Bills Monitor 4+

I went through about 5 other apps before finally getting to this one and instantly fell in love. The others only let you add one or two bills but this one I have added 8, all for free! And unlike Mint, you don't have to create a login. I haven't set up any of my bank accounts or any personal info because I only needed an app to keep track of when my bills are due and when I pay them. I recently thought I was up to date on my bills when, in fact, I was behind two months on one. I like that you can set reminders for different times in advance and it keeps you in the know how many days late or days until your next payment. So far this app is wonderful!!

I love the simplistic nature, but yet can do complex bill reminders. All I need is a place to list my bills where I can see what I haven’t paid yet and this does that. Does have ads in the free version which pop up on opening, which is only slightly annoying when popping in and out during a bill paying session. Only improvement I would want to make is recurring bills that hit their end date would be highlighted so I could push the date out further. Right now I compare to the previous month for the number of bills.

This app has been hard to use and clunky. Setup was difficult and lengthy, and the reminders for upcoming bills are almost useless. The reminders (which is a major reason I need a bill pay app) are one time only, and often don't appear unless I actually open the app. Once a bill is paid, finding the payment info and confirmation number is difficult as well.

Some of my bills are variable amounts each month, but the app is clunky to use here, too. It does allow you to save just for this bill or for future bills, but sometimes I've found it has changed the PREVIOUS bill to that amount, and now says I still owe for a previous month when that bill was paid in full. Awkward setup.

I continue to use this app only until I can find a better one.