Origin: Budget & Track Money 4+

Great Budgeting App, Could Use Improvement

I love this app and the ability to make my own categories for my spending breakdown.
You can take how much you’ve spent and where it went by year, quarterly, monthly or weekly.
There could be a few adjustments made to make it even better and more customized.
1) My weekly budget runs Friday to Thursday so I have it set up based on the calendar being Friday - Friday. Unfortunately the app only does weekly spending breakdown of Mon-Mon 😪.
2) It doesn’t update your accounts as regularly as say Quickbooks, or give you the option to swipe down and release to update your account balances. So they aren’t always accurate and if you want real time data you may need to disconnect and reconnect your bank accounts.
Hopefully they will make these improvements soon because I do love this app and recommend it.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your feedback! We're thrilled to hear you love the app and its customizable spending categories. We're constantly working on improvements, and really appreciate your suggestions.

We’re excited to let you know that we are launching the “manual refresh” experience in the coming weeks, which will enhance the real-time accuracy for your account balances! Stay tuned for more updates, and thanks for all your support!

All the best,
The Origin Team

Finally a personal finances app I’ll actually use

I’ve used Mint and Personal Capital in the past, but was always left frustrated with the design and capabilities. As someone in tech who is heavily comped in pre-IPO stock, the equity feature is great and allows me to see the full picture of my finances without logging into my employee stock admin account. I also am impressed by the account sharing features, which allows my spouse to have her own log in credentials, but with full access to all our shared accounts. I’ve only scratched the surface with the budgeting functionality, but so far it’s been good. I’m sure additional features and usability will come, and my only complaints so far are small (more emojis and ability to add notes to transactions would be great). There are other features like estate planning and investing that also provide real value, and my one experience with customer support (via chat with a live human) was exceptional. Any doubt I had about Origin being worth the subscription price is long gone, and I’m confident I’ll be a religious user for a long time to come. Well done!

Beautiful design, questionable functionality

I only use Orgin because it’s free through my job, otherwise I would switch to something without so many issues and bugs. There’s a bug on mobile that means you can’t adjust budget categories most of the time. It’s a tap/swipe issue, as another reviewer pointed out, meaning when you tap and slide to show additional categories nothing happens. This makes it impossible to have a clear picture of my spending categories. No issues on desktop. In the budget section the charts are not accurate. For example $50 is visually represented the same as $800 in a category with a budget of $300. So it looks like I’m significantly over budget when in fact I’m under. I can’t link my Vanguard account, even though I’m using the correct credentials.

Developer Response ,

Hi Sarah,

Thanks so much for your feedback here! We hugely appreciate your input on your experience. We'd love to learn more about this, please contact our support team at hereforyou@useorigin.com so that we can get to the bottom of the issues you mentioned! 

Thank you,
The Origin Team