PocketGuard - Budget App
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PocketGuard - Budget App

Plan Budget, Track spending

PocketGuard, Inc. · released 7 Jan 2015 · Open in App Store ↗

★ 4.53 8,346 reviews
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Revenue %
Monthly3$12.67 – $14.5424.8%+18.0%
Monthly · 7 days trial3$12.67 – $17.1824.8%+18.0%
Monthly3$7.04 – $9.2524.8%+18.0%
Monthly3$4.57 – $6.6024.8%+18.0%
Annual3$34.99 – $44.9624.8%+18.0%
Annual · 7 days trial3$73.23 – $92.5824.8%+18.0%
Monthly2$4.57 – $4.9924.8%+18.0%
Monthly2$4.57 – $4.9924.8%+18.0%
Weekly · 7 days trial2$2.81 – $2.9924.8%+18.0%
Weekly · 7 days trial2$1.96 – $2.6324.8%+18.0%

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Description

PocketGuard is an award-winning Budget App, Spending Tracker & Money Manager trusted by 1.7M+ users. Plan your budget, track expenses, manage bills, and know what’s safe to spend.

RECOGNIZED AMONG THE BEST BUDGET APPS OF 2026

Forbes Advisor — Best for Managing Recurring Expenses

Kiplinger — Best for Debt Management

NerdWallet — Featured among The Best Budget Apps for 2026

Experian & Investopedia — Featured among the Best Budgeting Apps of 2026

“PocketGuard is the best budgeting app for tracking spending. PocketGuard makes it easy for users to analyze their spending habits through custom reports and allows them to create a fully customized budget and a personalized debt payoff schedule.”— Forbes

Always Know What's in Your Pocket

Track all your income and expenses

Safe-to-spend amount after bills, goals, and essentials

How much you can safely contribute, save, invest

Budgeting Features

Custom categories

Budget limits

Overspending prevention

Rollover budgets

Spending Prediction

Spending Pace — Predict Your Spending

Spending Pace analyzes your spending habits to predict whether you’ll stay on budget before the month ends.

Choose your budgeting method

Zero-based budgeting

Envelope budgeting

50/30/20 budget rule

Build your own custom budgeting system.

Smart Transaction Rules — Automatic Expense Categorization

Detect merchant names, keywords, amounts, categories, and accounts

Rename merchants, fix categories, and add hashtags for tracking

Apply rules to every new transaction

Spending Insight & Monthly Budget Review

Visual spending reports

Categories, budgets, bills and merchant breakdowns

Month-to-month budget

Spending trend analysis

Bills organizer and Subscription manager

Connect your bank and PocketGuard automatically identifies bills, subscriptions, and recurring payments.

Never miss a due date

Spot and cancel forgotten subscriptions

Lower bills using a built-in bill negotiation service

Build Your Debt-Payoff Plan

PocketGuard builds a personalized debt payoff plan based on your balances and repayment strategy, helping you reduce interest costs, see your debt-free date, and track every payment along the way.

Bank-Level Security

Your data is protected with 256-bit SSL encryption, biometric login (Touch ID & Face ID), PIN codes, and industry-standard privacy practices.

FAQ

You need a budget to track every dollar?

PocketGuard connects to your bank accounts via secure data connectors (Plaid, Finicity, Salt Edge, Apple Wallet), automatically categorizes transactions, identifies bills and subscriptions, and calculates leftover which you can contribute to any budgeting category or spend guilt-free, setup a goal, save or invest.

Which budgeting methods are supported?

PocketGuard is a category budgeting but the app lets you budget your way. Use zero-based budgeting, envelope budgeting, the 50/30/20 rule, or create your own custom budget — without being locked into one budgeting method.

Who is PocketGuard best for?

Anyone who wants to plan a budget, track spending, stop overspending, pay off debt, manage subscriptions or build savings.

Is it safe to connect my bank?

Yes. PocketGuard uses 256-bit SSL encryption, biometric login, PIN protection, and MFA. Your credentials are never stored — read-only access only.

Which countries and banks are supported?

PocketGuard Budget App connects to financial institutions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Can I use PocketGuard without connecting to a bank?

Yes. You can add transactions manually or manage cash accounts.

PocketGuard Plus Subscription

Start a 7-day free trial and choose a plan: Monthly — $12.99 Annual — $74.99. Prices may vary by region. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited once a subscription is purchased.

Privacy Policy: https://pocketguard.com/privacy/. Terms of Use: https://pocketguard.com/terms/.

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