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I built an app because I couldn’t find one that matched how I budget

I’ve always budgeted with sinking funds. I started with actual cash envelopes years ago, then moved to a spreadsheet with one savings account that I split into “buckets”.

Every payday I’d work out how much needed to go into each bucket for things like insurance, car rego, rates, Christmas, holidays, etc.
I tried quite a few budgeting apps over the years, but most seemed to focus on tracking transactions and linking bank accounts. That’s not really what I wanted.

I just wanted something that answered “What do I need to set aside this payday?”

So I built Payday Buckets for myself.

I’ve been using it instead of my spreadsheet for a while now and it’s reached the point where I’d really like some honest feedback from people who budget the same way.

It’s not trying to replace YNAB, and if you want detailed expense tracking it probably isn’t for you. It’s really just built around sinking funds and planning ahead.

I’m the developer, so if you’ve got suggestions, or think I’ve missed something obvious, I’d genuinely like to hear it.

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/payday-buckets/id6770819645

u/Sturgeon74 — 16 hours ago
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After 40-odd years of developing software, I finally decided I should stop just thinking about it and actually build something for iPhone.

I figured I’d start with the simplest thing possible — a calculator. That was the plan anyway. It pretty quickly turned into a SwiftUI rabbit hole involving themes, a theme designer, and a lot more fiddling than I expected.

The end result is LumioCalc. At its core it’s a scientific calculator, but I built it around the idea that it didn’t have to look like every other calculator app, so it has built-in themes and a custom theme designer.

The app is free to download, and there’s a one-time unlock ($7.99 AUD) for extra themes and the designer. It’s mostly a pet project, but if people are into it I’d love to keep adding to it — maybe theme sharing or some kind of little theme library.

Also genuinely happy to hear feedback, because a lot of this was me learning as I went.

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u/Sturgeon74 — 2 months ago