Money Pro: Personal Finance AR 4+

Great app

This app really does what it says it will do. I have the app on my iPhone, iPad and windows laptop. I have always tracked my budget using a spreadsheet but it is too difficult to use on a phone. It has taken me a while to get used to the app and how it works, but once I got through the first three months or so, I love using it. I am just beginning to start using the budget part of the app and it is becoming a great tool for learning about my income and expenses. One of the things that kept me using a spreadsheet was the ability to see all my transactions with a particular vendor. This is very easy to do on the app. Just type in your search subject and there you’ll find the list. The only thing I would like to see changed is the inability to see my planned transactions in the part of the app where you do the data entry. I would like those to show up when I am entering a new income or expense. It would help me a lot to see my balance and the due dates for planned transactions. I will continue using the app through the end of 2019 an see how helpful it is when preparing to do my income taxes. By the way, I have contacted the developer a couple of times with questions and have received quick answers, so I’m happy with the customer service.

Great, but needs some improvements

After looking at MANY tracking apps, I finally settled on Money Pro for $5 (to bypass Lite restrictions). It has a very modern interface, which also means some aspects are only intuitive after “being discovered”. When the interface is learned, it is very pleasing to use.

It also incorporates budgets, without being over-zealous. I used to only track expenses, now I need plan expenses and adjust spending behavior..

While this is the BEST personal-oriented money manager I have been able to find (with HomeBudget Sync also deserving mention), it is not perfect or quite feature-complete.

I hope some of the issues below can be addressed.

(-1 star), because
- It is missing some useful charts and burn-downs. For example, it’s not easy to see current expense per budget relative to the amount of time in the budget cycle.
- Can’t list all recurring payments without finding them in the calendar?!?
- No way to “budget savings” ie. record positive progress to a saving goals.
- Would like over-budget item coloring ring to indicate “how much over” (should not count true discretionary entries)
- No truly “discretionary” budget type. $0-budget item still a budget..
- Would like to see indicator of recurring autopay in transaction listing..
- Crashes occasionally when editing budgets (edit still saved) and does not appear to correctly “end edit” when switching operations.
- For recurring payments it would be nice to specify date without a time.

Simple yet extremely functional layout

This app is excellent. I was looking for something where I could categorize my spending and plan out recurring expenses (rent, insurance, etc.) on a calendar. I also wanted an app that could separate my spending between different credit card accounts and my checking account and be able to accurately transfer between them when paying off my credit balances. I've used Mint before but this app is much better, and it forces you to record your spending manually which I find keeps me much more aware of where I'm at in my budget. As for budget, Money Pro has a great budgeting feature. You can set up your goals for each category and watch throughout the month to see how you're meeting or exceeding your goals in a well laid out visual, which is great for me. Even though I'm an engineer I like visuals. This is much better than many of the free finance apps that basically look like a spreadsheet. There are also nice charts and whatnot to get a good visual of your overall spending history. I'm so happy I found this app! I had been looking for something this clean and functional for quite some time!

Developer Response ,

Good to know, thank you!