BudgetBrain.com: Free online budget planners to analayse your finances

MAD_JACK · 6 January 2011 at 3:13PM

Ditto Frazzbo! That's EXACTLY what has happened to me and I just can't be arsed to find all the figures to start all over again. Wonder why the column adding stopped after section two. Wonder why we can't get in with our correct passwords. I've even changed to a new password to try and overcome this, but it's not accepting that one either. AAAaaaarrrrggh........:mad:

frazzbo · 10 January 2011 at 2:42PM

I am going to try the Excel version instead.....hopefully more chance of that one working correctly!

pjaj · 19 February 2011 at 2:13PM

I think that one problem with the planner is that, since I pay for most things with a credit card, which I then pay in full once a month, many of the fields have to be zero. Since the card repayment can vary widely, what figure should I use? Even adding up a years bills doesn't help much as there's considerable year-on-year variation, not always upwards.
Nevertheless, it shows I'm just on the right side of sanity, which I suspected from my own bank account spreadsheets covering the past 8 years.

rogerblack · 29 March 2011 at 2:57PM

pjaj wrote: »

I think that one problem with the planner is that, since I pay for most things with a credit card, which I then pay in full once a month, many of the fields have to be zero..

Why?
I'd totally ignore the fact that it's on a credit card, and simply enter the numbers for the individual costs.
The fact that you're paying a month later for your stuff doesn't affect the budget.

rogerblack · 4 April 2011 at 11:22AM

The big button, and the spinny letters, and ... are fun the first 0-1 times.
If you're fiddling with it, then the tenth time is really annoying.

gems87 · 15 June 2011 at 12:29PM

The budget is good but has no way of putting in addtional debt payments??

jojorose · 17 June 2011 at 9:53PM

Newly single, remortgaged (down to you also) and really really worried I could not manage. I sat down did the budget, told the truth and it really worked well. So well I may even save!

I cant tell you how helpful it was breaking it down to such a degree. Ive always kept a tally of sorts but never to this extent and its made me feel so much more able to move on and survive also to prepare for those bigger expenditures. Havent done that before.

Jo

lindsayg_2 · 11 August 2011 at 8:31PM

I'm finding it's working very well, and I have been able to go back and edit my budget when I got more accurate figures. Thanks very much to MSE Tech People.:T

However, it is kind of terrifying seeing it all laid out like that. Which I guess is the point!

lindsayg_2 · 11 August 2011 at 8:33PM

Also, the detailed breakdown charts at the end are excellent.

magnetisingmoney · 20 November 2011 at 10:50AM

Hello I am having difficulty accessing this tool (similar to otherusers). I have attempted accessing it by copying the url into my browser (IE8) Windows 7 starter on the asus 1101 pt and nothing happens. I have tried accessing by clicking on the button in the article about budgeting but nothing happens. I would really like to use this tool as people talk highly of it. I am now trying the money advisory one on a different site, but would prefer to use this one.

If anyone has any advice on how to get it, please advise. I don't have any applications yet - will download opensource later - so may try the spreadsheet version, but would prefer online version right now.

I have approx 20k debt and need to work out a plan pdq.

BudgetBrain.com: Free online budget planners to analayse your finances

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