One-time-purchase Mac app for envelope-style budgeting with data kept in a local file
- Envelope
- Zero-based
- Expense tracking
Still Within
Offline iPhone budgets for trips and projects, private by design
Research-based review, not hands-on testing. Last researched .
Overview
Still Within is an iPhone/iPad app that lets you create a budget envelope for any timeframe (a trip, a season, a year, or no dates) and log expenses against it. Data stays on the device with no account, cloud or analytics. It is free for up to five active envelopes, with a one-time purchase to remove that cap.
Best for: People who want simple, private, offline budgets for trips or one-off spending goals on iPhone
Pros and cons
Pros
- Envelopes can span any date range, so trip costs paid months ahead are captured in one budget.
- Fully local: no account, cloud, or analytics; App Store privacy label says no data collected.
- Foreign-currency expenses are tracked alongside their home-currency cost.
- Split-bill entries count only your share and track pending settlements.
- Math can be typed into amount fields; all data exports to CSV.
- Free for up to 5 active envelopes; one-time $4.99 purchase unlocks unlimited, no subscription.
Cons
- iOS/iPadOS only; no web, Android or desktop version.
- No sync between devices (a deliberate result of local-only storage), so a lost phone means lost data unless exported.
- No bank connection or statement import; every expense is entered by hand.
- Free tier capped at 5 active envelopes.
- Brand new: no App Store ratings yet and only one update (1.0.1) so far.
Features
- Envelope budgeting included
- Automatic bank sync not included
- Manual transaction entry included
- Goal tracking not confirmed not confirmed
- Debt payoff tools not confirmed not confirmed
- Investment tracking not confirmed not confirmed
- Bill reminders not confirmed not confirmed
- Reports & charts not confirmed not confirmed
- Multi-currency included
- Shared / household budgets not included
- Separate logins for shared budgets not confirmed not confirmed
Envelopes with any timeframe, colour progress bars, over-budget warnings, foreign currency, shared expense splitting, refunds, notes, free-text categories, CSV export, offline
Our review
Short version
Still Within is an iPhone/iPad app that lets you create a budget envelope for any timeframe (a trip, a season, a year, or no dates) and log expenses against it. Data stays on the device with no account, cloud or analytics. It is free for up to five active envelopes, with a one-time purchase to remove that cap.
Quick profile, not a full review. Built on 2026-09-29 from the vendor site, store listings and public sources. No hands-on testing: I did not sign up, start a trial or connect a bank.
Cost
- No subscription
- No subscription (one-time 'Still Within Premium' $4.99 in App Store)
- One-time: $4.99
Not confirmed
Founding/launch date; Recurring budgets or rollover; Charts/reports beyond quick stats; Import of existing data; Independent reviews (only a developer launch post appeared in search).
Notes
Correct site is stillwithin.app.
Ratings are set separately against a shared rubric.
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