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EasyBudget - Budget planning
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Top complaints - extracted from 31 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"version"
10 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "TERRIBLE. i paid for the pro version, later bought a new phone, and easybudget customer service says I have to pay AGAIN to get pro on my new phone. I'll find an alternative and delete this junk." - Mattrick Swayze
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"month"
9 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Amazing budgeting app that is now overrun with ads and crazy price increases. $15 a week compared to $5 a month? and I am now locked out of my calendars that I had previously created because of the new changes. Disgusting changes to one of …" - Robert Rieb
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"subscription"
9 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "you dont understand what im trying to say, i dont want to buy a premium subscription plan that will just expire. what we want is an app that has one time payment premium. subscription premium plan like this are just another cash cow app." - Nathaniel Ballesteros
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"week"
8 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Amazing budgeting app that is now overrun with ads and crazy price increases. $15 a week compared to $5 a month? and I am now locked out of my calendars that I had previously created because of the new changes. Disgusting changes to one of …" - Robert Rieb
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"paid"
8 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "TERRIBLE. i paid for the pro version, later bought a new phone, and easybudget customer service says I have to pay AGAIN to get pro on my new phone. I'll find an alternative and delete this junk." - Mattrick Swayze
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"premium"
8 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "you dont understand what im trying to say, i dont want to buy a premium subscription plan that will just expire. what we want is an app that has one time payment premium. subscription premium plan like this are just another cash cow app." - Nathaniel Ballesteros
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"free"
7 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Can't even get to the calendar because full screen ads with no way to exit pop up as soon as you open the app. Waiting them out doesn't even work. You're literally just stuck on ads. They're going to reply saying "ads are in the free versio…" - Kody Beard
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"price"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Amazing budgeting app that is now overrun with ads and crazy price increases. $15 a week compared to $5 a month? and I am now locked out of my calendars that I had previously created because of the new changes. Disgusting changes to one of …" - Robert Rieb
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"free version"
5 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Can't even get to the calendar because full screen ads with no way to exit pop up as soon as you open the app. Waiting them out doesn't even work. You're literally just stuck on ads. They're going to reply saying "ads are in the free versio…" - Kody Beard
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"been"
5 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I Paid for the premium version and despite contact with the developer as suggested, I am STILL GETTING ADS. I have screenshots available. The developer continues to point out the free version has ads of which WE ALREADY KNOW. Last email fro…" - Mick
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"other"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "you dont understand what im trying to say, i dont want to buy a premium subscription plan that will just expire. what we want is an app that has one time payment premium. subscription premium plan like this are just another cash cow app." - Nathaniel Ballesteros
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"something"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Can't even get to the calendar because full screen ads with no way to exit pop up as soon as you open the app. Waiting them out doesn't even work. You're literally just stuck on ads. They're going to reply saying "ads are in the free versio…" - Kody Beard
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Ads make the app painful to use. Takes 15 seconds to open and ads all have sound and make it very hard to get past them.
Amazing budgeting app that is now overrun with ads and crazy price increases. $15 a week compared to $5 a month? and I am now locked out of my calendars that I had previously created because of the new changes. Disgusting changes to one of the apps I found the most useful.
You guys keep charging insane ammounts Im leaving this app. I choose pro then it changes every 6 months and im forced to pay even more 14.99 a week is insane. Goodbye
TERRIBLE. i paid for the pro version, later bought a new phone, and easybudget customer service says I have to pay AGAIN to get pro on my new phone. I'll find an alternative and delete this junk.
you dont understand what im trying to say, i dont want to buy a premium subscription plan that will just expire. what we want is an app that has one time payment premium. subscription premium plan like this are just another cash cow app.
I used this app for 5-6 years and even purchased the pro, or what I believed the be the pro a few years ago. Today I noticed it wasnt syncing online and when I went to sync it tried to get me to purchase premium for $14.99/week? This is not a premium app and other than cloud sync that doesnt work half the time, the premium features are laughable. I miss when it was easy. The $5/month was justifiable for continued development, but nothing with the interface has substantially changed. I'm done.
Can't even get to the calendar because full screen ads with no way to exit pop up as soon as you open the app. Waiting them out doesn't even work. You're literally just stuck on ads. They're going to reply saying "ads are in the free version", but that doesn't mean anything. A free version of something should still be usable at its basic function. Everyone knows how ads work and expects them. There should still be an app to use though.
This used to be a great app. Below the ads and the OUTRAGEOUS WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION FEE OF 14.99, it still is a great app, but I cannot recommend it to anyone. A $5 one-time purchase to get rid of ads would be fair. FOR THE ADVERTISERS - Know that any product or app I see will forever be ignored by me and my family for generations! What ever money you give this dev is wasted! FOR THE DEV - Save your copy+paste response and answer me this, what app are you paying $60 per month for?
why is my money always off by hundreds. I recheck my statements and expenses. you want to charge us all that money a week for incorrect finances. nah
I Paid for the premium version and despite contact with the developer as suggested, I am STILL GETTING ADS. I have screenshots available. The developer continues to point out the free version has ads of which WE ALREADY KNOW. Last email from my complaint has been ignored and it seems dev has no intention of rectifying the problem? other than to give the standard scripted reply... the "free version has ads".... arghhh.... what a waste of time. Seems I'm not the only one here with this problem!
