The short version
Wallet by BudgetBakers is a money tracker with bank sync through open banking, receipt scanning and an official MCP server. Each account holds one currency. Balans.finance lets one account hold several currencies, imports statements without a bank connection, and prices every plan on its website.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Balans.finance | Wallet by BudgetBakers |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts in different currencies | Yes. One account can hold several currencies, each with its own balance. | Yes, 170+ currencies, one currency per account. |
| Totals in one base currency | Yes, automatic. Each transaction is converted at the exchange rate of its own day. | Yes. Rates update automatically each night, or you enter your own. |
| Transfers between currencies | Yes. A transfer records both the amount sent and the amount received. | Not described for the app; its MCP server can record one. |
| Statement import | Excel (XLSX), CSV and PDF files from any bank; a layout it has not seen before is mapped by AI. No bank connection. | CSV, XLS, XLSX and OFX files, in the web app. Bank sync on Premium. |
| Georgian banks | Yes. Bank of Georgia and TBC Bank statements, with Georgian or English column titles. | Not mentioned on its website. |
| Receipt scanning | Yes. AI reads the store, date, items and amounts into categorised expenses. | Yes. Receipts are read with OCR and AI. |
| Zero-based budgeting | No. A budget sets a target for each category; income does not have to be assigned in full. | No. A budget caps spending in chosen categories. |
| Forecasting | Yes. Where your total balance is heading, from its recent trend: three months ahead on every plan, and a year ahead on paid plans. | Yes. The expected balance after upcoming planned payments, and a balance forecast. No horizon is given. |
| Your own AI assistant | Yes. Connect Claude or another MCP client that supports OAuth to its MCP server, once you approve access. No built-in chat. | Yes. An official MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and other clients, and a REST API. |
| Platforms | Web. An Android app is coming to Google Play, and an iOS app will follow. | iPhone, iPad, Android and web. |
| Languages | 11: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Swedish and Georgian. | About 50. |
| Free plan | Yes, with no time limit: 3 receipt scans a month and 1 statement import a month. | Yes, for manual tracking. Its limits are not stated. |
| Price | Starter: €3.99 a month or €39.00 a year | Premium, monthly, yearly or lifetime. Prices are shown in the app, not on its website. |
Choose Wallet by BudgetBakers if…
- You want bank sync through open banking, on its Premium plan.
- You want apps for iPhone, iPad and Android, in about 50 languages.
- You want to see your expected balance after upcoming planned payments.
Choose Balans.finance if…
- You want one account to hold several currencies, rather than one currency per account.
- You move money between currencies and want the app to keep both amounts: Wallet's pages describe this only for its MCP server.
- You want to import PDF statements as well as CSV and Excel, without connecting a bank.
- You want every plan's price on the website before you sign up.
What you give up by switching from Wallet by BudgetBakers
- Bank sync: Balans.finance imports statement files instead.
- Phone apps: Balans.finance runs on the web until its Android app ships.
- Languages: Wallet has about 50, Balans.finance 11.
Where these facts come from
Every fact about Wallet by BudgetBakers on this page comes from its own pages - its website, help centre, developer documentation or app-store listing - read on 2026-11-07 and 2026-11-09. Where its pages do not mention something, the table says so rather than guessing. If something here is out of date, write to us and we will correct it.
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/products/wallet/
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/features/
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/
- https://support.budgetbakers.com/hc/en-us/articles/7149418777746-Multiple-Currencies-Exchange-Rates
- https://support.budgetbakers.com/hc/en-us/articles/7077275632274-Import-your-transactions-or-files
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/products/wallet/features/bank-sync/
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/privacy/
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/products/wallet/integrations/mcp/
- https://mcp.wallet.budgetbakers.com/docs
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wallet-daily-budget-profit/id1032467659
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/products/wallet/features/budgets/
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/products/wallet/features/planned-payments/
- https://budgetbakers.com/en/products/wallet/features/cashflow-insights/
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