Getting There
Crew isn’t perfect, but no fintech banking app is. This one has met nearly all of my asks and the support team has been responsive about bugs and quirks. Updates come which have alleviated some of the pain points, but not all. It’s still cooking, and not surprising given that banking such a challenge to make easy, but it’s getting there. -1 star for some glaring lack of UX research & user friendliness. I hope they can figure these leftover things out and then i’ll be happy to recommend it to people that are much harsher critics.
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Simple, Qube & One Refugee Finds Amazing Budgeting App
I’ve been through multiple migrations over the years, most without my approval. After some frustrating sacrifices with Qube & One, and their ultimate collapse/transformation… I’ve finally found the ideal solution for me and my fam.
Amazed at the balance between simplicity, full features & smart automations with a solid philosophical foundation and approach to banking & budgeting.
Bravo Gentry, Steve & the whole Crew crew.
Amazed at the balance between simplicity, full features & smart automations with a solid philosophical foundation and approach to banking & budgeting.
Bravo Gentry, Steve & the whole Crew crew.
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Future of Banking
It took a while to get workflows set up, but it completely replaced how I budget for things.
Bill reserve/Autopilot is powerful. If you’re looking for a way to have money ready for your bills automatically, this is it. Name your bills (or select them from transactions) and include how you’ll fund them (paycheck, income) and it will fund those bills by the date they need to go out.
That by itself is worth the switch. But that’s not why I am writing this review.
Imagine you’ve set a budget on takeout for the month. Let’s call it a dining out pocket. You create a pocket (in their terms) for the month. You create a virtual card that you can use online that is specific to the pocket. Transaction automatically deducts from that pocket. Easy.
Didn’t create a virtual card? No problem, if you paid with your main debit card, you can categorize it after and it will deduct from the appropriate pocket.
Wanted to use your CC for cash back or miles? Pay the card with Crew and select the category and (say it with me now) it will deduct from the appropriate pocket.
Wanted to dine in instead? Select the appropriate pocket in the app that you want to use once you get the bill or are at the POS to pay.
It’s that simple.
And if you’re tracking your budget, something tells me you’d like to have some money working for you.
You can set a rule to round up transactions to go to saving or checking, etc.
But you can also set rules like I have for something like dining out: at the end of the month, anything that I didn’t use from the budget for dining out, goes into savings, the next day (the 1st of the month) it automatically gets the money transferred from checking.
I never feel the pressure or seeing my checking balance at $30, because I have (mostly) every dollar assigned to a role.
I could see Crew getting into other products like investments, retirement accounts among others, that other neo-banks are participating in and if they’re seeing this, I think it’s a wonderful idea.
I am so stoked being a Crew member.
Bill reserve/Autopilot is powerful. If you’re looking for a way to have money ready for your bills automatically, this is it. Name your bills (or select them from transactions) and include how you’ll fund them (paycheck, income) and it will fund those bills by the date they need to go out.
That by itself is worth the switch. But that’s not why I am writing this review.
Imagine you’ve set a budget on takeout for the month. Let’s call it a dining out pocket. You create a pocket (in their terms) for the month. You create a virtual card that you can use online that is specific to the pocket. Transaction automatically deducts from that pocket. Easy.
Didn’t create a virtual card? No problem, if you paid with your main debit card, you can categorize it after and it will deduct from the appropriate pocket.
Wanted to use your CC for cash back or miles? Pay the card with Crew and select the category and (say it with me now) it will deduct from the appropriate pocket.
Wanted to dine in instead? Select the appropriate pocket in the app that you want to use once you get the bill or are at the POS to pay.
It’s that simple.
And if you’re tracking your budget, something tells me you’d like to have some money working for you.
You can set a rule to round up transactions to go to saving or checking, etc.
But you can also set rules like I have for something like dining out: at the end of the month, anything that I didn’t use from the budget for dining out, goes into savings, the next day (the 1st of the month) it automatically gets the money transferred from checking.
I never feel the pressure or seeing my checking balance at $30, because I have (mostly) every dollar assigned to a role.
I could see Crew getting into other products like investments, retirement accounts among others, that other neo-banks are participating in and if they’re seeing this, I think it’s a wonderful idea.
I am so stoked being a Crew member.
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GET THIS APP NOW
This app will revolutionize your family’s personal finances. I can’t recommend it enough.
It works great, they are responsive, and the principle of the app is solid. Being proactive with your spending, not reactive.
Get it. Get it right away. It’s free. No monthly fee either
It works great, they are responsive, and the principle of the app is solid. Being proactive with your spending, not reactive.
Get it. Get it right away. It’s free. No monthly fee either
Great app!
Crew is great for kids and adults alike. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because they don’t have an investing feature
