EveryDollar vs Tiller

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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EveryDollar edges out Tiller overall, scoring 18 out of 100 versus 13, and shows up more often too: 16 of 64 answers compared to Tiller's 13 of 64. EveryDollar's strongest showings are on debt payoff, free apps, and envelope or zero-based budgeting questions, each named in 3 of 3 or 3 of 4 answers. Tiller's clearest win is spreadsheet-based budgeting, named in all 3 of 3 answers there. Head-to-head across questions, Tiller actually comes out ahead more often, leading in 7 questions to EveryDollar's 5, with 8 tied. By assistant, Claude rates Tiller much higher (32) than it rates EveryDollar (17).

Head to head

metric	EveryDollar	Tiller
score	17	14
questions won	13	15

By assistant

EveryDollar

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	19	25% of answers	#4.0
Claude	17	25% of answers	#4.4
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	17	20% of answers	#3.0

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 EveryDollar gets named for

Which budgeting app is best for someone paying off debt?
What are the best free budgeting apps?
What's the best simple budgeting app for someone who has never budgeted?
What's the best budgeting app in 2026?

Only Tiller gets named for

What's the best budgeting app that works with a spreadsheet?
What's the best app to track net worth and investments alongside a budget?
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?
Which budgeting app is worth paying for?
Which budgeting app is best now that Mint has shut down?

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