Goodbudget: Budget & Finance

Sceptical at first, but after 2 months of dedicated effort, only realize how wonderful this app is! Great tutorial videos to get me started too! As an expatriate, it would be perfect if there are options to wire money back home country(similar to envelope tranfer), and manage similar expenses and budgets in 2 seperate countries with different currencies. Currently performing it by having 2 seperate accounts. I name it according to its currency, but actual total debts are not true figures due to different currency rates. Anyway, i'm loving this app!

I seriously love using this app! It helps me budget where I need to be and reminds me when I'm in the bad zone. It only gives you 10 free envelopes, so we combine a lot into different sections. I do wish we could have more envelopes without paying, but I do see the point in paying for more. For everything I get out of this app, it is worth downloading! Would recommend to everyone.

I like it much better than MINT. Awesome, simple app to track finances. You have to enter transactions manually, but setting up the budget is easy and I love the "envelope transfer" feature. Just because "going out" budget is empty doesn't mean you can't go, the money just has to come from another category. Great app.

28 Oct 2017: I'm downgrading this a star because there is a bug online with the reconciliation feature where, if you add a a new transaction in, it *sometimes* unticks something you've already marked for reconciliatipn. Quite irritating, especially since I reconcile nearly every weekend! If this gets fixed, I'll be back to five stars. I WROTE THIS FOUR YEARS AGO AND IT IS STILL 100% TRUE: It took me a while to warm to this one but after trying several different budgeting apps, this one remains the simplest and the best. I could now not imagine life without it.

Brilliant app. The only thing that confuses me slightly is adding to budget amount and setting to budget amount - this doesn't work as I'd expect. Apart from this it really is a brilliant app. We have used it for over a year now to manage our budgets. We're now doing a big house renovation and we've been able to manage all those expenses in the app as well as all the normal monthly outgoings.

It works well to share between me and my husband. I have been using it for about 2 years. Overall, very satisfied and helps us keep a written budget. It takes a little getting used to when you have to adjust envelopes or if you forget to clear your envelopes at the end of a month. For a free app we are very satisfied!

Two thumbs up! The best budgeting app. we have been using this app for many years now. Quick question: We have been using the free version so far and it has been more than capable to handle all our needs. no need to upgrade but we would like to donate small amount of money as a thumb up... what should we do?

I have been using this app for years as a way to manage my money. Used it to budget and track all of my spending until I got out of debt. Since then I've just been using it as a checkbook register that both my husband and I update in real time so that we don't have to worry about keeping receipts.

First off, let me say it's a good app for the most part. However, the envelope system is really clunky trying to get it set up. You cannot easily change the envelope size, and the fill envelopes feature is not really easy to use when it comes to adding or changing amounts

Best for tracking expenses! I've been using this for 3 years and it's helped me pay off $15k in debt. *Update: Still using this app everyday - two additional years later. It really helps me keep on track. I use different envelopes to track expenses categorically (groceries, household, gas, spending) which helps me see when I'm overspending in a certain category and helps evenly divide household expenses with my husband. Love this app!

When compared to other similar apps, this one has features I wanted - like a cash account and about half the cost that also doesn't require a yearly upfront payment. The sync feature is great, my first envelope filling was fun, and though it could take learning some light accounting "techniques" to get some things entered, I found the answers easily in their help area. Best app I've seen for on-the-go tracking.

This is fantastic! Runs circles around Mvelopes, Every Dollar, just to name a few. If you have any question, Support can be reached via FB Msgr 24/7 and their response is very fast, sometimes immediate! KUDOS to the devs! Keep up the great work! ????

Love this app! I used to use apps that linked with my bank account and autopopulated my information but I find that I am more aware of my spending habits having to type things in mself and this app makes it quick and easy to do. Only wish that I could click on a category in the reports pie chart and be taken to the transaction details for that envelope.

Would be alot better but every month when i go to add funds it keeps adding to buduget amount, never resets, so unless i take all the money out it adds to it. Very frustrating when you try to live in a budget every month.

Overall I love the app, it helps me keep on track. I use the free version and only after 2 years and now needing a bit more complicated budget has the free envelopes started to feel a bit restricted. I have 2 reasons for not giving it a 5 star rating - I used to be able to set the $ amount when filling envelopes from unallocated, I can't do that anymore and I wish the Android and iOS apps were more similar.

No matter what I tried it kept telling me I had negative balances when I had spent LESS than my budget. How is that possible? Would never recommend! Do not use this app!

I use the free version and I really love it. The best part for me is the ability to put notes on all my entries which really helps with remembering what we bought. I would give it 5 stars but honestly, it was a bit confusing to set up. Totally worth the time it took to figure it out though. Last month was the first time I've ever stayed in budget and it was in large part due to this app. If the paid version was not so expensive, I would but it (even though I don't need it) just to support their efforts.

I have been using Goodbudget for over a year now. When I had to get a new phone, this was one of the important apps I transferred over. I don't have it hooked up to a bank account, but it's great for keeping track of my cash purchases and seeing how I'm doing for the month. I keep my credit card and bills on a spreadsheet instead. I would highly recommend it for anyone starting out learning to budget, or someone like me, who needs to keep up with where their cash is going easily and quickly.

I cannot get it to sync. What I set up in the app is not showing up in web version. Every time I try to sync I get error, "hmm, problems syncing back to server. No problem. I'll try again later."

