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What's your favorite budget tracking app? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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I have tried Mint, Personal Capital, GNUCash, and probably a few others, and I seem to have settled on Tiller. Basically, I like the convenience of automatically pulling in transactions and balances, but I like retaining control of the budgeting process.

I know there are a ton of others out there, so let's post our favorites and a short explanation of what makes them great.

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[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like I've tried just about everything - YNAB is still the best.

It's frustrating to have to pay for a third-party service to pull in European bank transactions, though. YNAB is expensive enough on its own.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I have had a subscription to YNAB (you need a budget) for years now. It's simple and straight to the point for exactly what we need. It pulls everything from my bank accounts smoothly. My partner understands it and is able to easily use it, which is extremely important.

I tried Mint and have suggested it in the past as a free alternative to folks who need help budgeting, but it tends to be too complicated for most that I've suggested it to. And that's even after setting it up for them and showing them basic usage.

I used the GNUCash for a while. As a manual option, it was good for when I was importing everything to Quicken.

I no longer use quicken or manually import anything.

There's not a lot of products that I'll recommend, but I can say that YNAB is worth every cent.

[–] mapiki@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

I'm going to put in a third vote for YNAB.