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Submitted by purpledaisies on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 7:38pm

I'm looking for a good easy to use app to keep track of our spending. I want to be able to put in how much I make on a weekly basis as it verifies and open it all on one page to see what we make and what we spend.

Easy very easy to follow and understand no charts or anything fancy just simeting I can put in categories like food household utilities and house payment and the like. Thank you so much

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Submitted by Rubber Ducky on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 8:03pm

This is probably beyond what you are looking for right now, but a few months ago I purchased YNAB (You Need a Budget), and I absolutely love it.

(Please forgive what now sounds like shameless advertising below here.)

It syncs between my computer desktops and my iPhone app, so it is always up to date regardless of media. There was some initial work with watching the training videos to figure it all out (but that sort of thing is actually fun for me). After the initial setup, it is mostly a matter of entering your paycheck, budgeting where the money should go, and then entering purchases/adjusting as needed. It does have charts (which I like) to see where my money is going. Plus, I no longer have to use my separate Excel spreadsheet to keep track of my other debts (student loans/car/mortgage).

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Submitted by purpledaisies on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 8:32pm

Thanks but I want something very simple. Like this is what I make this is what I spent. And it tell me my balance and what I spent money on. Bills to a cup of coffee. My main goal is to keep track of what we spend and why to see what we can stop spending on crap and save. That is all I want. All on one page.
I get too overwhelmed when I have to go into too much red tape to see what I'm spending and what I make. That is all simple. Lol

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Submitted by Rubber Ducky on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 10:45pm

I understand! Sorry, I thought that YNAB might be too much, but I wanted to share how much I liked it in case you were interested now or later. I tried Mint for a very short time, so I don't remember much about it. I do know that it linked accounts to download info for you. Maybe someone else can say if it auto-categorized for you, because I don't remember if it did.

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Submitted by Jsmom on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 9:31pm

Microsoft money... download the free version. I have used it for almost 15 years... not sold anymore... but free now.

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Submitted by just.his.wife on Sat, 01/04/2014 - 8:22am

Check with your bank. I know my bank has an app online that will track all of this straight out of your account so no input necessary.