What is Budget Copain used for?

Budget Copain is a French-language iPhone and iPad budgeting app with category-based expense tracking, 50/30/20 budget suggestions and shared savings goals. It is a good fit for beginners starting a monthly budget and couples or friends saving for a trip.

Is Budget Copain free?

Yes. Budget Copain has a free plan.

Is Budget Copain open source?

No. Budget Copain is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Finance & Accounting category, open-source options include Cashew, Actual Budget and Firefly III.

What are some alternatives to Budget Copain?

Budget Copain competes with YNAB, Monarch and Copilot Money.

Budget Copain: features, pricing and alternatives

About Budget Copain

Budget Copain is a French-language budgeting app for iPhone and iPad, positioned as a friendly companion for people who do not know where their money goes each month. Setup is guided step by step: you enter income, fixed expenses and variable categories, and the app suggests a split based on the 50/30/20 rule.

Day to day, you log an expense and pick a category, and the app shows what is left to spend in real time. Alerts warn you at 70, 90 and 100 percent of a budget, and a weekly recap, recurring expenses and daily streaks help build the habit. A reactive mascot celebrates progress, and a monthly summary can be shared.

Shared savings groups let several people save together toward goals such as a trip or a wedding. Budget Copain is a commercial app from the developer Code Celeste, free to download with in-app purchases, and it offers a lifetime Premium unlock instead of a subscription.

Key features

Income and expense tracking by category
Monthly budget with 50/30/20 suggestion
Shared savings groups for common goals
Alerts as spending nears the budget
Automatic recurring expenses
Shareable monthly summary

Good fit for

→Beginners starting a monthly budget
→Couples or friends saving for a trip

Tags: budgeting; personal-finance; expense-tracking; ios; savings-goals; french

Budget Copain: questions and answers

What is Budget Copain used for?: Budget Copain is a French-language iPhone and iPad budgeting app with category-based expense tracking, 50/30/20 budget suggestions and shared savings goals. It is a good fit for beginners starting a monthly budget and couples or friends saving for a trip.
Is Budget Copain free?: Yes. Budget Copain has a free plan.
Is Budget Copain open source?: No. Budget Copain is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Finance & Accounting category, open-source options include Cashew, Actual Budget and Firefly III.
What are some alternatives to Budget Copain?: Budget Copain competes with YNAB, Monarch and Copilot Money.