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Honeydue
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Honeydue shows up in 6 of 64 answers across our budgeting app questions, with an overall score of 6 out of 100 (ChatGPT gives it 4, Claude 8, Perplexity 7). Its strongest showing is on couples' finances: it's named in all 3 of 3 answers to "What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances?" It also appears in 2 of 3 answers for best free budgeting apps, and 1 of 4 for best budgeting apps generally. Elsewhere, it's a no-show, missing entirely from questions on net worth tracking, automatic bank syncing, 2026 rankings, paid apps worth it, and freelancer-focused tools.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 4 | 5% of answers | #3.0 |
| Claude | 8 | 15% of answers | #6.3 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 7 | 10% of answers | #4.0 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What are the best free budgeting apps? | 2 of 3 | #6 |
| What are the best budgeting apps? | 1 of 4 | #10 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best budgeting app in 2026? | YNAB, Monarch Money, Copilot Money |
| 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 is best for someone paying off debt? | YNAB, EveryDollar, PocketGuard |
| What's the best budgeting app for people with irregular income? | YNAB, Actual Budget, Quicken Simplifi |
| Which budgeting app has the best mobile experience? | Copilot Money, Monarch Money, YNAB |
| What's the best budgeting app for privacy that doesn't sell my data? | Actual Budget, GnuCash, Firefly III |
| Which budgeting app is worth paying for? | YNAB, Monarch Money, Copilot Money |
| What's the best envelope or zero-based budgeting app? | Goodbudget, YNAB, EveryDollar |
| 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 |
| What's the best budgeting app that works outside the US? | YNAB, Actual Budget |
| What's the best simple budgeting app for someone who has never budgeted? | Rocket Money, YNAB, EveryDollar |
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“Honeydue | Free couples budgeting | Built specifically for couples, bill reminders, shared spending visibility, controls over what each partner sees | Less powerful for detailed long-term planning”
- Claude“Honeydue — free and built specifically for couples.”
- Perplexity“Best free option: Honeydue — built specifically for couples and widely described as the top no-cost pick.”
Closest rivals
- Honeydue vs Firefly III7
- Honeydue vs GnuCash5
- Honeydue vs Lunch Money5
- Honeydue vs PocketGuard9
- Honeydue vs Tiller13
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