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Ask HN: Budgeting and Expense app?

7 pointsby canadianwriterover 6 years ago
Looking for an app that I thought was simple but seems to not be:<p>- Can input things I spend money on quickly and easily eg. Buy a chocolate bar, click a button, enter the amount and maybe choose a category then done.<p>- Set monthly budgets for categories<p>- Tells me how I am doing based on what I enter<p>I know YNAB exists but seems insanely expensive for what I want.<p>Nice to haves: - on Android but also a web interface - privacy features like being open source and having everything encrypted similar to Standard Note.<p>Any suggestions?

6 comments

jeletonskellyover 6 years ago
Mint is ok, but I feel like there is a gap in the market for budgeting apps. I still have a spreadsheet of general categories like &quot;groceries&quot;, &quot;restaurants&quot;, &quot;discretionary&quot;, and &quot;cell phones&#x2F;internet&quot; that I prefer to group things into. The way Mint tries to categorize my transactions makes it frustrating to use. They&#x27;re trying to push users into using their categories instead of letting me create categories and assign my transactions to them.
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mortivoreover 6 years ago
As far as I know there isn&#x27;t one. I still use YNAB4 because I don&#x27;t want to &quot;upgrade&quot;. I&#x27;ve been thinking about building my own budgeting system because the only real alternative seems to be excel sheets.
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mpetkeviciusover 6 years ago
I believe Spendee meets your criteria. What I like about it most is that you can add expenses via Android home screen widget very easily.
simantelover 6 years ago
YNAB does what you want and only costs $6.99 a month. IMHO it&#x27;s worth every penny.
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godelmachineover 6 years ago
I have been looking for such an app but have never come across one until now.
quickthrower2over 6 years ago
I’m curious has anyone used Airtable for this?