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title: "PocketSmith: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "PocketSmith is a budgeting app used in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/pocketsmith"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# PocketSmith: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

PocketSmith is a budgeting app used in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: PocketSmith
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among budgeting apps**: 39.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Budgeting apps | 2 | 39.6% | 4.2K |

- [Budgeting apps](/demand/nz/categories/nz-budgeting-apps)

## How has branded search demand for PocketSmith changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for PocketSmith in New Zealand held steady, from 4.1K to 4.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PocketSmith’s estimated Share of Search among budgeting apps in New Zealand decreased from 43% to 39.6%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PocketSmith’s estimated Share of Search among budgeting apps in New Zealand peaked at 49% in December 2025 and was lowest at 39.6% in August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PocketSmith fell from 1st to 2nd among budgeting apps in New Zealand.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand budgeting apps in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Sorted overtook PocketSmith to take the highest estimated Share of Search among budgeting apps in New Zealand, at 45.5%.
- In August 2026, Frollo gained estimated Share of Search among budgeting apps in New Zealand, from 1.8% to 2.7%.
- In August 2026, PocketSmith lost estimated Share of Search among budgeting apps in New Zealand, from 43.6% to 39.6%.
- In August 2026, YNAB lost estimated Share of Search among budgeting apps in New Zealand, from 9.8% to 8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Monarch Money in New Zealand rose 175% over 11 measured months, from 160 to 440 in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Budgeting apps | 4.1K | 43% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Budgeting apps | 4.1K | 44% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Budgeting apps | 4.1K | 49% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Budgeting apps | 6.2K | 48.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Budgeting apps | 5K | 48.5% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Budgeting apps | 5K | 47% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Budgeting apps | 5K | 47.7% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Budgeting apps | 5K | 43.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Budgeting apps | 4.2K | 42.1% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Budgeting apps | 4.2K | 43.6% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Budgeting apps | 4.2K | 39.6% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Budgeting apps | — | — | — |

## How is PocketSmith measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using PocketSmith’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “pocketsmith”
- “pocketsmith app”
- “pocketsmith budget”
- “pocketsmith budgeting app”
- “pocketsmith com”
- “pocketsmith nz”
- “pocketsmith pricing”
- “pocketsmith reviews”

## Which budgeting apps compete with PocketSmith?

- [Sorted](/demand/nz/brands/sorted): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/pocketsmith-vs-sorted
- [YNAB](/demand/nz/brands/ynab): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/pocketsmith-vs-ynab
- [Monarch Money](/demand/nz/brands/monarch-money): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/monarch-money-vs-pocketsmith
- [Frollo](/demand/nz/brands/frollo): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/frollo-vs-pocketsmith

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "PocketSmith: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/pocketsmith

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