BudgetBuddie vs Sorted
Sorted is the free government site for learning and calculators. BudgetBuddie is the everyday NZ app for weekly to custom and zero-based budgets, and a retirement planner. Live bank connections are on Pro.
Dashboard
Insights & tips
Easy budgeting
Automate your finances
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Comparison
See how BudgetBuddie compares to Sorted.
Feature
BudgetBuddie
Sorted
Live dashboard
Budget
Weekly, fortnightly, monthly, custom + zero-based
Manual planner
Money insights
Category, merchant, tags, accounts multiple date ranges. Saved reports.
Best for
Everyday NZ budgeting
Learning & planning
Cashflow forecasting
Net worth
Retirement planner
Calculator
NZ bank connections
KiwiSaver & investments
Connected
Calculators only
Auto categorising
Price
Free plan; banks on Pro
Free
Merchant categorising
Live transactions
Account balances
Shared household
Which one should you use?
Sorted is the free Te Ara Ahunga Ora site for learning, KiwiSaver calculators, and a manual planner. BudgetBuddie is the app you run every week: live budgets, transactions, net worth, and money insights. Bank connections are on Pro.
Choose BudgetBuddie
Run the plan every day with weekly to custom and zero-based budgets, transactions, net worth, and household sharing. Live bank connections plus much more.
Choose Sorted
Free learning, KiwiSaver calculators, and retirement planning tools from Te Ara Ahunga Ora. Sorted does not connect to banks or do live tracking.
Live vs manual
Sorted is a planner you fill in. BudgetBuddie connects accounts on Pro so spending updates automatically.
Budget options
BudgetBuddie supports weekly, fortnightly, monthly, custom, and zero-based budgets. Sorted is a manual planner.
Retirement
Sorted has calculators. BudgetBuddie has a dedicated retirement planner you can run alongside everyday budgets.
Use both
Learn and run calculators on Sorted, then use BudgetBuddie to stay on budget every week, fortnight, month or custom period.
