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Design-forward Apple budgeting

Alt Score

Alt Score · 60

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%55
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

#12 of 14 in Budgeting apps

Copilot Money ranks #12 of 14 in Budgeting apps, with an Alt Score of 60. It is proprietary, sold by subscription from $95/year and available on macOS, iOS and Web. 9 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.

Most compared with Lunch MoneyQuickenSimplifi
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Who it's for

People who want a single app to track spending, stick to a budget, and monitor investments and net worth across their bank, credit, and brokerage accounts.

What you get

Automatic AI-powered categorization of transactions that improves over time, budgets with unused-fund rollover, subscription and recurring-charge detection, and a consolidated view of cash, stocks, crypto, and real estate with net worth and portfolio performance tracking.

How it works

You link your bank, credit, and investment accounts (plus optional real estate via Zillow), and Copilot pulls transactions into a unified dashboard, auto-tags spending, and surfaces a daily summary of spending, bills, and budget status.

Where Copilot Money stands out

Verified capabilities most alternatives don't have.

Subscription price only 6 of 14 apps

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Ranked alternatives

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01

Indie multi-currency budgeting.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 86

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%85
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

02

The desktop finance veteran.

Proprietary WindowsmacOS
Alt Score

Alt Score · 82

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%80
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

03

Quicken's lightweight cloud sibling.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 82

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%80
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

04

Open source local-first budgeting.

MIT WindowsmacOSLinuxWeb
Alt Score

Alt Score · 78

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%75
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

05

Zero-based budgeting with a cult following.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 73

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%70
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

06

Double-entry accounting for humans.

GPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
Alt Score

Alt Score · 68

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%65
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

07

KDE's personal finance.

GPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
Alt Score

Alt Score · 68

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%65
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

08

How much is safe to spend.

Proprietary
Alt Score

Alt Score · 68

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%65
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

09

Envelope budgeting, manual-first.

Proprietary iOSAndroidWeb
Alt Score

Alt Score · 64

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%60
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

10

The post-Mint household favorite.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 64

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%60
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

11

Ramsey-method zero-based budget.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 60

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%55
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

12

Self-hosted personal finance.

AGPL-3.0 Web
Alt Score

Alt Score · 60

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%55
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

13

Free simple money management.

GPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
Alt Score

Alt Score · 60

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%55
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

Feature comparison

Rows come from the Budgeting apps checklist (14 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.

Comparing Copilot Money Lunch Money × Quicken × Simplifi × Actual Budget × YNAB ×
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Pricing model
Starts at
License
Platforms
Bank sync (regions)
Manual entry mode
Envelope / zero-based budgeting
Investment tracking
Multi-currency
Shared budgets
Reports & net worth
CSV import
Local-only data option
Subscription price
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Sources & verification 14

Every fact and feature listed for Copilot Money is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.

FAQ

Yes. Actual Budget, GnuCash and KMyMoney have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.

Actual Budget, GnuCash and KMyMoney — every license claim links its source.