Comparison

Buddy vs Help Me Save

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. Terms & Conditions: http://www.nattkod.tech/privacy_policy_terms_conditions

About

Help Me Save

This app helps children learn about saving money and achieving financial goals. Kids can set savings targets, track weekly contributions, and see how long it will take to reach their goals.

Highlights
  • Set savings goals
  • Track weekly contributions
  • Calculate time to reach goals
  • Interactive learning
  • Customizable target measurement (days, weeks, months)
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Help Me Save is designed to help children learn about saving and the rewards of reaching their financial goals. With our app, kids can set a money goal and determine how much they want to contribute towards it on a weekly basis. Our calculator will then show them how many days it will take to reach their goal based on their weekly contributions. For example, if a child's goal is £10 and they contribute £5 per week, it will take 14 days to reach their goal. This app is a fun and interactive way for kids to learn about budgeting and the importance of saving. Help Me Save allows you to set your preferences such as how you want to measure your savings target (days, weeks or months) and what the saving target is. Each day, week or month you then update the app to show what you've actually saved compared to your target - the app will then recalculate the time it will take to achieve your savings goal.

Screenshots

Buddy4 screens
Help Me Save4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Help Me Save at none against Buddy's 15. Help Me Save also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (9.5K vs 1) and chart position (#63 vs unranked). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Help Me Save asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Help Me Save holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buddy has 9.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buddy ships an update every 9 days, Help Me Save every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Buddy versus Help Me Save: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddyHelp Me Save
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#63 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuddy Budgeting ABPhil Trevor

Customer experience

Buddy

All ratings9,455 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews861 reviews
Positive48.8%
Neutral12.1%
Negative39.1%

Help Me Save

All ratings1 ratings
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

Help Me Save

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

Help Me Save

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buddy free?
Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Help Me Save free?
Help Me Save is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buddy or Help Me Save?
Help Me Save is rated higher. Buddy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.5K ratings, while Help Me Save averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Buddy or Help Me Save have ads?
Neither Buddy nor Help Me Save shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buddy or Help Me Save?
Buddy ships an update every 9 days, and Help Me Save every 2 weeks. Most recently, Buddy was updated on September 28, 2026 and Help Me Save on September 20, 2026.

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