I spent $40 on a budgeting app that just stressed me out

Everyone says you need a fancy app to track your money, but the one I bought last month just made me anxious with constant alerts. I went back to my old paper notebook and feel way more in control. Has anyone else ditched an app and found something simpler that works?

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patriciah513d ago

Totally get that... and terryk28's friend has the right idea. The noise from those apps just makes you not want to look at your money at all. Quiet and simple always wins for me.

terryk283d ago

Yeah, my buddy had the same thing happen with one of those apps. He bought it, said it was pinging him all day about every little coffee, made him feel broke even when he was doing okay. He switched to just using a basic spreadsheet on his computer, colors the cells red or green himself. Says it's way less noise and he actually sticks with it now.