FamilyCash - Personal Budget & Budgeting App App Reviews

Ive been waiting for an app like this. Super easy to use!

Great event-based budgeting concept. Execution is a little tedious for reconciliation. A bit buggy right now, but support is extremely responsive.

FamilyCash was great for the first few months of my subscription. But now the developers have apparently disappeared (still no updates since December 2013). Its a real shame because it started out as a good app, and it could have become a great app if given more love. Below is the last review I wrote… * * * Pros: • Envelope budgeting without the envelopes! • Everything is rounded to dollars, so you wont drive yourself crazy keeping tabs on missing pennies. • No need to reconcile with your bank accounts. (In fact, theres no way to do so, but I consider this a plus.) Cons: • When money comes out of an envelope tied to a regular bill payment, it debits the balance remaining to be paid on that bill—even if youre not really paying that bill but just temporarily "borrowing" from it. A little too easy to burn yourself this way. • If you miss more than one cycle of a payment thats due, it vanishes from the "Due" list; meanwhile it continues to ratchet up the count shown for overdue items. • There used to be enthusiastic support with updates several times a month. As of this writing, the last update was in December 2013, and emails about bugs in the app get a noncommittal, were-aware-of-the-problem response—which for a $20/year service does not inspire confidence.