Comments on: 10 Online Budget Tools

By: Iana

Iana — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:03:51 +0000

Dear Steve, I was just telling Jackie up here about Out Of The Dark free budgeting web app, it also happens to be one of the few fully functional online budgeting services that let’s you do your budgeting online without any security risk because it does not require you to give out your bank account access or even your personal ID, it allows you to do your personal budgeting online in total anonymity, so you give nothing and risk nothing. To check it out just google OOTD budgeting.

By: Iana

Iana — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:55:03 +0000

Hi Jackie, Out Of The Dark Budgeting web app is a great free service for beginners and experience budgeters alike which takes you by the hand through the entire budgeting process and it also have a powerful method to help you control your credit card bad debt and spending. Just google OOTD budgeting.

By: Max Reggo

Max Reggo — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:00:27 +0000

I’m using inexfinance which is a relatively new personal finance planning and budgeting software. I like it because it’s a web-based program, so I can record my transactions whenever I want at home, at work or using my iPhone (their mobile version is really fast which is another plus for me). The budgeting tools are easy-to-use and they offer different notification options to alert me when I go over my budget limits. Currently they don’t support bank account sync, which I found a little bit frustrating at the beginning. But then I got used to their import feature that actually does the same job. All in all, I am satisfied with the program which by the way is absolutely free.

By: amy

amy — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:11:37 +0000

I agree with you ERic. And I tried to contact Mint help via email about the issue 3 times and they never responded. The budget would say I spent $194 for TAke out in November and was over budget by $94 (which wasn’t true) but when I clicked on the details, it would then show only $46 of take out. The overview and budget pages never matched what was on the transactions page after the first month. I canceled the account. Bummer. Great idea, but way too buggy and no customer service response.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:31:03 +0000

I use Neobudget (www.neobudget.com) as well. It is simple and has all the features I need.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:38:10 +0000

Steve, THANKS for the tip on your tool. We got the trial and decided to buy the application. $15 for all that it is doing for us, WOW.
If only gas and food were that affordable. Laters

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:06:43 +0000

I tried Mint out last year, and like others here have said, it was very buggy. i decided to try it out again this month, and so far it has been great with zero errors! i think they fixed something with it, because now it performs 100x better.

only problem i am having with it is updating 2 different login accounts from the same website at the same time. after it is done updating, i just click the Fix It! button and it refreshes the account with the error.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:37:45 +0000

Tony, Banks pay for hacking in to their sites and any fallout from that.
I read that a Mint ex-employee obtained ID and password (your bank account password!) started to extract various account funds with small withdrawls. Banks did not refund as the issue was “giving out your bank account password” to Mint applications was not their fault.
Anyhow, my wife uses an application called Bank2Budget.com and it stops any unknown withdrawl described above. Never give out your online bank account password and get a application that stops fraud is my advice to all.

By: KATHY HEIM

KATHY HEIM — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:21:28 +0000

I sure appreciate all of the info on your website for budget planning. If I am understanding the opening of your article, you seem to not like QUICKEN. I thought you might want to know, however, that MINT is the FREE VERSION OF QUICKEN.

Again, thank you for all the usefull info & website. I sure do appreciate it!

Kathy

By: K M

K M — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:52:06 +0000

I like ManageYourExpenses.com . It is very simple to use and it is FREE!. It has good features like budgeting, bill reminders and also feature for sharing expensese between roommates/friends.