Comparison

Buddy vs Delna

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

Head to head
About

Buddy

Manage your finances by creating budgets, tracking expenses, and viewing detailed overviews of your income and savings. Collaborate on shared budgets with friends and family, and easily settle up any shared costs.

Highlights
  • Budget creation and tracking
  • Expense and income monitoring
  • Shared budgets for groups
  • Bank account transaction import
  • Detailed spending overviews
  • Transaction splitting and settlement
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

Delna

Features
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Delna puts you in control of your finances — without giving your data to anyone else. No bank connections. No subscriptions. No servers. Everything you track in Delna stays on your iPhone, backed up only to your own private iCloud. We can't see your data. Nobody can. Track fast Log any expense or income in seconds with a lightning-fast entry flow — a large number pad, smart category suggestions based on your habits, and one-tap repeats for recent transactions. The fastest manual tracker you'll use. Understand your money On-device insights analyse your spending patterns every day, every week, every month. Budget pacing tells you if you're on track before the month ends. No cloud processing — every calculation happens on your phone. Stay in control Set monthly budgets overall and per category. Watch progress bars shift from calm to amber to red as you approach limits. Navigate past months to understand your history. Private by design Face ID lock, automatic iCloud backup in your own account, and zero data collection. Erase everything with one tap if you ever want a clean start. Home screen widget See your monthly budget ring at a glance. Log expenses directly from your home screen. Available in English and Lithuanian. Delna means palm in Lithuanian — your money, held in your own hand.

Screenshots

Buddy4 screens
Delna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Delna at none against Buddy's 15. Buddy's advantage is chart position (#70 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Buddy sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Delna asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Buddy versus Delna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddyDelna
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuddy Budgeting ABMB Olten Technologies

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
Show 3 more
  • Ability to reorder categories
  • Weekly budget view
  • Ability to split transactions

Delna

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

Delna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buddy free?
Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Delna free?
Delna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Buddy or Delna have ads?
Neither Buddy nor Delna shows ads.

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