Weekly: Budget Planner App 4+

A Really Great Budgeting App

I’ve tried several different budgeting apps and I’ve found that they’re either (1) hands off and require the user to manually track individual expenses or (2) so automated that the whole process tends to be a bit more complicated than it needs to be. Weekly is perfect in that it automatically pulls in transactions (w/ Plaid integration) - keeping the experience relatively hands off - but doesn’t overcomplicate the whole thing. The user experience and interface is super clean and easy to follow. Keeping everything within a ‘week-window’ also makes it more manageable to track expenses and understand how much is ‘left’ to spend based on income. A great app that I would definitely recommend.

Just for some feedback points to make the app even better: wish there was a bit of a higher frequency rate at which Plaid pulls in transactions (may not be a Weekly app thing, but more Plaid-related). Also wish there was a way to re-review prior week transactions to reclassify if needed. Lastly, more of a nice to have - would be kind of cool to have a daily-view next to the weekly total. Just to help further ground the user on understanding what their daily budget is to help make better sense of spend limits.

Amazing app and will continue to subscribe after weekly trial!

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your positive review! I’m so happy to hear Weekly is providing a structure that works so well for you!

I’m happy to say that we are working on an option to improve syncing consistency as well as support for editing transactions in prior weeks. Look for future updates around those two! The daily breakdown idea is an interesting one. We’ll keep a bit of that suggestion as well.

Thanks again and feel free to reach out if you need anything to support@weeklybudgeting.com

Finally a Simple Weekly Budgeting App

I have tried many budgeting apps from super detailed to basic information. My main challenge has always been I don’t live on a monthly budget. I live weekly even though I do get paid once a month. At the end of the month I was usually low on cash. Also tracking my spending was difficult with all the transactions etc. I even resorted to a weekly cash envelope system. This app is super simple. It covers recurring bills and then the rest is your free to spend cash. So for example gas, most budget apps would put that as a recurring so I would put $209 for the month. But then one week I would spend $65 and then the next week I would spend $40 due to gas price fluctuations. I could never really see if I had surplus or went over until the end of the month. Here the transaction comes up and it takes it from free to spend. If your under it only takes that exact amount from free to spend. So guess what I can see the extra $5 for a latte! Hope all of this makes sense. It’s definitely worth it for me to live with a weekly allowance.

Kinda life changing

Never in my life did I think I’d pay money for a budgeting app - it just seemed counterproductive but as soon as I got started on the app I knew it was something I could stick to. It works with my ADHD brain so well and seriously changed how I look at my money. I went from $0 to $400 in savings in 4 weeks and that might not sound like a lot to some but for me it is! The only things I would change about the app are; I wish there was a way to link my credit card accounts but not have it affect my cash flow. I am paying off my cards but want it separate from my checking and savings while still being able to easily track my numbers; secondly sometimes I want to manually add a transaction for a recurring item, for example if a bill payment is pending on my bank account for days but it’s paid , I want to add in into the app to show that it’s paid on time before it posts and is added into the app..but when I do that it messes up my cash flow for some reason and doesn’t apply the transaction to the recurring item I selected. If I add my paycheck early from the recurring category it makes my cash flow go down by that amount as if I am adding it into my safe to spend. I hope that makes sense . Anyways i love this app and got the yearly subscription which has been totally worth it so far.

Developer Response ,

Thanks so much for your positive and thoughtful feedback! I’m so glad to hear Weekly has had such a big impact on you!

Your points about the cash flow and manual recurring items are both valid. We’d like to improve this area of the app. If you get a chance to send us a quick note through the contact support option in the app, I’d love to discuss some possible improvements with you directly. Let me know if I can help with anything else!