Empower vs Goodbudget
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12
Empower edges out Goodbudget overall, scoring 19 to 18, and gets named slightly more often too: 18 of 64 answers versus 17 of 64. Empower shows up in every answer for net-worth-and-investment tracking, free budgeting apps, and post-Mint alternatives, while Goodbudget takes the envelope-and-zero-based budgeting question 3 of 3 and matches Empower on free apps generally. Head to head across shared questions, Goodbudget comes out ahead more often, 7 to 5, with 8 ties. By assistant, Claude and Perplexity rate Goodbudget higher, while ChatGPT favors Empower. Neither is named for freelancer, beginner, or subscription-canceling questions.
Head to head
| metric | Empower | Goodbudget |
|---|---|---|
| score | 22 | 21 |
| questions won | 13 | 14 |
By assistant
Empower
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 21 | 35% of answers | #3.6 |
| Claude | 24 | 35% of answers | #3.4 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 22 | 35% of answers | #3.6 |
Goodbudget
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 19 | 35% of answers | #3.9 |
| Claude | 20 | 30% of answers | #4.8 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 25 | 35% of answers | #2.9 |
Where they differ
Only Empower gets named for
- What's the best personal finance app to see all my accounts in one place?
- What's the best app to track net worth and investments alongside a budget?
- Which budgeting app is best now that Mint has shut down?
- What are the best alternatives to Quicken Simplifi?
- Which budgeting app is worth paying for?
- What's the best app to track spending automatically from my bank accounts?
Only Goodbudget gets named for
- What's the best simple budgeting app for someone who has never budgeted?
- What's the best envelope or zero-based budgeting app?
- What's the best budgeting app for privacy that doesn't sell my data?
- What's the best budgeting app for people with irregular income?
- What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances?
- Which budgeting app is best for someone paying off debt?
- What's the best budgeting app that works outside the US?
More comparisons
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- Actual Budget vs Empower
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Not sold on either?
Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Budgeting apps leaderboard