Pretty freaking awesome
This app is amazing. It's not complicated, it's not super fancy and distracting, and I like that there's no ridiculous summary graphs on it. I feel like those are just a waste of space, and I never refer to them anyway. The ads are bearable bc it's only a little banner at the bottom and you forget they're there. There are no pop-up ads. It does the calculations for you automatically, and it sums up your total income, your total expenses, how much you've paid so far, and what you have left over at the end of every month. It's awesome. The only thing I wish they'd add to it is another person option. My husband and I keep our money and bills separate, and it would be nice to be able to switch over to his finances and see how we're doing. Other than that, I HIGHLY recommend it.
Unfortunately I had to lower the stars. This app used to be great. But it is bugging out so badly now. The names of expenses/income keep going blank. Bars are appearing in random spots as I scroll. The total expenses/income at the bottom keeps disappearing and reappearing. And then I get asked to upgrade. NO lol fix your free version first š¤¦āāļø
Unfortunately I had to lower the stars. This app used to be great. But it is bugging out so badly now. The names of expenses/income keep going blank. Bars are appearing in random spots as I scroll. The total expenses/income at the bottom keeps disappearing and reappearing. And then I get asked to upgrade. NO lol fix your free version first š¤¦āāļø
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Love the simplicity.
I have tried at least two other budget apps and they both gave me and my spouse headaches. They were just too complicated and involved too many steps to manually update my budget. Fudget is much simpler. My only gripes are that I wish I could mark part of a budget item as paid (like if I only spent $100 on a $400 grocery budget) and I wish there were more colours but I donāt think those are big enough complaints to warrant the loss of a star.
The only downside is that my spouse has updated to the latest version of iOS and so her balance bar has disappeared. Mine is still there because Iām on a lower version and not planning on updating anytime soon because of that.
We emailed them about the issue and they responded back saying that the app canāt be updated without deleting everyoneās data and that theyāre working on Fudget 2. I hope thatās soon because I really like Fudget 1.
The only downside is that my spouse has updated to the latest version of iOS and so her balance bar has disappeared. Mine is still there because Iām on a lower version and not planning on updating anytime soon because of that.
We emailed them about the issue and they responded back saying that the app canāt be updated without deleting everyoneās data and that theyāre working on Fudget 2. I hope thatās soon because I really like Fudget 1.
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Want to love itā¦
After seeing the five star reviews, I did not hesitate to download this app. It is easy enough to get started with and most importantly there is no account setup requirement and I donāt have to sync to my bank account. I also like there is no subscription and the one time purchase price is good. These are the features I love. The problem I am having, is trying to swipe left to edit the budget name is really wonky. It doesnāt consistently respond when trying to swipe on a budget to change the name or to access the delete option. This is frustrating and ruins an otherwise hopeful budget app. I would easily give it five stars and purchase the pro version were it not for this concern. Maybe it will get fixed.
Update: The problems stated above have been fixed. It is a worthy app! So far best I have discovered. It would be nice to have a feature to separate out savings or other types of funds (like emergency fund or new dress fund) from the running balance. This would make it easier to compare balance in Fudget to my actual checking account without having to subtract. But this is not a deal breaker, but would easily take it to the next level.
Update: The problems stated above have been fixed. It is a worthy app! So far best I have discovered. It would be nice to have a feature to separate out savings or other types of funds (like emergency fund or new dress fund) from the running balance. This would make it easier to compare balance in Fudget to my actual checking account without having to subtract. But this is not a deal breaker, but would easily take it to the next level.
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Cannot Recommend App Enough
Iāve been looking all over for a good, simple budgeting app. All of the ones we have nowadays are extremely complicated, and often do not allow you to keep track of more than one budget. I actually did find one I liked a couple of years ago, but because it had such little traffic the developers had to wrap it up and take it down. I really hope that doesnāt happen with this one! Iām in my early 20s, and doing my best to develop good spending habits.
This app is straightforward, effective, and easy to understand. I love that I can set up multiple budgets to keep my eye on without having to pay a bunch of subscriptions. In fact, once I save up a little bit of money, I plan to buy the one time payment for the full app experience (the payment is definitely not a lot! Itās less than $10. Iām just a very broke 20 year old haha)! Thatās how pleased I am with this app!! I hope more people will be able to find this app and also support the developer :)
This app is straightforward, effective, and easy to understand. I love that I can set up multiple budgets to keep my eye on without having to pay a bunch of subscriptions. In fact, once I save up a little bit of money, I plan to buy the one time payment for the full app experience (the payment is definitely not a lot! Itās less than $10. Iām just a very broke 20 year old haha)! Thatās how pleased I am with this app!! I hope more people will be able to find this app and also support the developer :)
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I love this ~ a lot
Multiple budgets with a running total letās you drag and drop items and see how it affects your budget & if thereās enough to cover whatās due and when itās able to be paid. Also use it it to track current balance due on monthly payment accounts without having to log into the account to see where you stand. Tried a lot of budgeting apps that were more trouble to use than functional. This does everything you need without over complicating things with potentials, maybes, suggestions, pointless charts. Everything in this is designed for simplicity and accuracy.
