expense_tracker_comparisons

flow.md

flow

• Pain points
  • reports is a mess
  • no sub categories support
  • only plan accounts supported
  • color pallete is good but could be better
  • no category segregation for income/expense/transfers
• Good points
  • while filling in title shows last title autocomplete

ivy_wallet.md

Ivy Wallet

• Pain points
  • only plan accounts supported
  • for all form inputs a new modal pops up which is really not a good UX
  • no subcategories support
  • navigation is messy and confusing (having settings/loans etc hidden and only accessible through main menu)
  • no default selected filters in reports
  • color pallete is good but could be better
  • no category segregation for income/expense/transfers
• Good points
  • for deleting they ask to type the name of account that needs to be deleted which is good way of handling this as one can delete by mistake.
  • Shows upcoming payments in main menu as upcoming
  • for each category they have a similar report screen (showing income and expense) as one expects in accounts
  • allow custom reordering of accounts/categoreis
  • grouping of setting in proper groups
  • baked in exchange rates with option to add manual currency and exchange rate
  • option to have compact and elaborated UI
  • options to hide balance in accounts

my_money.md

My Money

• Pain points
  • no account type feature like credit card or loan accounts
  • no ability to mark transfer as a category
  • no support for title, allowing only plain notes
  • initial balance is not recorded as a transaction, which can cause some issues if one wants to exit inital balance
• Good points
  • one of the best UIs instead of playing on colors it played on icons and visual elements
  • ability to budget expenses
  • small but good ui preferences like currency sign position feature\
  • elegant and simple navigation and tabs segregation