Comparison

Buddy vs Tiny Savings

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create personal budgets
  • Shared budgeting for couples/groups
  • Connect bank accounts for transaction import
  • Detailed spending and income overview
  • Expense splitting and settlement tracking
Features
Currently charting
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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/

About

Tiny Savings

Easily track your spending and expenses across various categories with beautiful, intuitive charts. Set budgets and identify areas where you're over or under spending to gain complete control of your finances.

Highlights
  • Spending and expense tracking
  • Categorization of expenses
  • Budget setting
  • Intuitive charts and reports
  • Passcode/FaceID app lock
  • Personalized categories
Features
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Imagine always noticing at the end of each month that your account balance has unknowingly increased, making you feel like you keep getting closer to your goal of buying yourself a birthday present. With Tiny Savings, it is a cinch to be possible. Tiny Savings tracks all your spendings and expenses in different categories and reorganizes them in intuitive and beautiful charts so you know exactly where your money is going. Compare them to your budget, you can easily spot where you are spending too much and where you are spending well under expectation. Most importantly, you will have a feeling that you have never had before, that everything and every penny is just right under your control. # KEY FEATURES # * lock the app with a passcode or FaceID * personalized categories * categories with or without budgets * intuitive, well-polished and elegant charts and reports * check history records by date on the calendar Download and try Tiny Savings yourself now. You will definitely love it and find it really handy, simple but elegant. No more interference from too many useless functions. We'd love to hear your feedback! If you have any ideas or feature requests for future versions of the app, feel free to let us know. Please reach out to us at contact@fungo.one .

Screenshots

Buddy4 screens
Tiny Savings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Savings at 100% against Buddy's 48%. Tiny Savings also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (9.6K vs 5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. Buddy sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tiny Savings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Savings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buddy has 9.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Buddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiny Savings's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buddy ships an update every 9 days, Tiny Savings every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Buddy versus Tiny Savings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddyTiny Savings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.6K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#64 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuddy Budgeting ABTinyWork Apps

Customer experience

Buddy

All ratings9,567 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews889 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral11.9%
Negative39.6%

Tiny Savings

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Tiny Savings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Buddy

Subscriptions10
  • 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
One-time1
  • Unlimited$49.99
None

Tiny Savings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buddy free?
Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Savings free?
Tiny Savings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buddy or Tiny Savings?
Tiny Savings is rated higher. Buddy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.6K ratings, while Tiny Savings averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Buddy or Tiny Savings have ads?
Neither Buddy nor Tiny Savings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buddy or Tiny Savings?
Buddy ships an update every 9 days, and Tiny Savings every 6 weeks. Most recently, Buddy was updated on October 29, 2026 and Tiny Savings on October 24, 2026.

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