It also makes a useful basic checking account register.
It also makes a useful basic checking account register.
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Exactly what I was looking for!!
I just installed this app and purchased the Pro upgrade. After using a few other apps that missed the mark with too many features and complicated processes, this app does exactly what I do with my personal budget spreadsheets. The only features I immediately thought would be helpful would be a setting for an expense's and/or income's due date and/or reminder. But for now I can keep my personal calendar settings for that. Otherwise, great app!!!
Update: Now after having used this app for years, I would like to see a feature that would allow me to sort the list of budgets created. I have so many that I now have to scroll down very far to get to the most recent budgets. I keep everything and now am resorting to the backups that are not fun to do.
Update: Now after having used this app for years, I would like to see a feature that would allow me to sort the list of budgets created. I have so many that I now have to scroll down very far to get to the most recent budgets. I keep everything and now am resorting to the backups that are not fun to do.
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Excellent
Absolutely my go to-app to plan out all of my expenses. I love everything about it. First of all, I love that it doesnt request any accesses to your bank accounts and credit cards. You give it data you want. You can also opt not to share or save the data with anything/anyone/anywhere outside of the app. Love that, too. Secondly, itās just so user friendly. Itās got all the numbers at your fingertips (like how much you spent so far, how much you have left, etc.). I have multiple ābudgetsā goingā¦ like my base monthly budget, monthly āfunā money budget, travel budget, etc. I love it. Like for example, I budgeted $320 for my hair appointment this month and I spent āonlyā $285. I never used to track expenses like that, but since I started using the app I actually started being cautious about my āunder budgetā money and now transfer it immediately to my savings, and then invest.
The only suggestion I have is that it would be nice to have the ability to copy/paste a budget. As I mentioned, I keep a base monthly budget with all my monthly bills and anticipated monthly expenses and I usually re-enter the same expenses for each month that I wish I could just copy and paste.
The only suggestion I have is that it would be nice to have the ability to copy/paste a budget. As I mentioned, I keep a base monthly budget with all my monthly bills and anticipated monthly expenses and I usually re-enter the same expenses for each month that I wish I could just copy and paste.
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I just started using the free version today
So granted I donāt have a lot of experience with it. No budgeting app Iāve tried so far really does what I need it to do but this one seems to give me enough to work with, that I can work it by doing a lot of stuff manually.
My main complaint about these apps is they donāt give you anyway to include expenses charged to a credit card. I wound up making a second budget for my credit card and Jerry-rigged it so I can use the pie charts from my bank account budget and credit card budget to see what Iām actually spending and where, by manually adding the categories. Tedious, but heyā¦ better than nothing. I donāt need to share my data across different devices and I can sort the categories with the pie chart so I donāt really need the features you charge for. If you figure out a way I can combine the expenses from my two budgets without screwing up my balances Iād pay you for that. And give you another star. Also, line graphs of my different categories of expenses over time would be awesome. Like which months am I spending more on the horses, on my supplements, on my truck, etc etc Thatās worth another star for sure!!
But thanks! Best, most user-friendly effort Iāve tried so far. šš
My main complaint about these apps is they donāt give you anyway to include expenses charged to a credit card. I wound up making a second budget for my credit card and Jerry-rigged it so I can use the pie charts from my bank account budget and credit card budget to see what Iām actually spending and where, by manually adding the categories. Tedious, but heyā¦ better than nothing. I donāt need to share my data across different devices and I can sort the categories with the pie chart so I donāt really need the features you charge for. If you figure out a way I can combine the expenses from my two budgets without screwing up my balances Iād pay you for that. And give you another star. Also, line graphs of my different categories of expenses over time would be awesome. Like which months am I spending more on the horses, on my supplements, on my truck, etc etc Thatās worth another star for sure!!
But thanks! Best, most user-friendly effort Iāve tried so far. šš
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Simple, easy, and gets the job done!
