ads Forever$9.99
- Unlimited Transactions$11.99
DFM e
No in-app purchases









