A place to share and talk about Alternatives to the popular YNAB budget. Check out our [Budget Comparison Chart](https://docs.google.com/sprea…

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A place to share and talk about Alternatives to the popular You Need A Budget App or just find an envelope/budget to zero style budget that works for you.

    • BougieBirdie@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      8 days ago

      YNAB is a budgeting program, they call it You Need A Budget. I understand it’s popular, but maybe not so popular an acronym to provide such little context for it.

      I support the intent behind the community, free alternatives for an american app seems like a noble cause. I worry that limiting its association to a single app hidden behind an acronym that you would have to be familiar with to know what it is will probably limit its reach.

      FreeBudgetApps, BudgetingApps, PersonalFinanceApps, ManageYourMoney, BudgetSoftware, EnvelopeBudgets - in my opinion any of these would be a better name with wider reach

      • hoppolito@mander.xyzEnglish
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        8 days ago

        I think the idea is to focus on apps that specifically emulate the YNAB philosophy - giving every dollar a job, building up a future buffer, etc, and focus on ‘envelope’ budgeting style.

        But I agree that perhaps a different name (heck, EnvelopeBudgeting) might have been less dependent on people knowing the original app.

  • myrmidex@belgae.socialEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Subscribed! I’m looking for a more bucket-focused approach but haven’t come across a decent app for it yet. Thinking of building my own if this search fizzles out.