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wizzardstaff
Apr 6, 2018

Zorch! Splat! Pow!

George H.W. oval office posted:

YNAB coming out with a new feature that is actually pretty useful. Loans tracking!

https://www.youneedabudget.com/ynab...5BcD3qyeJMHRft8

Sweet, thanks for the heads up. I just converted all the loans I was tracking.

It doesn't look like this will be able to handle a variable rate loan as smoothly but I can't really expect them to keep up with that.

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Xik
Mar 10, 2011

Dinosaur Gum
Actually seems like a cool feature, wonder how long until they start adding sponsored links for better loan interest rates and poo poo like that.

Fezziwig
Jun 7, 2011

Xik posted:

Actually seems like a cool feature, wonder how long until they start adding sponsored links for better loan interest rates and poo poo like that.

Considering the philosophy of the software is to pay down debts, and the whole reason they moved to a subscription was to avoid stuff like that... Probably never!

Sockser
Jun 28, 2007

This world only remembers the results!




Interest rates are low enough that I have 0 desire to make extra payments on my mortgage vs investing that money

But it's still really nice to have this view instead of punching numbers into some other tool to look at things

TheCenturion
May 3, 2013
HI I LIKE TO GIVE ADVICE ON RELATIONSHIPS

Sockser posted:

Interest rates are low enough that I have 0 desire to make extra payments on my mortgage vs investing that money

But it's still really nice to have this view instead of punching numbers into some other tool to look at things

poo poo, my first thought when I read their example article was 'who the hell is paying 6% for a car loan?'

Sockser
Jun 28, 2007

This world only remembers the results!




TheCenturion posted:

poo poo, my first thought when I read their example article was 'who the hell is paying 6% for a car loan?'

people who need YNAB

KYOON GRIFFEY JR
Apr 12, 2010



Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

TheCenturion posted:

poo poo, my first thought when I read their example article was 'who the hell is paying 6% for a car loan?'

people with bad credit

George H.W. Cunt
Oct 6, 2010





Come visit us in the Bad With Money thread we have such sights to show you

TheCenturion
May 3, 2013
HI I LIKE TO GIVE ADVICE ON RELATIONSHIPS

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

people with bad credit

I mean, the article also says her credit is 'not too shabby.' And do those kinds of loans tend to be fully open?

Really reminds me of the time me, as a Canadian, tried to set up a mortgage account in the old Microsoft Money software, like fifteen years ago or something, and it asked for all sorts of information that I'd never heard of; I don't even remember all of the terms, there was a balloon something, it was all very mystifying.

susan b buffering
Nov 14, 2016

Really nice to have this for my student loans. Being able to measure the impact an extra payment has on my student loan directly in my budget is some good psychological encouragement.

Mad Wack
Mar 27, 2008

"The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"
I kept waiting for this day to come and it finally happened, I am losing my grandfathered price for YNAB and it is more than doubling to 14.99/mnth.



Any good alternatives out there?

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Mad Wack posted:

I kept waiting for this day to come and it finally happened, I am losing my grandfathered price for YNAB and it is more than doubling to 14.99/mnth.



Any good alternatives out there?

Buckets or YNAB4?

DoubleT2172
Sep 24, 2007

They should have budgeted better so they didn't have to raise the price

Mad Wack
Mar 27, 2008

"The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

Forceholy posted:

Buckets or YNAB4?

yeah i am making a list and this is what i have so far:
https://www.lotusbudget.com/
https://aspirebudget.com/
https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/en/index.html
https://www.tillerhq.com/
https://goodbudget.com/
Obviously Excel lol


unfortunately YNAB4 is 32 bit so it refuses to run on my mac

Mad Wack
Mar 27, 2008

"The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

DoubleT2172 posted:

They should have budgeted better so they didn't have to raise the price

Software $4
Website $1
Broken Sync Service $2
Marketing $1000
"Classes" (Also Marketing) $5000

please help me i have to double my price my company is dying

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own
It's like Last pass limiting its services to one device for free before they start charging.

Back to the old excel sheet, I guess.

Sockser
Jun 28, 2007

This world only remembers the results!




Mad Wack posted:

I kept waiting for this day to come and it finally happened, I am losing my grandfathered price for YNAB and it is more than doubling to 14.99/mnth.



Any good alternatives out there?

I love YNAB, absolutely adore it
YNAB being $15/mo is the absolute pinnacle of comedy

Bread Set Jettison
Jan 8, 2009

Im still at 45$ a year somehow. Yikes

DoubleT2172
Sep 24, 2007

Bread Set Jettison posted:

Im still at 45$ a year somehow. Yikes

In the FAQ they said you're SOL and will also be paying the price hike

Chaotic Flame
Jun 1, 2009

So...


Mad Wack posted:

yeah i am making a list and this is what i have so far:
https://www.lotusbudget.com/
https://aspirebudget.com/
https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/en/index.html
https://www.tillerhq.com/
https://goodbudget.com/
Obviously Excel lol


unfortunately YNAB4 is 32 bit so it refuses to run on my mac

There's s fix for this out there. Search YNAB4 64 bit or something. I think a goon shared the link before

Bread Set Jettison
Jan 8, 2009

Well next april I might check out Budget with Buckets. A quick google search also made me look at qube which looks fancy but has no free trial.

