fleaball Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Hello nerds! I'm headed across the pond for grad school and my beloved Mint will be dead to me. Does anyone know of any apps or websites that will work in the UK (specifically England) where I can track cash and debit card purchases and set budgets? Bonus points if it syncs with bank accounts and/or is stupidly simple so there's no excuse NOT to use it. I've tried using Excel on my own and that may have lasted 3 days because I hate having to hold on to every single receipt, remember every cash transaction I don't get a receipt for, and logging all of it manually. Basically, I'm lazy. Many thanks for your advice and suggestions! Quote Level 69 Battle Kitten Battle Log | Current Challenge MyFitnessPal | Fitbit | Duolingo Ici je vis la vie que j'ai choisie Je suis partie pour reconstruire ma vie C'est dit, c'est ainsi Link to comment
TonyLJ86 Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hi Fleaball, money dashboard is pretty good but doesn't set budgets. It does sync with bank accounts.Not as slick as Mint but the best alternative we have available. Quote Link to comment
cavey Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I came across this thread, it kinda feels like a necro-bump, and not too sure whether this is still a situation you need resolved. Myself I'm using gnucash, with monthly statement downloads from my bank, converted to quicken format so gnucash can import it. It supposedly has some budgetting stuff. It is quite cumbersome to use. Anyways, this is just a setup. A couple of weeks ago I asked some fellow nerds for ideas on how to keep tabs on my tax payments in gnucash/double ledger bookkeeping and they said "Dude, get rid of that cumbersome product and take a look at 'YNAB'". YNAB? Huh? http://www.youneedabudget.com I haven't installed the app yet (not ready to fork out the cash), but it has some nice pointers on how and why the method works. They also offer 32 days of trial. A couple of my friends are quite taken by it, so perhaps it is something you might want to check out? At least I'm trying to follow the 4 simple principles for budgetting my money. It is quite insightful to see how much money comes in, and how much flows out on mostly stupid stuff. I will keep doing my bookkeeping in gnucash though, just because I can Quote Link to comment
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