Weekly Budget

brickers67

I’m looking for a way of automatically tracking my spend without having to remember to type what I’ve spent into an app.  Needs to be accessible to me and the wife.  Any suggestions?

Exodi

What bank are you with - Lloyds for example has a free 'Money Manager' service which automatically categorises your spending (and you can allocate it appropriately). This gives you a good overview on what you're spending on food, entertainment, etc.

I believe a few banks have similar services - who are you with?

MovingForwards

NatWest have that option too.

enthusiasticsaver

Santander does too. 

TheMightySwordfish

Emma app on your Phone. Also Snoop. Yolt is shutting soon. These use open banking to track your account/s.

Tokmon

brickers67 said:

I’m looking for a way of automatically tracking my spend without having to remember to type what I’ve spent into an app.  Needs to be accessible to me and the wife.  Any suggestions?

The best way I've found is to have 1 account for wages coming in, 1 account for bills which a standing order from wages account transfer the correct amount for all bills automatically. Then 1 account for spending which can be something like Starling/Monzo (Joint Account if you want) then you get instant notification of spending and can easily see where you money is being spent.