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Goodbudget
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Goodbudget lands an overall score of 18 out of 100, with ChatGPT giving it 12, Claude 20, and Perplexity 22. Across the board, it's named in 17 of 64 answers. It shows up most reliably for envelope or zero-based budgeting questions (3 of 3 answers), free budgeting apps (3 of 3), and general "best budgeting apps" questions (3 of 4). Irregular income questions bring it up 2 of 3 times, while the 2026 roundup mentions it just once in 4. It's absent entirely from questions about net worth tracking, automatic bank syncing, paid app recommendations, freelancer budgeting, and subscription-canceling tools.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 12 | 15% of answers | #2.7 |
| Claude | 20 | 35% of answers | #6.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 22 | 30% of answers | #3.3 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best free budgeting apps? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What's the best envelope or zero-based budgeting app? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What are the best budgeting apps? | 3 of 4 | #3 |
| What's the best budgeting app for people with irregular income? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best simple budgeting app for someone who has never budgeted? | 1 of 3 | #1 |
| What's the best budgeting app for privacy that doesn't sell my data? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| Which budgeting app is best for someone paying off debt? | 1 of 3 | #7 |
| What's the best budgeting app that works outside the US? | 1 of 3 | #18 |
| What's the best budgeting app in 2026? | 1 of 4 | #5 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| Which budgeting app is best now that Mint has shut down? | Monarch Money, YNAB, Quicken Simplifi |
| What's the best personal finance app to see all my accounts in one place? | Monarch Money, Empower, Copilot Money |
| Which budgeting app has the best mobile experience? | Copilot Money, Monarch Money, YNAB |
| Which budgeting app is worth paying for? | YNAB, Monarch Money, Copilot Money |
| What's the best app to track spending automatically from my bank accounts? | Monarch Money, Copilot Money, Rocket Money |
| What's the best open-source or self-hosted budgeting app? | Actual Budget, Firefly III, YNAB |
| What's the best app to find and cancel unwanted subscriptions? | Rocket Money |
| What's the best budgeting app that works with a spreadsheet? | Tiller, YNAB, Monarch Money |
| What's the best app to track net worth and investments alongside a budget? | Monarch Money, Empower, Quicken Simplifi |
| What's the best budgeting app for a freelancer or self-employed person? | YNAB, Monarch Money, Quicken Simplifi |
Assistants cited 15 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for Budgeting apps.
In their words
- ChatGPT“Goodbudget | Classic envelope budgeting | Free / paid tier | Literal digital envelopes”
- Claude“Manual entry apps work identically everywhere and are often free: Money Manager (Realbyte), Monefy, Bluecoins (Android), Goodbudget.”
- Perplexity“For someone who has never budgeted before, the simplest starting point is usually Goodbudget if you want a very straightforward, beginner-friendly system, or Rocket Money if you want the app to do more of the work for you automatically.”
Closest rivals
- Goodbudget vs EveryDollar18
- Goodbudget vs Empower19
- Goodbudget vs Rocket Money22
- Goodbudget vs Actual Budget23
- Goodbudget vs Copilot Money23
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