Editor's Overview:
- The Winner: WalletHub
- WalletHub and Honeydue offer free plans that allow you to make a budget and track your spending. Monarch Money does not offer a free plan.
- WalletHub and Monarch Money have a subscription manager feature that allows you to track all your subscriptions in one place and easily find those you no longer need so you can cancel them. Honeydue does not offer this feature.
- WalletHub is the only app among the three with personalized debt payoff plans that can help you find the quickest and least expensive way out of debt.
- WalletHub gives users more strategies/templates for making a budget than Honeydue and Monarch Money.
- WalletHub offers the most non-budgeting features, such as access to your credit score and report, personalized credit analysis, identity monitoring, and recommendations for financial products like credit cards and loans.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Key Characteristics
Characteristics | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Average App Rating | 4.4 / 5 | 4.8 / 5 | 4.8 / 5 |
Free Plan Available | Yes | No | Yes |
Premium Plan Cost | Not offered | $14.99 per month or $99.99 per year | $47.90 for the first year, $95.90 after that |
Automatic Bank Sync | Yes (included in free plan) | Yes | Yes |
Debt Payoff Plan | No | No | Yes (included in free plan) |
Subscription Manager | No | Yes | Yes |
Account Sharing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Number of Budgeting Templates | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Customer Support | Email (priority support with premium) | ||
Access to Credit Scores & Reports | No | No | Yes |
Below, we will walk you through some of the apps’ key features. We will also highlight which app wins each category.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Cost
Winner: WalletHub
Company | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Free Plan Available | Yes | No | Yes |
Monthly Premium Plan Cost | Not offered | $14.99 per month | Not offered |
Yearly Premium Plan Cost | Not offered | $99.99 per year | $47.90 for the first year, $95.90 after that |
Both WalletHub and Honeydue offer a free plan, unlike Monarch Money. WalletHub’s free account lets you do things like make a budget, create debt payoff plans, import transactions, track your net worth, and view a timeline of important financial alerts. Honeydue’s free account gives you the ability to sync your financial accounts for automatic tracking, create a budget, set reminders for upcoming bills, and share your account with your spouse or partner.
For more advanced budgeting features, you may want to consider a paid subscription. While Monarch Money’s subscription costs $99.99 per year, WalletHub’s premium plan costs much less, starting at just $47.90 for the first year and renewing at $95.90 afterward. WalletHub’s premium account lets you sync your financial accounts, share your account with up to five other people, and easily track your subscriptions in one place. Honeydue does not offer a premium plan with advanced budgeting features.
With the number of budgeting features included in its free plan and the inexpensive cost of its premium subscription, WalletHub comes out on top in this category.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Automatic Bank Sync
Winner: WalletHub
Company | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Types of Accounts to Link | 1. Bank accounts 2. Credit cards 3. Loans 4. Investments |
1. Bank accounts 2. Credit cards 3. Loans 4. Investments |
1. Bank accounts 2. Credit cards 3. Loans 4. Investments |
Accounts Loaded From Credit Report | No | No | Yes |
Countries Accepted | U.S., Canadian, and some European accounts | U.S. and Canadian accounts | U.S. accounts only |
All three apps allow you to sync your financial accounts, such as bank accounts, credit cards, and investments, to have your expenses automatically tracked. However, WalletHub takes the lead since it is the only app here that automatically loads accounts from your credit report onto your budget, so you don’t have to manually add the details for all your accounts.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Debt Payoff Plans
Winner: WalletHub
Company | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Debt Payoff Tool | Not offered | Not offered | Debt payoff plan |
Available for Free | N/A | N/A | Yes |
WalletHub takes the lead in this category since it is the only app here that offers personalized debt payoff plans. WalletHub’s debt payoff plans are available for free with a basic WalletHub account, and the plan can help you work your way toward becoming debt-free. Monarch Money and Honeydue do not offer customized debt payoff plans.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Account Sharing
Winner: Monarch Money
Company | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Number of Authorized Users | 2 | No limit | 6 |
Separate Logins | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Available for Free | Yes | No | No |
All three apps let you share your account with others, which can help you budget more efficiently with people in your household. While a Honeydue account is designed to be shared between two people, WalletHub lets you share your account with up to five other people. However, Monarch Money wins this category since there is no limit to the number of people you can add to your account.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Budgeting Templates
Winner: WalletHub
Company | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Number of Budgeting Templates | 1 | 2 | 5 |
There’s only one way to budget with Honeydue, while Monarch Money offers you two ways to structure your budget. However, on WalletHub, you can structure your budget in five different ways, giving you more control over how you organize your finances. That is why WalletHub wins this category. WalletHub users can create a budget using their total income and expenses only, or build a budget based on the 50/30/20 rule, the pay-yourself-first strategy, envelope budgeting, or micro-envelope budgeting.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Customer Support
Winner: WalletHub
Company | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Customer Support | Email (priority support with premium) | ||
[email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] |
All three apps offer email support, but WalletHub wins this category because premium users get priority support, giving them personalized assistance to address and resolve any issues quickly.
Honeydue vs. Monarch Money vs. WalletHub: Non-Budgeting Features
Winner: WalletHub
Company | Honeydue | Monarch Money | WalletHub |
Access to Credit Scores & Reports | No | No | Yes |
Credit Analysis | No | No | Yes |
Credit Monitoring | No | No | Yes |
Identity Monitoring | No | No | Yes |
Identity Theft Insurance | No | No | Yes |
Access to Auto Insurance Score | No | No | Yes |
Recommendations on Financial Products | No | No | Yes |
Credit Score Simulator | No | No | Yes |
Net Worth Tracking | No | Yes | Yes |
Track Real Estate Values | No | Yes | Yes |
Track Vehicle Values | No | Yes | No |
WalletHub gives you access to the most features, including the ability to view your credit score and report, use a credit score simulator, track your network, access credit and identity monitoring services, and much more. That is why WalletHub is on top in this category.
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