Coast Money Manager +4

I’ve been waiting for an update to this app for a long time since it’s always been pretty glitchy. But the update that got pushed through last month has unfortunately made the app worse. Everyone I log in I have to manually hit the “sync” button (instead of it automatically syncing like before), and it typically takes 3-5 minutes to sync. Which is waaaay too long. The previous version took about 30 seconds. It’s also crashing more now. I’ve used this app for many years and I give it a lot of grace since Cal Coast is a smaller credit union and I’m just happy to have this app. But it unfortunately has gotten worse.

I have a few external transfers between CalCoast and another institution I wish I could manage from this app. I have to go to another room upstairs and login to my dinosaur laptop to take care of some business with my CalCoast account. Otherwise I love the app.

Downloaded to avoid linking my bank account to a third party budget app but this one is useless. The app closed itself twice in the first five minutes I played with it and each time I reopened the app wouldn’t load, forcing me to close and reopen again.

The budgeting feature is not helpful and barely editable. The app attempts to set auto budgets based on past spending but is horrible at recognizing transaction types. Manually changing transaction types is not user friendly either.

I added a ‘cash’ section to track a portion of my budget that I always use cash for but it’s unclear how I would tell the app what I’ve spent for this category. Also, the use of a spinning dial for monetary amounts vs just typing them in is silly.