Buddy vs Moono
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Moono
Track your income and expenses consciously with this finance app. It offers offline functionality, iCloud synchronization, and detailed financial analytics. Customize accounts and categories with no limits.
- Offline expense and income tracking
- iCloud synchronization
- Customizable accounts and categories
- Financial analytics
- Data export
- Light and dark mode support
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Start spending your money consciously by tracking expenses and incomes with Moono. Moono: doesn't require Internet connection, iCloud synchronizable, simple and clear in usage, made with love and in native design. • All functionality without any registration • Add transactions quickly • Use different accounts, categories, text notes and photo attachments with no limits • Customise your accounts and categories with name, color and icon • Don't lose any of your account with function of Archiving • Use iOS and macOS at the same time with iCloud synchronization • Doesn’t require Internet access (only for iCloud synchronization) • Clear financial Analytics • Supports light and dark mode • Plenty of currencies • Export of data • Native intuitive design • Light weight app • Several languages available • No ads We are EAGER to hear your feedback. Don't hesitate to write: Email: team@moono.app Twitter: @MoonoApp Instagram: @moono.app Privacy Policy: https://moono.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://moono.app/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moono at 84% against Buddy's 48%. Moono also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (9.6K vs 18) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). 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. Buddy sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Moono sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buddy has 9.6K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Buddy's written reviews are positive against 84% of Moono's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Buddy ships an update every 9 days, Moono every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buddy | Moono |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.5% of reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.6K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #75 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Buddy Budgeting AB | Aleksandr Zolotarev |
Customer experience
Buddy
Moono
Bugs and 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
Moono
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
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
Moono
- Annual Pro subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Moono Pro lifetime$9.99