This app is very easy and straight forward to use. It is pretty basic, which is not a bad thingāmakes it simple enough that anyone can use it. Iāve had other budget apps that are overly complicated and too difficult to edit and use, but this one is exactly opposite. It does not connect to your banks and credit card accounts to track your expenses, so if youāre looking for that feature, its not here, but I actually like that it doesnāt. Its basically a simple spreadsheet that is so easy to edit and write my budget down, and export data to and from if I wanted to. One feature that I wish it had but it doesnāt, is a debt tracker for credit cards and loans, and perhaps a tracker for assets such as investments and real estate which would be helpful for tracking net worth. For this reason alone, I only give four instead of five stars. I supposed you could roughly track this at a snapshot basis by creating another ābudgetā and list your assets as āincomeā and your debts as āexpensesāāso that the calculation at the bottom of the screen will represent your net worth at any given timeāthough you will have to manually update this each moment you want to see where you are at with things. It wouldnāt be very useful for creating a smart plan for repaying debts or account for interest accrued or anything fancy like that. Overall, I like this app a lot for its simplicity and ease of use. Well done!
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Elegant and simple
This app has a very user-friendly interface, tutorial, tools, and functionality. If takes moments to learn and setup. Useful additional features at a one time, low, price. It's not overly complex, unless you want that level of detail (I do not). You are able to easily setup, create, name, edit, and delete any item/record and track what you wish without trying to fit things into prenamed items or categories.
So far it's been the only budget app I've found that let's me create a basic budget, an overview of income vs living expenses like bills. And does the math. I don't want to track transactions and itemized spending - I have an app that does that from my accounts. It's not useful.
So far it's been the only budget app I've found that let's me create a basic budget, an overview of income vs living expenses like bills. And does the math. I don't want to track transactions and itemized spending - I have an app that does that from my accounts. It's not useful.
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This Is An Excellent App!
Danny, Iām impressed with this app so much! After doing some research, the reviews in this app convinced me to get it, especially the review of the person whoās used it since 2017 and replaced an Excel spreadsheet. Well tonight I input my budget into this app and have gotten rid of my Excel spreadsheet Iāve used for many years! It covered all the needs I had and more! Easier, nicer layout, good glance at totals, nice flexibility with multiple budgets, and after upgrading to Pro, the removal of ads, the calculator that lets you use the calculated total for an entry, the theme change, and the Dropbox save/restore are all features I used and like!
Suggestions for even more efficiency: 1. Cloud sync to all devices. 2. After creating a new budget and tapping into it, when asked to carry over starred items, enable choosing which budget to import those starred items from as opposed to the most recently created. 3. Make a Remove All Paid Marks From Entries option (to start the budget fresh, for example at the start of a new month). 4. Add an Undo option to Undo deletion of an entry (I still use Appleās shake to Undo, hehe).
Thanks for all your hard work! Iām gonna show this app to my cousin tomorrow to help him establish a budget šš.
Suggestions for even more efficiency: 1. Cloud sync to all devices. 2. After creating a new budget and tapping into it, when asked to carry over starred items, enable choosing which budget to import those starred items from as opposed to the most recently created. 3. Make a Remove All Paid Marks From Entries option (to start the budget fresh, for example at the start of a new month). 4. Add an Undo option to Undo deletion of an entry (I still use Appleās shake to Undo, hehe).
Thanks for all your hard work! Iām gonna show this app to my cousin tomorrow to help him establish a budget šš.
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Tastes like fudge
Looked at so many different apps and they all want to tie into my account and they donāt let me plan anything for after I retire in a few years. With this I actually was able to plug-in future retirement for where Iām going to be, I was able to plug in my savings as a budget so while I am taking away from my monthly budget I can actually add it into a savings budget. The full program is awesome and I like being able to save to dropbox. Simple and easy and I like being able to move the starred items to the next budget. It even asked me if I wanted to add them to some of the budgets that I had already created but since those were for savings in the future I didnāt need them and it was a simple no to get it to not try to think for me. Itās the best part of the app, it doesnāt try to force me to do anything. Thank you
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Great Potential For A Solid Budget Application
This application continues to improve with each added update. As it stands it is a very good basis for planning on a month by month basis. With a little extra insight by the user it can be adapted as an excellent month to month cash flow monitor and budget planner. It's a keeper. (Added, Jul 8, 2017) The inability to have automatically pass balances from one budget to another prevents my using Fudget as an integrated cash flow tool. But still a handy program. (Added, Aug 21, 2017) Been on vacation with Fudget as my only cash monitor. Sure glad I had it handy. (Added, July 18, 2019) Still using and still like. I use it as the need arises. (Added, Dec 24, 2020) Having used this application since 2017 and having spent hours looking for a better one Iāve came to the conclusion that no other application offers the capability of using it as an annual cash flow manager. Aside from having to tweak the application at the beginning of each month, based on annual computations using a spreadsheet, Fudget allows excellent credit/debit actions between multiple budgets. I only use one Budget, a checkbook, with a positive balance. All other budgets are negative so that the total is āFreeā money. If ever āNegativeā Iām in trouble. I donāt think the author had this type of usage in mind but Iām glad the capability is there. This application replaced a very large Excel for Applications spreadsheet modified with macros. Love it!