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Bread Set Jettison posted:

Well next april I might check out Budget with Buckets. A quick google search also made me look at qube which looks fancy but has no free trial.

No app tho, but apparently they're working on it.

Mad Wack
Mar 27, 2008

"The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

Chaotic Flame posted:

There's s fix for this out there. Search YNAB4 64 bit or something. I think a goon shared the link before

just found it - https://gitlab.com/bradleymiller/Y64

works like a charm!

wizzardstaff
Apr 6, 2018

Zorch! Splat! Pow!
Yeah, at $15/month it's almost certainly not worth it. I'm about to change jobs so I won't upend my budget tracking until that's resolved, but I don't see myself sticking around at that rate.

Which may make this a problem that solves itself: I can't figure out how to turn off the notification of activity on my brand new mortgage loan tracking account. The payment on Nov 1 was pulled out of my checking account and cleared there, but I don't see the equivalent button in the loan UI. Except for "update balance" I guess.

TraderStav
May 19, 2006

It feels like I was standing my entire life and I just sat down

Bread Set Jettison posted:

Im still at 45$ a year somehow. Yikes

$50 here. Unless some amazing replacement rears its head, I'll probably just eat the increase when I renew in May.

Henrik Zetterberg
Dec 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/dreweth99/status/1455175860819046401?s=21

Sirotan
Oct 17, 2006

Sirotan is a seal.


I thought their previous monthly rate was insane but $14.99/mo is more than any other subscription I have. That seems real lovely!!

Ah, nevertheless

Sirotan posted:

You can pry YNAB4 from my cold, dead hands.

mrmcd
Feb 22, 2003

Pictured: The only good cop (a fictional one).

Amazon Prime monthly plan is less than YNAB now lol.

TraderStav
May 19, 2006

It feels like I was standing my entire life and I just sat down
Annual plan is $8.25/mo, FWIW.

Dakha
Feb 18, 2002

Fun Shoe

Chaotic Flame posted:

There's s fix for this out there. Search YNAB4 64 bit or something. I think a goon shared the link before

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3599364&perpage=40&noseen=1#post501925157 for getting ynab4 working in 64 bit

Henrik Zetterberg
Dec 7, 2007

I love how the last line of that pop up was “we know you value every dollar and we try to help you save as much as possible….. thanks see ya!”

DoubleT2172
Sep 24, 2007

Wonder if they're going to renege when they see subscription numbers nosedive

Combat Pretzel
Jun 23, 2004

No, seriously... what kurds?!
YNAB's pricing is loving ridiculous, especially considering how little features they've added since release, and more so personally, since over here in EU there's not even bank sync. At least I had the early adopter advantage, which was half the price up until now. But it seems, that one gets ended, too.

I guess I'll be finally looking for an alternative.

--edit: Yikes, even Quicken is cheaper than this, and offers way more features.

Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Nov 1, 2021

Dancing Peasant
Jul 19, 2003

All this for stealing a piece of bread? :waycool:

Can someone trying the Buckets app provide a trip report afterwards?

Also:

Sirotan posted:

You can pry YNAB4 from my cold, dead hands.

Combat Pretzel
Jun 23, 2004

No, seriously... what kurds?!
Here's another option:

https://lunchmoney.app/

--edit: Nevermind, costs the same.
--edit: Well, it has more features, so YMMV.

Chin Strap
Nov 24, 2002

I failed my TFLC Toxx, but I no longer need a double chin strap :buddy:
Pillbug
So whats a good idea for an alternative if I've really only been using YNAB to track (I have the good problem of not having a tight budget whatsoever, I just like knowing how I'm spending each month). I don't like Mint's monetization strategy. Is Quicken the way to go?

EDIT: Looks I just annual renewed in Sept so I have some breathing room.

Chin Strap fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Nov 1, 2021

Mad Wack
Mar 27, 2008

"The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"
Yeah, I'm not going to do anything dramatic since I don't renew till may. Hoping they just walk it back if not plenty of time to review alternatives and discuss.

DoubleT2172
Sep 24, 2007

Mad Wack posted:

Yeah, I'm not going to do anything dramatic since I don't renew till may. Hoping they just walk it back if not plenty of time to review alternatives and discuss.

I just turned off my autorenew and they have a questionnaire when you do it so i let them know the price hike is ridiculous. Hopefully enough people do that they realize what a bad idea this is

greazeball
Feb 4, 2003



TraderStav posted:

Annual plan is $8.25/mo, FWIW.

Yeah, the annual plan is a lot cheaper than paying monthly. The price hike with the 10% discount amounts to another $1.13 a month.

Honestly I'm at the grumpy old man stage where I'd pay software companies to not make cosmetic changes and add unwanted new features just for the sake of change. Let me just keep using the Windows I'm used to with security updates but without just moving everything around a bit and adding some new voice assistant crap that I'm never going to use! YNAB's worked flawlessly for me since I switched to the web version (and stopped using their credit card system), I'll pay up just to keep the system I'm used to at this point. Plus I renew in 2 weeks so no price hike for me yet anyway.

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Henrik Zetterberg
Dec 7, 2007

Do I lose the 10% YNAB4 discount if I just cancel my auto renewal? I have until next June on my sub, so hopefully they walk back this dumbassery. The literal only “feature” they’ve added that I can think of is the loan account view. My credit union transactions haven’t synched in over 2 weeks now. Ridiculous.

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