Goodbudget Budget Planner 4+

I have used this app for a Life Skills Project, it was to keep track of our expenses and savings and anything we did with our money. During the 2 months, I would say it's quite easy to use and there are many features to it, for example, bar graphs, pie charts, transactions, envelopes etc. In order to create envelopes and make transactions, you will need to create a household. Creating one, it will let you have access to a lot of features. By making envelopes, you can store your money for food, savings etc. To make transactions, you can click on the plus sign and it will create a transaction, you can also choose the date and time, who you gave the money to and who you received the money from etc.

Unfortunately, for first-time users, it's not really a user-friendly app. It's really confusing at first, with all the random buttons and different features that could make it seem confusing. The fonts are quite small and really boring. The colours of white and green makes it seem very plain and bland.

The first thing I would suggest is to improve on the colours, maybe add more colours rather than just green and white, to make it more lively and aesthetic. Second, make the instructions more clear, so it's easier for newcomers/first time users to know how to work this app, rather than them figuring it out on their own, cause it would be frustrating and stressful.

I used this app for a few weeks as my school assignment was to use a finance app. I really enjoyed using it for many reasons. First, it is an ad-free app, which I appreciate since many other apps contain annoying ads. Second, it is easy to see where you spent your money the most or the least. It even provides a clear bar chart and line graph of your spending, income, and budget. Finally, you can create your own envelopes if you want to. Considering that you have to pay to make your own categories in other apps, this feature is great.
However, there were some things that it did not do well. When I used the app on my iPad, it was complicated to use. I learned how to make envelopes and how to record my spending by myself because the app did not teach me. On the other hand, when I used it on my Macbook, a tutorial was provided for first-time users. I hope the tutorial is available on other devices as well.
Overall, I have two suggestions to make this app better. It would be awesome if linking to bank accounts, credit cards, and e-wallets was available. In this way, recording transactions one by one would be unnecessary, making the app more convenient to use. In addition, a tutorial is a must-have because first-time users might find it difficult to use.

Manipulating the envelopes and auto refilling them can be confusing, but overall a useful app with comprehensive reports