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This is THE ONE!!
I have tried so many different budgeting apps and this is the best Iāve used. It lays things out logically, the interface is simple and extremely user friendly. Itās basically my little handwritten notebook budget, but 100X better. They donāt ask to link bank accounts, thank goodness, I donāt like doing that! It lets me see my monthly budgets all in one screen then I can click to view and interact with, and see running totals for the month individually. I can see how much I have left and plan for larger purchases. You can set it up how you like. Easy to edit and delete entries. Took me a couple of hours to enter all my stuff for the remainder of 2020, but it was time well spent. You can flag entries to automatically be entered on the next budget (next month) you create. Gives me everything I wanted in a budgeting app. Seriously, thank you!!! Btw, I had NO problem with paying 4 bucks to get to add dates to my entries. One time fee, NOT recurring! Brilliant!!
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Simple and Elegant
Iāve been using the app for slightly more than a month, and itās by far the easiest, most user-friendly expanse tracking program Iāve used. I use it on my iPhone and iPad and sync the two effortlessly through Drop Box, though I do wish there was an automatic Apple sync function.
The one suggestion I would make, that would help me is to include the capability to use multiple currency symbols. In my case, most of my income and some of my expenses are in US Dollars. However, I donāt live in the States and most of my day-to-day expenses are in another currency. I set up a budget to track cash expenses, but Iām forced to use the $ symbol since thatās the currency symbol for other budgets. Itās a minor annoyance but an annoyance nonetheless.
The one suggestion I would make, that would help me is to include the capability to use multiple currency symbols. In my case, most of my income and some of my expenses are in US Dollars. However, I donāt live in the States and most of my day-to-day expenses are in another currency. I set up a budget to track cash expenses, but Iām forced to use the $ symbol since thatās the currency symbol for other budgets. Itās a minor annoyance but an annoyance nonetheless.
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Not so great
in my opinion, fudget has many problems that can be improved, although it does have some useful features. with some improvements, the app will be much better and comfortable to use.
I think that the app is too rudimentary, it lacks important features, and it is hard to organize different budgets. while I was using the app I had trouble organizing and categorizing my spendings. I needed to keep track of the things that I bought, but I also needed to categorize them into different categories without the help of the app. I ended up having to create twice as many budgets to keep track of where I spent my money, along with which type of category it went to. but once I figured out how to do it it did become easier to use.
the app also lacks certain features that would have made it a lot easier to operate. for example, the calculator is unavailable to the non-paid version, (as stated above) there is no easy way of categorizing, and there is no guide to teach the useful features. these traits, if implemented, can make the app much more efficient and easy to use.
regardless the app does have some useful features; and to some, simplicity can be useful. the app does allow you to see where a percentage of your budget goes, it allows for dates to be recorded, and it also allows for charts.
all in all the app is not the best. but it does have some useful features. It has room for improvement, and if changes are made, it would be a great app to use.
I think that the app is too rudimentary, it lacks important features, and it is hard to organize different budgets. while I was using the app I had trouble organizing and categorizing my spendings. I needed to keep track of the things that I bought, but I also needed to categorize them into different categories without the help of the app. I ended up having to create twice as many budgets to keep track of where I spent my money, along with which type of category it went to. but once I figured out how to do it it did become easier to use.
the app also lacks certain features that would have made it a lot easier to operate. for example, the calculator is unavailable to the non-paid version, (as stated above) there is no easy way of categorizing, and there is no guide to teach the useful features. these traits, if implemented, can make the app much more efficient and easy to use.
regardless the app does have some useful features; and to some, simplicity can be useful. the app does allow you to see where a percentage of your budget goes, it allows for dates to be recorded, and it also allows for charts.
all in all the app is not the best. but it does have some useful features. It has room for improvement, and if changes are made, it would be a great app to use.
