Buddy vs Easy Budget
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/
Easy Budget
Effortlessly track your income and expenses with this personal finance app. Quickly record transactions, manage your budget to prevent overspending, and visualize your financial habits with clear charts. Cloud sync ensures your data is accessible across devices.
- Quick transaction recording
- Monthly budget management
- Asset account tracking
- Spending trend analysis charts
- Cloud data synchronization
- Customizable expense reminders
- Widget for quick expense entry
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Easy Budget is a personal income and expense tracking app. With Easy Budget, you can quickly record each transaction, manage your budget, and view your monthly remaining budget. Charts clearly display monthly income and expense trends, making it easy and convenient to manage your finances. 「KEY FEATURES」 - Record transactions: Quickly record transactions in 3 seconds. - Budget Management: Manage your monthly budget to avoid overspending. - Assets Account: Manage your assets by updating the account balance. - Expense Trends: Clear charts help you analyze your spending patterns. - Cloud Sync: After logging in, your data is stored in the cloud and accessible on all your devices. - Reminders: Customize daily reminder times so you'll never worry about forgetting to record your expenses. - Widgets: Quickly record your expenses using widgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Easy Budget at 100% against Buddy's 48%. Easy Budget also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Buddy's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Buddy sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Easy Budget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. 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 complicate that: 48% of Buddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Easy Budget'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, Easy Budget every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buddy | Easy Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.6K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.6K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Buddy Budgeting AB | Beijing Shark Pioneer Network Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Buddy
Easy Budget
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
Easy Budget
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
Easy Budget
- 1 Month Premium$7.99
- 3 Months Premium$50.00
- 12 Months Premium$59.99
Questions
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