Custom Categories - 8

[alexs (Alex Sherwood)]

Welcome to the community

@anon84049224

I’d love the option to add your own spend type to the app to add more specific beak down of what you spend every month.

This isn’t going to be an option for the foreseeable future I’m afraid, for these reasons -

https://community.monzo.com/t/custom-categories-multi-category-transactions/649/14?u=alexshttps://community.monzo.com/t/custom-categories-multi-category-transactions/649/14?u=alexs

having said that, the categories will be reviewed in a couple of months so if there’s any in particular that you need, now’s the time to mention them!

I use emoji as tags / sub categories so that I can count & (if I only ever buy items from one category in a particular store) total up the value of certain transactions -

Grouping spending

I could be wrong but I’m guessing that this challenge will be resolved if Mondo can id the transaction as a PayPal transaction and in which case, the transaction will be tagged / grouped automatically. The product team has a preference for avoiding manual user entry wherever possible. There’s also a similar issue with Uber & Stripe transactions not being grouped correctly because additional characters are being added to the transaction labels. In the meantime, my suggestion would be to tag the…

@anon84049224

I’d also enjoy more detail as and infographics like a monthly pie chart of the spend type breakdowns, or a bar chart on one page.

Pie charts are great in theory but awkward for these reasons, I find the Targets bars a really useful way to visualise spend, along with the Pulse Graph (make sure that you buy something with your :mondo: card today so that you unlock it sooner), see that link for more…

@anon84049224

And also, if there was more detailed info such as “you’ve spent £35.72 on coffee at ‘Starbucks, Oxford Street London’ this month” That stuff would be really useful and super handy!!

As Marcus mentioned, you can see this summary if you tap on a transaction, this blog explains the feature in more detail -

Technology - Monzo Blog

If you’re an Android user then I’ve just listed a few features that aren’t available yet but they’re coming soon (Monzo is aiming for feature parity between iOS & Android), you can see what’s being built next on the roadmap.

Enjoy!