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Just got it and am putting it to good use! But...got a few questions
I love that itās clean and intuitive to use. I am a grad student who works two part-time jobs and have started a software company about 2 years ago. Iāve been using Google Sheets and Numbers to track my expenses (ineffectively) and wanted something a little more structured that I did have to design myself AND use on my iPad Pro. I really appreciate the running balance, which helps a great deal. I also purchased the upgrade since it was a one time cost opposed to a subscription - which I also loved.
However, when I attempted to reach out to āDannyā to ask a question (from my iPad), the window opened prompting me to set up a new email account. If I had an email address, I could just open one of the four email accounts already on this machine and reach out to him from there. So that experience wasnāt ideal. The reason I wanted to reach out to him, is that I wanted to know if there is a way I can schedule or list expenses that occur bi-weekly or weekly, opposed to monthly? If there is, I am not sure how to find it. Please advise. Thx in advance!
However, when I attempted to reach out to āDannyā to ask a question (from my iPad), the window opened prompting me to set up a new email account. If I had an email address, I could just open one of the four email accounts already on this machine and reach out to him from there. So that experience wasnāt ideal. The reason I wanted to reach out to him, is that I wanted to know if there is a way I can schedule or list expenses that occur bi-weekly or weekly, opposed to monthly? If there is, I am not sure how to find it. Please advise. Thx in advance!
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Response from developer
Hi Itismyrealname, Thanks for your review. Sorry you had trouble with the email option. It is supposed to just open your default email account with a draft email to send to me. With Fudget, it's best to pick a system (either weekly, bi-weekly or monthly) and only stick to that system. You can't really mix the three together. If you wanted to go with bi-weekly, you could just create a budget for each fortnight, e.g. "Oct 15 - Oct 28" "Oct 29 - Sep 11" Hope this helps. Cheers, Danny
Just Right!!
I downloaded a few apps after researching. I deleted the rest and kept this for many reasons. First, it was free (though after building my budgets and playing in the app for about an hour, I happily paid $4 for the upgrade to change the color, and download for sharing -I didnāt even mind the apps honestly). Also, because it was very simple to use and easily customizable for the types of budgets I need to keep. I was able to make a standard budget, some breakdown budgets to plan pay-offs, track quarterly and annual subscriptions, and set up templates for a vacation and a renovation. I love the date feature and the calculation feature which lets you subtract or add from your line items as you go. I appreciate this app the most because of its simplicity, however if I could add one thing, it would be to be able to clone the budgets, because I want to keep my standard budget as a template and actually update a version of it on a monthly basis. If there is a way to do this, please let me know! Overall, thanks for this awesome app, I feel prepared to move into the new year as a new financially responsible me!
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Response from developer
Hi CarariChtac, Thanks for your review & kind words. You might find the Star feature useful for recurring items. Please follow these steps: - open your most recent budget - swipe left on any items that you want to repeat month to month and tap Star - once you've finished starring items, create a new budget. All your starred items will be added to the new budget. Hope this helps! Cheers, Danny
The Only Budget App You Need
I canāt believe how much time Iāve spent trying to keep track of expenses in documents and excel sheets with constantly trying to stay up to date on the most recent budget. Eventually after I couldnāt keep track of what I put away for savings I looked for an app.
I wanted something simple and easy and thatās exactly what this is! As an independent contractor thereās a lot to prepare for and save for later. Iām able to create multiple budgets to keep track - Christmas gifts savings, emergency savings, tax savings, and monthly budgets. I can also create budgets to plan for the month ahead. I immediately felt my stress float away after using this app. Helped with so much that was once a headache.
Thank you!!! Also you need this app!
I wanted something simple and easy and thatās exactly what this is! As an independent contractor thereās a lot to prepare for and save for later. Iām able to create multiple budgets to keep track - Christmas gifts savings, emergency savings, tax savings, and monthly budgets. I can also create budgets to plan for the month ahead. I immediately felt my stress float away after using this app. Helped with so much that was once a headache.
Thank you!!! Also you need this app!
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Close to perfect for me
If you are looking for a simple budget tracker Fudget is the app for you. Iāve been using it now for a couple of years and while it has some weird quirks, (my starred expenses sometimes donāt move from month to month) this app does the trick better than any of the way overly complicated apps that require way too much information. I just really need a list of my expenses and a rolling balance to know every month what I can spend and what I can save. I check and use it every single day. Entering and updating expenses is easy. I pay the same bills every month so being able to create the next months budget off the previous month is perfect. Only thing I wish it had was a way to categorize expenses into buckets like utilities, mortgage, transportation, recreation, etc. Seems like this could easily be done with a simple color dot that represents each category. This would be a nice to have for an other great app.
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