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Buckets vs Copilot Money

Both stand on personal budgeting and expense tracking apps. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Buckets

Free trial AndroidiPhoneLinux+2

Choose Buckets if you want personal budgeting tools across desktop and mobile, with local data control and a one-time license. Look elsewhere if you need a refundable purchase, or if keeping financial data on your computer does not suit your needs.

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Copilot Money

Free trial iPhone

Copilot Money groups core personal-finance tracking features in an iOS app, with account sync and report export. Its trial allows an evaluation period, but continued access requires one of the paid plans.

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The facts

	Buckets	Copilot Money
Free plan	A free trial	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Windows	iPhone
Lowest paid plan	See the plans	Yearly: $7.92 a month
Plans published	2	2
Maker	Not published	Copilot Money
Website	budgetwithbuckets.com	copilot.money
On personal budgeting and expense tracking apps	#17 of 26	#21 of 26

Buckets: what it does well

Available on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Includes budgeting, bill tracking, and report export.
Offers free sync methods, private macros, file imports, and SimpleFIN Bridge.
One license covers the purchaser and immediate family in the same home.
No monthly subscription fee.

What to know first

The $64 one-time purchase is not refundable.
The listed license covers the purchaser and immediate family members living in the same home.

Copilot Money: what it does well

Budgeting, bill, and net-worth tracking
Account syncing available
Reports can be exported
30-day free trial
Yearly and monthly billing options

What to know first

No free plan
Listed platform is iOS only
Yearly plan is billed annually
Monthly plan costs 13.00 USD

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