Anrdoid App to Compare Expense Categories over Time?
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BatchedMetting
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Hi all,
I've tried a load of apps but can't see any that do what I want.
I'd like to enter each amount that I spend each day and assign a category to each spend.
Such as £10 in the category Food Shopping or whatever.
Then be able to see how much I spend on Food Shopping for the month as well as graph comparing it to what I spent the previous months on Food Shopping.
I don't need many fancy features. Just the ability to enter amounts and organize and compare them by category.
I've been tracking everything I spend in a Google Sheet for the last three months.
But it hasn't really helped much, as its just a column of amounts and details of where I spent the amounts.
Ideally, I'd like a quick way to see that I spend £50 on Coffee last month, so let's try and reduce that by £5 this month!
Or something like that!
Thanks
I've tried a load of apps but can't see any that do what I want.
I'd like to enter each amount that I spend each day and assign a category to each spend.
Such as £10 in the category Food Shopping or whatever.
Then be able to see how much I spend on Food Shopping for the month as well as graph comparing it to what I spent the previous months on Food Shopping.
I don't need many fancy features. Just the ability to enter amounts and organize and compare them by category.
I've been tracking everything I spend in a Google Sheet for the last three months.
But it hasn't really helped much, as its just a column of amounts and details of where I spent the amounts.
Ideally, I'd like a quick way to see that I spend £50 on Coffee last month, so let's try and reduce that by £5 this month!
Or something like that!
Thanks
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MS Money on a PC will do exactly what you want, but whether there is anything similar for Android I don't know.0
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moneydashboard0
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Lots of programs for PCs. Don't know of any on android.0
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One option is that you could open an account with starling bank and they categorise your spending in the way you want0
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Thanks, I don't need the ability to import transactions. I prefer to enter them manually.0
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Tried a few, no luck.
Hopefully I can knock something up in Google Sheets and then just enter the data on my laptop.0 -
I don't know about Google Sheets, but my spreadsheet has a SUMIF() function that would do what you want, summing all the amounts over a range that match a category.Eco Miser
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Google Sheets does support SUMIF. It's also available on Android so you can key/view data there (as well as a laptop). You could set up data validation for your categories too, and that would let you choose from a list (Food, Drink, Car, ...) and save some typing?
And if you want to get really flash you can set up a Google form for adding transactions (it appends to the nominated spreadsheet).I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Credit Cards and Budgeting & Bank Accounts boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.
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Have a look at CashFlow Patrol. It's a free app.
It allows you to enter information about your bank accounts, and how much is in each account.
You can assign categories to each transaction as well as creating your own categories and subcategories.
Also you can set up recurring payments coming in and out of your account such as your wages/salary and rent/mortgage payments.
It's got a rating of 4.6 out of 5.0
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