Works for My Budgets whether or not it has its own passcode. No download needed.
Touch and hold My Budgets' icon, tap Require Face ID, then confirm. On iOS 18 and later that puts My Budgets behind Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode; choose Hide and Require Face ID instead to move it into App Library's Hidden folder as well.
Lock My Budgets with Face ID
- Find My Budgets on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. My Budgets now asks for authentication every time it opens.
To test it, close My Budgets from the App Switcher and open it again. You should see the Face ID prompt before any content appears.
Hide My Budgets in App Library
- Touch and hold My Budgets' icon and tap Require Face ID.
- Choose Hide and Require Face ID instead of Require Face ID.
- Confirm. The icon leaves your Home Screen and moves to the Hidden folder at the bottom of App Library.
- To open it later, swipe to App Library, tap Hidden and authenticate.
Hiding also locks the app. To undo either, touch and hold the icon again and choose Don't Require Face ID.
Why lock My Budgets?
My Budgets is a budget planner, the kind of app that tends to hold personal information you would not want on screen if someone borrows your unlocked phone. Budget planners often connect to bank accounts through an aggregator, which can see your transactions.
Finance apps need identity and financial data to function. Expect Contact Info and Financial Info; compare apps on tracking and third-party advertising instead.
A lock answers one question — who can open the app on this iPhone. It does not change what My Budgets sends to its developer; for that, see My Budgets' full privacy report.
What the lock does and does not do
It does
- Ask for Face ID, Touch ID or passcode every time My Budgets opens
- Hide message previews in notifications
- Keep My Budgets' content out of Spotlight and Siri suggestions
- With Hide, remove the icon from the Home Screen
It does not
- Stop someone who knows your passcode
- Encrypt or change how My Budgets stores data
- Sync to your iPad or other devices
- Remove My Budgets from purchase history or Screen Time reports
Don't see Require Face ID?
- Update to iOS 18 or later in Settings › General › Software Update.
- Make sure a passcode is set in Settings › Face ID & Passcode; the lock needs one.
- Some Apple apps (Settings, Calculator, Camera, Maps, Find My, Clock) cannot be locked or hidden.
- If your iPhone is managed by work or school, the option may be restricted.
Other settings worth checking for My Budgets
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › My Budgets › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
My Budgets' full privacy label
The developer has not provided privacy details on the App Store.
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After you lock My Budgets
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
FAQ
Does My Budgets have its own passcode?
What happens to My Budgets' notifications when it is locked?
Can someone who knows my passcode open a locked app?
Is a locked My Budgets encrypted?
Why can't I see the Require Face ID option?
Does hiding My Budgets remove it from my purchase history?
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