I have tried so many other budget apps and spreadsheets, and this is hands down my favorite by FAR! I am a very detailed oriented person, and I budget down to the penny. This budget allows me to see all of my decisions and how they impact the rest of my budget. I used the free version for 7 years or so. But, I finally made the leap to the paid subscription, and I don't think I'll ever look back. It has been worth the money to me. The free version only gave me so many envelopes before I had to buy a subscription (which is honestly very generous of them and I'm so thankful for their free app while in college and starting out in life). But, I still had to use an excel spreadsheet to keep track of things since I had to combine budgets together in one envelope. Now in the paid version I can have as many envelopes as my heart desires. I can have "goals" that I work up to and not just a monthly bill I budget for. Do I need a new dishwasher, I'll create an envelope for it as a goal and when I have the money in there, I know I can afford it guilt free. I cannot recommend this app enough. I love that my husband and I can both have the app on our phone to keep track of everything together.

Wonderful app, great features - expense tracking, budgeting, reporting, billing reminders, sophisticated and simple UI et all. I'm afraid it still just doesn't justify a recurring subscription amount of 6 USD/month or 50 USD annual. What a shame.

I use this for basic budgeting. Nothing fancy, no linking accounts. A simple money in compared to money out. It's like an old fashioned kids' money box. You put monthly or weekly funds in each envelope and monitor expenses. When it's gone it's gone. Love it!

Good customer service, bad programing. I guess it's really made for the web app. I started with the phone app, and tried to schedule an envelope fill. Well, it has to sync to do that, which mine will not do. I registered my household and everything. Troubleshooting the problem did not work, and so support told me I would have to manually transfer my data to the web app. I'm 3 months in, no way am I doing that. I'd sooner transfer the info to another app, or maybe just go back to pen and paper. On this app, using my phone, there's no way to schedule an envelope fill, but much worse than that I can't delete a scheduled envelope fill either. It's just always going to be there with an error message.

This is a wonderful app to use in keeping and maintaining a budget. I do wish that it were possible to delete a scheduled transaction if it fails to Sync initially. I'd also like to consolidate envelopes on the mobile app as you can on the Web version.

I downloaded the app, however I need something that would let me input for the 1st and the 15th of the month, not monthly or bi-monthly. I will have to keep looking. ????

I look forward to more website only options being implemented on the app. More reports, balancing transactions, and most importantly an easy ability to mark transactions as cleared. Can you implement a long press or gesture to make this happen?

Been using this app for a number of years and love it. Very easy when oyt and about to see what is left on each envelope. The only bad bit is if you enter a receipt for the previous month it still deducts it from the current month's amount. Only a small issue.

Great apps but locks me out periodically as I have "too many users" literally one person only. I have to log on to website and revoke myself from the login then add again. This is irritating. The rest is great.

Love the ap although it is a bit tricky to set up the envelopes. But am very disappointed as i have never been able to sync with it, has always said 'unable to cync at this time please try again later'. Now i have a new phone and even though i have been registered with goodbudged for a couple of years i still cant cync.

Love the app with the exception that sometimes even though it saves your entry, it doesn't do the math. Deleting the entry and reentering it usually fixes the issue but if you aren't paying attn when you enter it, you don't know which entry is the problem. Without this single glitch, I would give it a 5 star rating. EDIT..the app still has issues with not calculating the entry. Currently it says my total envelope balance is far less than what is actually in my account. The transactions all match the transactions in my checkbook but the balances do not match, and my bank statement agrees with the balance in my checkbook. This had gone on long enough. I think I'm done giving my money to this company. I'll be looking for another.

I am not able to sync my account for last 10 days. Not able to add money in the envelope. Developers team please help me in this regard.

Helps keep my family on track with spending. Very easy to use and see where our money goes. The goal envelopes are wonderful. I love meeting one of them! We have them set for kids birthday parties, travel and our savings account. It also isn't tied to any account which gives us peace of mind if someone were to get my phone.

I actually really like the app but it lacks in a bank sync feature which is very important to others. I am. Likely going to switch and they will list my business because they are unwilling to add this feature. Many others have asked for this and they say its actually a feature that they don't sync, but you have to upload your bank transactions.

Horrible. It rolls over any leftover money you have into the next month and there is NO WAY to undo this setting. It encourages you to empty every envelop rather than save your money.

Only downloaded it today but find the infographics​ and idea of envelopes really helpful. Also, they got back to me about a question i had within 30 minutes!

Love this app It has help get my finances in order, no more excuses. I now tell my money where to go, not guess where it went.oh so true

Goodbudget helps my husband and I stay on the same page when it comes to our budget. And it's helped us make the transition from no kids to two kids, and from two incomes to part time income. I don't know where we'd be without it!

This app is fantastic and keeps things simple. It gave me a fresh start after I paid off my credit card debt and has prevented me from overspending ever since. I love it.

Tried several apps but very few offer both Envelope system with web access. Easy to use. Still I can't use this and will uninstall it because my wife and I need about 18 general envelopes and 3 accounts, and paying for a monthly fee is not part of our envelope plan, will consider for a one off payment. 10 envelopes doesn't help anyway. This app almost replace my Excel and my current app. I'll come back when there's a new plan

I found this app to be an excellent tool to help me get into better spending and budgeting habits. Since installing this app, I have not had any trouble with overspending or missing due dates. I highly recommend, especially for teenagers/young adults who are first getting out on their own. My only advice is that you need to be diligent in recording your purchases in a timely manner or it will throw your entire budget until it's corrected.