Iāve been obsessed with Yolt since I began to use it a couple of years back. So useful and much better than any banks which allow other accounts to connect and give insights on all spending in one place. Monzo, for example, just donāt have the breadth of other cards and banks so itās not as useful.
Just had a pop-up saying itās closing.
Are there any other good options out there which people use?
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I tried Yolt some time ago, but didnāt find it as good as Emma.
Emma, on the other hand, annoyed me with their SoCal type messaging (āYou spent more last this week than the week before, but we can fix this!ā or āYay!! Youāre doing great!!!ā), so I just use Monzo Plus, now.
Iāve disabled all the budget-related stuff in Emma and simply use it as an aggregator and bill reminder. Iād use Monzo Plus but they have a poor selection of banks and no manual account ability.
Iāve tried Emma, Snoop, and Money Dashboard for the last while - and Iāll give it a full month to see - but Money Dashboard is my favourite so far.
Good number of free features (Emma requires a paid subscription to get the good stuff) and more flexible categories than Snoop. However, the overview of spending isnāt as good.
For me Yolt will be sorely missed.
Hopefully Monzo will get all the additional accounts soonā¦.
An update was posted on this thread 10 days ago indicating that UK direct import is entering staff Beta testing shortly (followed by external beta testing). Pleased to hear this is FINALLY being implemented after asking for years.
Currently I am trying Emma, Nova and Cleo - all free versions.
Emma is the one Iāve been using for a while but I donāt like the UI. Whenever I move money around my accounts (ex: Monzo main to a saving pot), that money gets counted as another income so I always have to exclude it.
Nova - so far I like this one. It took me a while to get used to the calendar month cycle though because Iām more used to budgeting from when I get my salary. I really like the track budget feature! It also has Goal planning, but Iām not sure how the investment goals work because it doesnāt reflect that goal progress. Other small issues but so far I love it.
Cleoā¦ I feel too old for this app . My biggest problem with this is that I didnāt get any notification that I was already subscribing to the paid plan! Like literally I just got an email notif about the direct debit subscription so I just immediately had to cancel that and now I feel cautious using it.
YNAB I havenāt tried because of no direct input, but Iāve been watching their tutorial content on youtube and while it looks very useful, I donāt feel itās for me. Iām just not that meticulous with budgeting.
I only have normal pots (well, just a bills pot) and it automatically excludes transactions between main and bills pot. I donāt have a savings pot but I do have other savings accounts and Emma appears to have learned that transactions back and forth should be excluded. I donāt have to manually edit them.