Finances 2

I cycled thru a bunch of budgeting apps before finally deciding on Finances. The manual control of accounts and expense categories really nailed it for me. It makes it easy to track every cent that flows in and out of my accounts, including repeating transactions. Its design is clean and fits well with the iOS aesthetic. Sync between devices, including Mac, is rock solid. I do feel like it's lacking in a few features. On the iPad, I wish it had even basic external keyboard shortcuts. Sub accounts in the list can’t expand and collapse like they can on the Mac. When editing a transaction, it would be smoother to remove the Edit button and just bring up edit controls if a parameter is tapped in the pop up window.

Finances 2 is a solid, customizable, personal finance app. I appreciate the ease of use and the smart automatic "double-entry" system. It just makes simple sense to enter a transaction once and have it auto-deduct from the source(s) of payment. I also appreciate that I can solidly track and back up my personal financial information—on my own terms—without having to rely on releasing my day-to-day banking information to "free" third party financial apps. For a variety of reasons, I prefer NOT to willingly hand over my financial information (to organizations beyond my own banking institutions) to then have it be mined for data in order to market and target financial sales and other products back to me. There's enough of that craziness going on. And finally I am not interested in paying monthly fees to balance my personal and business finance. That's just not necessary with easy capture and entry systems; smart tools like Finances 2.

I’ve been looking for a truly capable book keeping app like this for ages. It’s powerful and incredibly useful, but be warned that if you’re looking for a tool that doesn’t require much work on your end, there are probably better tools for you. I recommend manual book keeping in addition to whatever other finance management tools you use. Expensive, but worth it if you’re going to use it long term. I recommend trying it out before purchasing the full version or the macOS version.

This app looks fantastic. You can quickly add income or expenses. I really like the double-entries and the scans look great. I am impressed and it made it to my home screen! I'd like to see a real 'dark mode' instead of using Apple's Accessibility settings. It would be nice to have a widget as well. I also would like control over notifications. Add the ability to have some sort of reminders to check in on status of payments, reminder to enter invoices, etc. The main screen, showing the journals could be larger. I only have two journals and I somewhat have to try to make sure I tap on the correct one. Make them dynamic boxes possibly? I see that we can backup via iTunes or sharing to an app but I would love for there to be a backup option including automatic Dropbox syncing and the like. You can never have too many backups.

This app finally does all the main things I need. Great iOS and Mac support, drag and drop receipts onto transactions, and shows my running balance into the future for scheduled transactions. It’s been hard to find something that hits all these points, and I’m glad to drop Quicken now for all my spending tracking. I do with it had support for stocks, as the underlying LedgerCI does offer this, but otherwise I am a very happy customer!!!