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Daily Budget Original
Christopher Ruttinger · Free · Finance · 4.7 (4,841 ratings)
What it does
Daily Budget Original works out a daily budget from what is left for the month, and never connects to a bank account — the data stays on the device. The core features are free; more categories, encryption and graphs are paid. From 5 apps for when you can't say where the money went.
Alternatives to Daily Budget Original
The closest alternatives to Daily Budget Original are Spending Tracker, Spend Pal, Dime and Cashew — 4 apps from the list Daily Budget Original appears on, “5 apps for when you can't say where the money went”, each answering the same moment a different way.
Spending TrackerSpending Tracker logs an expense in a few taps and takes an optional budget for the week, month or year, with whatever is left carried over. The summary shows the main areas of spending, and you can step back through earlier periods.
Spend PalSpend Pal takes one line — type tacos 11.40, press enter — and files the amount and category onto today's page, drawn like a paper notebook. One monthly number, one bar. No account, and nobody asks for your bank.
DimeDime is free with no paywall and no ads, built by a solo student developer. Spending broken down over any period, budgets per category, recurring expenses, and a reminder to write things in.
CashewCashew sets budgets on a monthly, weekly or your own time frame, with pie charts and bar graphs for where it went and past periods to compare against. Subscriptions and recurring payments are tracked, with reminders.
Price and ratings
| App | Price | App Store rating | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Budget Original | Free | 4.7 (4,841) | Finance |
| Spending Tracker | Free | 4.8 (19,449) | Finance |
| Spend Pal | Free | 5.0 (1) | Finance |
| Dime | Free | 4.8 (317) | Finance |
| Cashew | Free | 4.9 (520) | Finance |
Daily Budget Original and its alternatives, as the App Store listed them on 2026-10-06.
Daily Budget Original is free to download from the iOS App Store and holds 4.7 out of 5 from 4,841 ratings, checked on 2026-10-06. Prices and ratings go stale; the App Store is the live source.
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