Empower vs Quicken Simplifi

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Quicken Simplifi comes out ahead here, with an overall score of 35 versus Empower's 19, and it shows up in 30 of 64 answers compared to Empower's 18. Head-to-head, Simplifi is named more often on 9 questions, Empower on just 2, with 9 ties. Simplifi is a clean sweep for "best budgeting apps" (4 of 4) and does well on paid, spending-tracking, and post-Mint questions. Empower, meanwhile, leans on net-worth and free-app questions, going 3 for 3 there. Neither gets picked for subscription-cancelling or open-source questions.

Head to head

metric	Empower	Quicken Simplifi
score	19	35
questions won	7	13

By assistant

Empower

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	17	25% of answers	#4.0
Claude	21	30% of answers	#3.7
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	18	25% of answers	#3.8

Quicken Simplifi

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	47	60% of answers	#2.8
Claude	22	35% of answers	#4.9
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	38	45% of answers	#2.3

Where they differ

Only Empower gets named for

What are the best free budgeting apps?

Only Quicken Simplifi gets named for

Which budgeting app is worth paying for?
Which budgeting app has the best mobile experience?
What's the best simple budgeting app for someone who has never budgeted?
What's the best budgeting app for people with irregular income?
Which budgeting app is best for someone paying off debt?
What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances?
What's the best budgeting app for a freelancer or self-employed person?

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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Budgeting apps leaderboard