Debt Payoff Planner: Tracker vs Ditch

Debt Payoff Planner: Tracker is an iPhone app and web-based planning tool for recording debts, logging payments, comparing payoff methods, and following progress. It supports snowball, which targets the smallest balance, and avalanche, which targets the highest interest rate. Users can review payment history, set reminders, and see a debt-free estimate. The app tracks both money users owe and money owed to them, and works offline. Debts are entered manually; the app does not connect to a bank or request bank login details. Records stay on the user's iPhone and private iCloud rather than the developer's servers, though purchases, analytics, and diagnostics use service providers. The free plan covers up to three debts. Premium monthly costs $4.99 a month, while Premium yearly costs $29.99 a year and includes a 7-day free trial. Paid plans add unlimited debts, exact strategy order comparisons, advanced statistics, and PDF reports. The app requires iOS 26 or later; the website also offers browser-based payoff calculators without an account.

Ditch directs purchase round-ups toward a selected debt, with additional options for percentages or smart payoff settings. Users set a trigger amount, such as $25; once round-ups reach it, funds are pulled and sent toward that debt. The app also offers debt-focused budgeting, manual budgeting, transaction reviews, a consolidated debt dashboard and personalized debt insights. Ditch says it connects to accounts from thousands of banking institutions, with 96%+ coverage. Before withdrawing, it checks the account balance and says it will not take funds if the balance is insufficient; the overdraft protection setting has a $100 minimum. Dani, an AI personal finance assistant, is included with Pro. The app is available on Android and iOS. Plan details list Basic at $3.99 a month, Plus at $9.99 a month and Pro at $15.99 a month, all billed monthly. The pricing note also says from $12.99/mo and gives a 7-day trial. The site says round-ups currently go toward debt; savings support is being explored but is not available now. Ditch Technologies, Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia.