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Inner Grow Limited · Finance · Free · v1.16.7

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Review-rating drop
0.78

2025-Q2 4.46 → last 90 days 3.68, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.46

2025-Q2, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.68

text reviews

Store rating
4.72

all 16189 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.04

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$143k

#74 top-grossing, Finance

store 4.72 · reviews 4.46 → 3.68 · gap 1.04 store 4.72 reviews 3.68

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2025-Q1: 4.03★ from 58 reviews 4.03 2025-Q1 2025-Q2: 4.46★ from 80 reviews 4.46 2025-Q2 2025-Q3: 4.05★ from 78 reviews 2025-Q4: 4.14★ from 92 reviews 2026-Q1: 4.00★ from 72 reviews 2026-Q2: 3.93★ from 60 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.84★ from 50 reviews 2026-Q4: 3.00★ from 10 reviews 3.00 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2025-Q14.03 58
2025-Q24.46 80
2025-Q34.05 78
2025-Q44.14 92
2026-Q14.00 72
2026-Q23.93 60
2026-Q33.84 50
2026-Q43.00 10

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Powered by AI

★ · v1.16.4 · Oct 10, 2026

Deleted the second I opened the app and saw that it’s proudly powered by AI. Why would any of you freely give your financial information to generative AI? No thank you.

Wish they had a free trial

★★ · v1.16.4 · Oct 9, 2026

I have been avoiding purchasing a Budget app and finally decided to go for this one because it was cheap. I freaking hate it. I played around a little bit with it, but some of the features that I needed were only on the paid version, so I didn’t get to try them out until I purchased it. You can’t full edit an entry after you create it, so the entries I made I had to delete bc I couldn’t make them reoccurring anymore. There are also extra numbers on the transaction calendar that don’t make sense, I think they are totals, but they are on days that don’t have reoccurring transactions so idk

bad app

★ · v1.16.3 · Oct 8, 2026

The app crashes a lot when you enter some lists. The subscriptions section is broken 🚩‼️‼️

Bad app

★ · v1.16.2 · Oct 3, 2026

Poor design, funky cash grab

No support

★★ · v1.16.2 · Oct 1, 2026

I really liked the simplicity of quickly adding transactions, seeing them in a calendar view, and being in control of the frequency of your budget. However, the rollover feature was not working. I contacted support and got zero help. They barely even responded. Super affordable app, which makes sense when you need help with overspending… but a waste of my money because I can’t get help with my issue and have to move to a different app now.

Horrible

★ · v1.16.2 · Sep 27, 2026

Right away says do you like this app. I barely installed and it’s been 30 seconds later. Then says pay to use. -_-

Not free

★ · v1.16.2 · Sep 22, 2026

how is this a budgeting app but it’s not free👎🏼 I’m tryna save not spend

极其恶心的软件,非常差劲千万不要下载和订阅!!!

★ · v1.16.2 · Sep 14, 2026

试用订阅说是到期前几天会提醒,实际上压根没有任何提醒,莫名其妙就扣款了 原本账户余额是用来订阅其他必备软件的,不提示的自动扣款后导致我没法使用另一个软件,更糟糕的是新充值的钱需要等72小时才能订阅其他软件,对于着急工作的我来说无疑是当头一棒

Do Not Buy! Support Ignores You

★ · v1.16.2 · Sep 7, 2026

I’ve been waiting a week for support to help with my balance not rolling over each month.

Don’t Waste

★ · v1.16.2 · Sep 5, 2026

Just horrible and a paywall

Cant Sync bank Account

★ · v1.5.43 · Aug 26, 2026

It doesnt even come with the option to sync your account. You have to enter everything manually. Might as well buy a note book and track your purchases that way instead of using this app

Asking for a rating before I’ve even used the app

★ · v1.5.42 · Aug 16, 2026

So you get one star.

Not New User Friendly

★ · v1.5.42 · Aug 11, 2026

I had the hardest time figuring it out. I paid for the lifetime membership, but as I could not get a budget or transactions to save, I uninstalled it. I will find a more user friendly budgeting app.

POS

★ · v1.5.42 · Aug 7, 2026

Tried it thought I had it working tried to reset things and make it exactly right now it won’t do anything so it’s just a POS I find it to be wasting my time and energy works one time and then it doesn’t so F—-it i’ll find another one and a better one. Monarch sounds good.

Shared ledger is too buggy

★ · v1.5.42 · Aug 6, 2026

I paid two copies of the full version so two people can collaborate on a shared ledger, but it quickly went off sync after 5 minutes and we no longer see each other’s edits and see different versions of the ledger.

Paid for app but do not have access

★ · v1.5.41 · Jul 19, 2026

I paid for the year for this app and don’t have access to it? I’ve tried emailing twice now for support because I can’t get a refund either and that’s not right. Hoping a review might get faster traction.

Terrible

★ · v1.5.40 · Jul 8, 2026

There’s no way to sync your bank this is dumb

Not a fan

★ · v1.5.40 · Jun 12, 2026

Not many banks available to sync.

Is there an app in here?

★ · v1.5.39 · Jun 10, 2026

I've been bombarded with ads before getting to the actual app, and then I'm asked to review the app before I've used it? Absolute joke.

No Instructions

★★ · v1.5.39 · Jun 2, 2026

Confusing, no instructions, budget set 3 times and I lose some entries when I close and reopen. Good luck getting any help from chat or email support.

eh

★ · v1.5.38 · May 20, 2026

it definitely has the potential to be a useful app, but personally, i don’t believe in paying for an app i’m downloading to try to help me save money. that’s just me though

Doesn't track credit unions

★ · v1.5.38 · May 20, 2026

I purchased this app anticipating it would track my credit union account, but it does not. You can only sync the most popular US banks.

Hard to cancel

★ · v1.5.38 · May 19, 2026

Nowhere in the app, can you cancel this app? Apple should not allow this app to be on their platform without a way to cancel it either in the app or through your Apple ID. There’s no way that I found to cancel it.

Can’t restore purchase

★ · v1.5.38 · May 15, 2026

I purchased this app through my iTunes/Apple ID, but I can no longer restore my purchase. The app keeps asking me to subscribe again, even though I already paid. This is very frustrating, especially for a budgeting app where reliability and access to purchased features matter. Please fix the restore purchase issue or provide a clear way for existing customers to regain access without being charged again.

Confusing Settings

★★ · v1.5.37 · May 3, 2026

The settings are very vague and confusing. I was trying to find the setting where my balance from the previous month rolls over to the next. So I opened a setting that says “Calendar Balance Rollover” and then it asks for a single date? Didn’t know which date to put so I just started messing around with it and none of it rolled over my balance. As I was looking at the other settings, I noticed a lot are very vague and the FAQ doesn’t provide any explanation for the settings. How am I supposed to know what toggling on “Pre-Accounted” or “Hidden Transfer Button” means?! I’m already looking for a new app to track my expenses.

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