Actual Budget vs Tiller
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12
Actual Budget edges out Tiller overall, with scores of 20 versus 14 and mentions in 21 of 75 answers compared to Tiller's 20. Actual Budget shows up most for open-source and YNAB-alternative questions, appearing in 3 of 3 answers for each, while Tiller owns the spreadsheet-lovers' corner, also named in 3 of 3 answers for that question. Head-to-head, Tiller actually comes out slightly ahead, named more often in 8 questions versus Actual Budget's 7, with 10 ties. Both apps go quiet on mobile experience and subscription-cancellation questions, never appearing in either. Claude rates both the highest of the three assistants compared.
Head to head
| metric | Actual Budget | Tiller |
|---|---|---|
| score | 20 | 14 |
| questions won | 13 | 15 |
By assistant
Actual Budget
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 17 | 15% of answers | #1.7 |
| Claude | 34 | 45% of answers | #3.7 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 9 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
Tiller
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 31 | 50% of answers | #5.6 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 7 | 10% of answers | #3.0 |
Where they differ
Only Actual Budget gets named for
- What's the best open-source or self-hosted budgeting app?
- What's the best budgeting app for privacy that doesn't sell my data?
- What's the best budgeting app that works outside the US?
- What's the best budgeting app in 2026?
Only Tiller gets named for
- What's the best app to track net worth and investments alongside a budget?
- What's the best budgeting app for people with irregular income?
- What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances?
- What's the best personal finance app to see all my accounts in one place?
- What's the best app to track spending automatically from my bank accounts?
- What are the best alternatives to Actual Budget?
More comparisons
- Actual Budget vs Goodbudget
- Actual Budget vs Empower
- Actual Budget vs Copilot Money
- Actual Budget vs EveryDollar
- Actual Budget vs Rocket Money
- EveryDollar vs Tiller
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Budgeting apps leaderboard