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Comment by parkersweb

12 days ago

I like that idea in concept - I’ve often felt similarly about budgeting apps. Many of them feel targeted either at low income / high debt people (who need strict control to manage their way out), or at people who have a strong interest in optimising their finances.

I’m trying to find a middle ground though I think. I’m not strongly acquisitive - but want to be sensible about my finances. There needs to be a purpose to tracking and allocating - so I’d want intelligent prompting (e.g “you could easily move £x to a higher rate account each month and maintain a balance that will meet your outgoings”), as well as answering my own queries. I’ve seen that promise in other products - but it’s nearly always in a free product that uses those prompts to sell you financial products. I’d personally much rather pay for impartiality.

Thanks for the nuanced reply!

To my mind, the main purpose of the tracking is to quickly answer the question "am I overspending". I can definitely see that quickly extending to "what do I do with my money" though.

The point about impartiality definitely resonates - this was always something I found distasteful when Mint was still around (RIP).