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Monarch: Budget & Track Money

Monarch Money, Inc.

4.89star106,114 ratings

FinanceBudgeting apps shelf$14.99–$199.99 · 5 tiersUpdated Aug 20, 2026
Biggest complaint · Sync & data
7.7%
14 of 181 negatives · store typical 2.2%
Recent reviews negative
35%
its 10 shelf rivals run 43% · 517 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Monarch: Budget & Track Money — App Store screenshot
Monarch: Budget & Track Money — App Store screenshot
Monarch: Budget & Track Money — App Store screenshot
Monarch: Budget & Track Money — App Store screenshot

Ratings.

5.0out of 5

106,421 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

5star97,796
4star7,039
3star716
2star251
1star619

5 decisions.

01

Investigate sync & data first

extreme · 7.7% of this app’s 181 negative reviews, against 2.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
7.7%
14 of 181
its shelf
6.4%
rivals only
store-wide
2.2%
typical
02

Investigate login & auth

high · 34.8% of this app’s 181 negative reviews, against 13.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
34.8%
63 of 181
its shelf
28.6%
rivals only
store-wide
13.2%
typical
03

Investigate support

high · 21.5% of this app’s 181 negative reviews, against 9.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
21.5%
39 of 181
its shelf
9.6%
rivals only
store-wide
9.2%
typical
04

Skip performance, ux and limits & caps work

Performance, UX, Limits & caps all run at or below the store’s typical rate.

How it compares
  • Performance17.1% of 181 · shelf 12.7% · store 16.9%
  • UX3.3% of 181 · shelf 8.1% · store 2.9%
  • Limits & caps2.8% of 181 · shelf 2.3% · store 2.8%
05

Protect ads

4.4% of this app’s 181 negative reviews, against 10.7% typical store-wide, which is normal for the store.

How it compares
this app
4.4%
8 of 181
its shelf
6.7%
rivals only
store-wide
10.7%
typical

Billing and Accuracy are left out — the theme’s vocabulary is in this app’s own name.

The shelf in numbers

All 11 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

AppRatingsSync & data
Buddy: Budget Planner App9,40823.3%
Budget app - spending tracker15,54012.9%
Goodbudget Budget Planner13,4069.6%
Monarch: Budget & Track Money106,1147.7%
Copilot: Track & Budget Money30,0907.6%
EveryDollar: Budget Management84,0255.8%
YNAB61,2925.3%
NerdWallet: Smart Money App124,7274.1%
Rocket Money - Bills & Budgets383,3651.4%
Fleur - Budget Planner App12,6440%
Budget Bestie3,0970%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across budgeting apps, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the budgeting apps report
How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.