Paid for this app but STILL served ADS! Edit: Also took away my ability to back up to the cloud so I cannot even download an older version. Note that ads showed up and Premium was removed remotely WITHOUT updating the app.
I recently paid for a monthly subscription, but I got a new email address, and now it won't let me subscribe back to that monthly subscription for $2.18 per month. Now it's 14.99/weekly after trial. Who can afford that? The ads are horrendous for the free version, but these devs are offering to keep removing the ads and keep the checkboxes for only $780/yr vs the previous price of $26/yr. My old 5 star review: I couldn't stay on track without it!! It's one of the most used apps have! Love it!
awesome app, but a $15 wkly charge is ridiculous and ironic for a budgeting app.
I have $1.99/mo subscription for this, and now suddenly the app is ignoring that, and saying I need to $14.99/mo for this! And devs, don't you dare give me the same canned response you're using for all the other 1-star reviews. That's an absurd price for any subscription, much less a mere budget planner. You're not Netflix. You're a glorified calendar with a calculator built in. There's no reason for that level of pricing.
As others have said, it used to be great. Now it's an ad filled, vastly overpriced mess. Shame.
paid for the app years ago and it was great! referred it to everyone, used it daily. recently got a new phone and now the app is full of ads and it's 14.99/weekly to use the app?!? and you took away the check mark box. awful app now. Worse then ever now.
The app used to be great when it was $5 a month. $60 a month is ridiculous! The free version is useless as it is overtaken by a game that you cannot back out of.
EDIT: purchased premium version in the past and is now it's gone as they switched to a subscription model. Features are great but being a budget app and wanting you to pay per month to use is wild. Having to view ads before using the free app is insane having paid for a premium version. I have reached out to support and have not heard anything in over a month. Great app for tracking income when living paycheck to paycheck Wish it had an option for weekly or bi weekly income/expenses
I have loved this app for a few years now. Paid the reasonable monthly fee to have the check boxes, backup, etc. I logged today and I'm overrun with ads. Checked to see if I needed to log back in. No, the price has gone up to $15 a month with no notice. Deleting the app and now on the hunt for something different. update to clarify. I have been a premium user for a long time. My premium membership is now gone and I'm expecting to pay $15 a month instead of the reasonable rate it used to be.
Impossible to use after changes. Price is ridiculous
This app is no good A ad for a game comes on and after 5 minutes still going stay away from this app
This app used to be worthwhile. However, the free version has been overrun by ads and the premium subscription costs more per year than Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Dashpass COMBINED. If you're trying to get your budget in order, my best advice is to not pour money down the drain on a budget app.
It was great until..so I been paying their low monthly cost membership to get the checkboxes enabled and data backup. While it had some hiccups throughout the year of using it, like the account kept desyncing, where it doesn't recognized you got an paid version. so I must uninstall and reinstall. NOW I get ads (eventho paying), and no way to login to get my info back & now it wants the NEW $20 per week subscription instead. Edit: their support is no help. ignored me.cant get my info back. sad.
I loved this app. it was perfectly simple. Now after the update the tick marks the check off when you've reviewed a transaction are gone. I had been paying 1.99 a month for the upgraded version now im basic to the basic and the upgraded version is 14.99 a week! thats ridiculous! I will be deleting
great but all of a sudden I have no pro features despite paying and it is saying £14.99 per week instead of £1.99 per month. This is concerning as the app is great otherwise. will not be using for such an extortionate price in response to the comment it is that I was previously paying for premium and there was no notification of the price change and my subscription is still actively charging me £1.99 despite not now being eligible to use the pro features. what is this £1.99 payment for now?
still an amazing app. since the ads started, i struggle to log things. I had a traumatic brain injury in the military and struggle to remember numbers. By the time I get through the ads, I forget how much I have to log. There isnt a pay option to make it ad free.
ads that you can't get by
I agree with the other users. I liked the app before the ads started. The ads are annoying. I wanted a simple way to track the money in my checking account. I don't know if there is a simple way to have something similar to a spreadsheet because that's all I need. BTW, virus alert came up the last time I opened up the app so I ended up deleting it. I'm going to have to start over with something else.
the ads have worsened my experience
I really like the app to track cash flow. I would love to support with a subscription, but $15 a week is effin outrageous. Please let me know if you want to offer something more reasonable.
Does what I need ..list out each day in calendar formate & calculate my expenses to income such as Doordash meals, which one meal can be 50 dollars, or a bill. T Be 5 stars if I could do seperate tracking of two or more Financial accounts..such as investments, with compound intrest cal., vs savings and checking accounts otr even crypto tracking...that way I can see rather or not I can stop investing to do savings & so on. Started opening ads in browser and can't stop it.
Sentiment summary
73%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)