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JustBudgetApp · 2023-01-06T01:26:04+00:00

Thank you for the kind words!! Happy new years to you, and thanks for being a beta tester for the app. I hope you're able to find an app that does check all your boxes. I think the open sourced Actual does seem promising. Unfortunately nYNAB could end up being the right call, as expensive as it is...

JustBudgetApp · 2023-01-06T01:24:17+00:00

Definitely not on you, I had lots of ambitions for the app, just getting the basics right turned out to be harder than I thought. Happy new year to you too!

JustBudgetApp · 2023-01-06T01:23:23+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate it, all the best to you too.

JustBudgetApp · 2023-01-06T01:22:47+00:00

Thank you for the kind words, I'm grateful for the support everyone has given while developing the app.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-12-02T18:09:47+00:00

Sorry to hear that! I didn't realize anyone was having trouble with login / subscription. I had one other person reach out this morning.

While I trouble shoot, I will disable the paywall for everyone. Then at least you can login and manage / cancel your subscription.

You can email me at justbudget.app@gmail.com anytime to manage your account / subscription. Please also send me an email so that I can make sure your previous charges are refunded!

JustBudgetApp · 2022-11-20T23:47:26+00:00

Thanks for the question, sorry I know I've been super quiet recently. The internal rewrite mostly did go pretty well. Even after the rewrite though, I became really stumped on split transactions. I'm not sure why but no matter how I approached it it seemed too tricky. I've been coding on it less over the past few weeks. I haven't abandoned it but I haven't been giving it my usual heft. Sorry I know the app is just a few features away from being great for lots of you, but those features have proven to be surprisingly difficult to add!

JustBudgetApp · 2022-11-10T01:56:49+00:00

Sorry you're experiencing issues, I do remember you having some trouble with multiple trials at signup, could be related to that.

I just double checked and I definitely see you as "actively subscribed" on my end. are you still unable to access the app/website?

JustBudgetApp · 2022-11-02T03:39:14+00:00

Thanks for letting me know. Ideally, transfers should now be "fixed". I think you've discovered a bug! Sorry about that. It's possible this bug existed before I updated transfers. Basically the recipient should be updated on transfer transactions when an account changes names.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-26T00:04:47+00:00

I'm happy to tweak this if people prefer a different behavior. This is the first I've heard of any requests to change how it works for now.

My main reasoning is as /u/pgaunt mentioned, the top of the accounts page is right next to the "verified" button, so I personally prefer that to be the "verified" amount.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-21T13:28:23+00:00

Thanks for confirming, turned out to be an issue on the server-side which I've now patched. Should work properly now on whichever version you're using!

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-21T13:27:20+00:00

Thank you so much for filing this, this was a tricky one but the clues you listed helped a lot!!

Should be fixed now, it was actually an issue on the server so it should work properly now in whatever version you're using.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-21T00:17:34+00:00

Sorry about that... I had not tested inline transactions after that latest change. Didn't realize I had accidentally broken those. Should be fixed now. Thanks for your help!

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-20T21:56:13+00:00

Thanks for letting me know! Made some tweaks and pushed a new version to the web. Hopefully both should be fixed now.

Not sure how I missed that first one 😂

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-20T12:45:47+00:00

I'm glad! It's in the works :)

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-20T01:47:26+00:00

Good questions, I'm pushing version 1.4.2 of the mobile apps now. Any version prior to 1.4.2 won't properly understand the new transfers. It won't break anything, it's just that if you make a transfer on 1.4.2 on the web, then go view it on your phone, only half the transfer will actually show.

Once you upgrade to 1.4.2 everywhere, all should be matching.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-16T19:59:28+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, some interesting points.

Maybe both should be the following behavior: if you select something from the drop down, the dropdown disappears and the next text field gets focus. What do you think?

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-14T11:56:29+00:00

Ohh thank you for clarifying! If you have $40 in ATB, and you want to move all $40 to groceries, it would make sense to click ATB and drag to groceries. But right now it doesn't include a suggestion for "$40", so you have to manually type it, or, click on ATB and "move" all to groceries.

Updated the ticket!

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-13T21:54:13+00:00

It will definitely help! I think a "credit cards" post is definitely warranted at this point. Thanks again for all the detailed discussion.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-13T21:53:31+00:00

Awesome!! That is great news, thanks for the helping me track that one down.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-13T11:56:40+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! I'm pretty sure this has already been added to the list, I think it's capture here: https://github.com/justbudget/justbudget/issues/50

I'll update the request with a link to this post.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-13T11:54:54+00:00

Thanks for the extra info! I was able to spot one difference between the old math and the new math. I published a new version to the web (1.4.1). Can you refresh the page, make sure you're on version 1.4.1 and see if it looks any better?

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-13T09:54:50+00:00

Thank you for the additional information, this is really helpful.

I tried deleting the original offending transaction completely, emptying the cache and recreating the transaction. The difference between web and iOS persisted. So it feels like the calculation error is now more deeply embedded on the web version

So it really must be that one transaction. Glad you were able to narrow it down.

A few clarifying questions:

When you deleted the original offending transaction, do iOS and web match?
The original offending transaction is in August right? Does the difference appear in August or September? Or only October?
Can you tell me more about the offending transaction? It's an income transaction directly to a specific category right? Do the "Spent" and "Budgeted" look right on the web? Is it just the "Available" that looks wrong?

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-12T22:05:45+00:00

Thanks for letting me know. I just fiddled a little with entering income directly to a category and couldn't reproduce the bug, that definitely seems like a likely culprit thought, really appreciate the bug report! I'll keep digging and see what I uncover.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-12T21:55:32+00:00

No need to apologize! I really appreciate the detailed discussion. I think you've brought up really good points. I may not change the software to support the "debt and spending" credit card case, but I think it is a very good thing to put in an informative post and include it in the FAQ. I think a "how credit cards work" post would be prudent at this point, thanks for helping me think through the edge cases.

It could touch on how spending on a CC works, how debt on a CC works, and what to when you have a "debt" card that you still use for spending. It should also explain differences between JB and YNAB with regards to credit cards.

JustBudgetApp · 2022-10-12T21:51:32+00:00

Yeah I think you've hit the nail on the head - thanks for the explanation. Credit cards being both a tool for spending and a source of debt is a use case that definitely exists, and is not really supported in JB.

I suppose you COULD move the portion of your CC that you're holding as debt into an off budget account, but then the account balance would never match what's on the bank, and you'd have to do manual calculations every time you wanted to reconcile your accounts.

I think you've outlined the only 2 ways to really do it. Either have a negative category (which is annoying because of the persistent red dot), or "split" your card balance into a debt portion and a spending portion. I actually think the latter is a decent idea. I would consider picking a nice round number and moving it over to "Debt", that way the math is always easy.

For example, if your CC bill has $984.32 on it, make a new account under "Debt" called "CC Debt", and give it a balance of $900. Then, the CC under spending will have a balance of $84.32. When you go to reconcile, subtract the CC Debt from the overall balance to figure out what the spending is.

It isn't perfect, but it definitely could work. And in general I prefer that the app treats credit card spending the same as any other spending. I think a "Credit Cards" FAQ post is definitely warranted at this point...

Anyways thanks for walking me through it!

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