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Everything you need to know about The Budgeting App.
Getting started
Yes. The Budgeting App is free to download and use on iOS and Android, with no credit card required, no trial period, and no ads. The free plan includes one basic and one advanced book, up to two accounts, weekly, fortnightly, and monthly budgets, challenges, recurring transactions, offline mode, and sync across devices.
Pro is $2.99 per month or $26.59 per year. Pro Sync, which adds bank account linking, is $10.99 per month or $99.99 per year.
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Yes, and it's free on all plans. Your data syncs automatically across your iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. You don't need Pro or Pro Sync for this. Pro Sync is a separate feature specifically for linking your bank accounts.
Your bank credentials are never stored in The Budgeting App. Bank connections use read-only access through regulated providers. Open Banking via Fiskil in Australia, and Plaid in the United States and Canada. Read-only means the app can see your transactions but cannot move money or make changes to your accounts.
Your budgeting data is stored in the cloud to keep it in sync across your devices, with a local copy kept on each device so the app works offline too. Pro users can also enable App Lock to add an extra layer of protection if someone else picks up your phone.
Yes. The Budgeting App is available globally on iOS and Android, with particularly strong support for Australia and New Zealand. The app supports fortnightly budgets natively, which is the pay cycle most Australians and Kiwis are used to.
Pro Sync users in Australia can also connect their bank accounts via Open Banking (powered by Fiskil), so transactions import automatically for review and categorisation. Bank sync is also available in the United States and Canada via Plaid.
Features
Yes, on the Pro Sync plan. Bank account linking is available in:
Australia via Open Banking (powered by Fiskil)
United States and Canada via Plaid
Transactions sync automatically and appear in a review flow where you categorise and confirm each one. It's designed to keep you engaged with your spending, not just passively track it for you.
Yes. Fortnightly budgeting is built in properly, not bolted on as a workaround. You set your pay cycle and the app resets your budget accordingly, making it especially useful for people paid every two weeks. Weekly and monthly budgets are also supported.
Yes. Each book can have its own currency, so you can run separate budgets in different currencies side by side. Books are your top-level containers for accounts, budgets, and categories. What's not supported is mixing currencies within the same book.
Yes. The Budgeting App works fully offline. You can log transactions, view your budgets, and manage your categories without a connection. Bank sync data is stored on your device, so you can also review and categorise previously synced transactions offline. You only need internet to pull new transactions from your bank or sync across devices. Most bank sync apps don't work this way.
Budget rollover carries any surplus or deficit from one budget period into the next. If you underspend a category, that leftover rolls forward and adds to your next period's budget. If you overspend, the deficit is deducted. Rollover can be toggled on or off per category, so you control which budgets accumulate and which reset cleanly each period. It's a Pro feature.
For a detailed walkthrough, see the community guide on Reddit.
Plans & pricing
Both apps help you manage your budget actively, but they differ in price, flexibility, and how much structure they require.
The Budgeting App has a permanent free plan. Pro is $26.59 per year without bank sync, or $99.99 per year with it. YNAB costs around $109 per year, has no free tier, and requires bank sync to get full value from the methodology.
The Budgeting App supports fortnightly budgets natively. YNAB doesn't. YNAB uses a strict zero-based methodology. The Budgeting App is more flexible and lets you choose how structured you want to be.
Managing your account
Subscriptions are managed directly through Apple App Store or Google Play. The Budgeting App can't cancel on your behalf.
On iOS: Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions > The Budgeting App > Cancel Subscription.
On Android: Google Play app > profile icon > Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions > The Budgeting App > Cancel.
You'll keep access until the end of the current billing period.
You can request account deletion using this form. This will permanently remove your account and all associated data. If you have an active subscription, cancel it first through the App Store or Google Play before submitting the deletion request.
