Empower vs Tiller

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

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Empower edges out Tiller overall, scoring 19 out of 100 versus 13, and shows up more often too, named in 18 of 64 answers compared to Tiller's 13. Claude is friendlier to Tiller specifically, giving it 32 versus Empower's 21, while ChatGPT and Perplexity both lean toward Empower. Empower gets swept in questions about net worth tracking, free budgeting apps, and life after Mint, named in every answer for each. Tiller's standout is spreadsheet-based budgeting, where it's named in 3 of 3 answers, though it's never named for free budgeting apps or automatic bank tracking. Head-to-head, Empower leads in 7 questions, Tiller in 6, with 7 ties.

Head to head

metric	Empower	Tiller
score	19	13
questions won	7	11

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

Tiller

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	5	5% of answers	#1.0
Claude	32	55% of answers	#5.9
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	5	5% of answers	#1.0

Where they differ

Only Empower gets named for

What are the best free budgeting apps?
What's the best app to track spending automatically from my bank accounts?

Only Tiller gets named for

What's the best budgeting app that works with a spreadsheet?
What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances?
What's the best envelope or zero-based budgeting app?
What's the best budgeting app for people with irregular income?
Which budgeting app is worth paying for?
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