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Beacon Budget: Money Manager
DAS Budget, LLC · 134 ratings · ★ 4.5
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Top complaints - extracted from 11 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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"transactions"
5 negative reviews mention this · 45% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broken. Latest update broke transactions and there is no where to give feedback that gets any responses. App has been unusable for 2 days now" - Jaycruze69
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"support"
5 negative reviews mention this · 45% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Beware. I’ve been using this app for years. Out of nowhere it started changing how much it earmarks for certain bills. For example, my rent is 2170 and has been for years. It started just earmarking half that. Same with my cell phone bill, and 60% …" - K8vrz
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"been"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broken. Latest update broke transactions and there is no where to give feedback that gets any responses. App has been unusable for 2 days now" - Jaycruze69
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"times"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Support non existent. I have emailed numerous times and utilized the internal chat support and NOBODY RESPONDS. VERY IRRITATED." - simon2kni
5
"doesn"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Almost. I really wanted to like this app. Setup is pretty straightforward and when it works the way it should, it’s fantastic. When it doesn’t work, it seems impossible to get ahold of support and it’s just frustrating. The app says it’s updating f…" - chiaroscurrochurro
6
"simple"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Support has become non existent…. Let me start by saying I’m devastated to be writing this review. DAS has been an amazing app for the past year (especially if you were coming from Simple Bank) and has helped me keep my finances so organized!! Over the past few weeks howeve…" - Ellas1313
7
"unusable"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broken. Latest update broke transactions and there is no where to give feedback that gets any responses. App has been unusable for 2 days now" - Jaycruze69
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"different"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Beware. I’ve been using this app for years. Out of nowhere it started changing how much it earmarks for certain bills. For example, my rent is 2170 and has been for years. It started just earmarking half that. Same with my cell phone bill, and 60% …" - K8vrz
9
"actually"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Paywall. So sick of apps showing these features and when you actually download the app they’re all locked behind a paywall. This app is no different." - Everynicknameistakenx
10
"wanted"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Almost. I really wanted to like this app. Setup is pretty straightforward and when it works the way it should, it’s fantastic. When it doesn’t work, it seems impossible to get ahold of support and it’s just frustrating. The app says it’s updating f…" - chiaroscurrochurro
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"bank"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Almost. I really wanted to like this app. Setup is pretty straightforward and when it works the way it should, it’s fantastic. When it doesn’t work, it seems impossible to get ahold of support and it’s just frustrating. The app says it’s updating f…" - chiaroscurrochurro
📋 All 11 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Broken
Latest update broke transactions and there is no where to give feedback that gets any responses. App has been unusable for 2 days now
Beware
I’ve been using this app for years. Out of nowhere it started changing how much it earmarks for certain bills. For example, my rent is 2170 and has been for years. It started just earmarking half that. Same with my cell phone bill, and 60% others. I tried deleting the bill and readding it and it will only pull half. I make ample money and have plenty in the accounts. If I don’t have money saved elsewhere this would have been disastrous for me. Do not rely on this app to be accurate. I sent out an email for tech support and have not heard back. Find a different app if you need to rely on this.
Paywall
So sick of apps showing these features and when you actually download the app they’re all locked behind a paywall. This app is no different.
Support non existent
I have emailed numerous times and utilized the internal chat support and NOBODY RESPONDS. VERY IRRITATED.
Almost
I really wanted to like this app. Setup is pretty straightforward and when it works the way it should, it’s fantastic. When it doesn’t work, it seems impossible to get ahold of support and it’s just frustrating. The app says it’s updating from Plaid and my bank has updated Plaid many times but transactions continually take a day or two to post on the app. It’s unfortunate but would be far less annoying and/or frustrating if support would simply RESPOND.
Support has become non existent…
Let me start by saying I’m devastated to be writing this review. DAS has been an amazing app for the past year (especially if you were coming from Simple Bank) and has helped me keep my finances so organized!! Over the past few weeks however, I’ve run into issues with the app syncing with my banks - which is KEY to maintaining organized budgeting. I’ve reached out to the company several times and have gotten no response. They say they only respond to messages on Sunday, waited a full week and Sunday has come and gone and I’ve still heard nothing. Due to an in app notification it said I needed to re-sign up for a subscription which I ended up doing, only to realize my old subscription wasn’t due to expire until January and it still didn’t fix anything. Super bummed and not sure what happened… Hope they can turn things around because it truly was a great app.
Quickly becoming unusable.
I loved this app when it first came out and it was an almost perfect replacement for Simple when they went away.
Unfortunately, it disconnects from my bank every time it is connected. It used to be long enough that it would at least get refreshed transactions now it is almost immediately.
If this is a problem on my banks end I could understand that but communication from DAS Budget has been nonexistent both on public forums and through suppose messaging.
Unfortunately, it disconnects from my bank every time it is connected. It used to be long enough that it would at least get refreshed transactions now it is almost immediately.
If this is a problem on my banks end I could understand that but communication from DAS Budget has been nonexistent both on public forums and through suppose messaging.
It’s just not functional
I really wanted to like this app as I was huge fan of Simple and this takes several of the concepts and reproduces them. Sadly, I find the UI unusable and obtuse. Simple things like setting a goal and define it’s schedule are so obtuse that it may as well be non-functional. Additional transactions stopped importing for me, giving me a woefully out of date view of my finances. I may try the app in a year or so, because no one else seems to be attempting this kind of workflow, but the UI needs lots of love.
App doesn’t refresh for days
The app used to be great. In the last few months the app takes days to refresh. You won’t see your most recent transactions or balance which completely defeats the purpose. We have reached out to support multiple times with no response. Will be looking for a different option.
Delete for YNAB
Downloaded this app and after 45 minutes of searching how to actually use it I realized it is insanely tedious and unintuitive. YNAB is an absolute game changer and I had it set up in less than 15 minutes. Don’t bother with this app it doesn’t even offer any instruction or assistance. Go to YNAB and save yourself time and sanity!
Yes there is a price difference but I truly believe time and sanity it worth it!
Yes there is a price difference but I truly believe time and sanity it worth it!
Great Idea, Poor Implementation
I really wanted to like this app because I loved the way Simple did budgeting when it was still around but initial impressions are poor.
First, the website doesn’t mention that the subscription is per account. So it’s an unpleasant surprise when you get to the subscription page thinking you’ll be paying $6.99/mo only to discover it’s actually $11.50/mo if you want to link all your accounts.
Second, it’s painfully obvious that this isn’t a native iOS app. The UI is janky, animations aren’t smooth, buttons are misaligned and use an Android tap animation, the swipe right to go back gesture doesn’t work at all, font sizes are inconsistent, etc. It’s not just that it doesn’t look good and runs sluggishly but it actually affects usability.
Third, it’s more finicky to use than it should be. For example I wanted to setup a bucket for my mortgage. I went to my last mortgage payment expecting to be able to automatically turn that into a recurring transaction that comes out of a bucket funded based on the amount of the last transaction. But that doesn’t appear to be possible. Instead you have to manually create a new bucket and then flip back and forth to see how much that bucket should be funded for.
First, the website doesn’t mention that the subscription is per account. So it’s an unpleasant surprise when you get to the subscription page thinking you’ll be paying $6.99/mo only to discover it’s actually $11.50/mo if you want to link all your accounts.
Second, it’s painfully obvious that this isn’t a native iOS app. The UI is janky, animations aren’t smooth, buttons are misaligned and use an Android tap animation, the swipe right to go back gesture doesn’t work at all, font sizes are inconsistent, etc. It’s not just that it doesn’t look good and runs sluggishly but it actually affects usability.
Third, it’s more finicky to use than it should be. For example I wanted to setup a bucket for my mortgage. I went to my last mortgage payment expecting to be able to automatically turn that into a recurring transaction that comes out of a bucket funded based on the amount of the last transaction. But that doesn’t appear to be possible. Instead you have to manually create a new bucket and then flip back and forth to see how much that bucket should be funded for.
Sentiment summary
87%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
10%
Negative (1-2★)