Name: Mobills: Budget Planner
Rating: 3.61 (1735 reviews)

A Google user

6 years ago

I really want to like this app which has many nice features. However, there are limitations. Pros are: I like being able to enter my expenses manually. User interface is clean although takes time to efficiently navigate. Main screen summarizes the most useful info regarding account balances, expense breakout, etc. Categories are easy to setup. Husband and I can both use the app from our Android and Apple phones. Cons are: No way to quickly reconcile manual entries against the bank and credit card accounts. If we forget to enter expenses, I can spend hours trying to reconcile the missed expenses. A "reconciled" box next to each income or expense item would be helpful. If there is a refund on my credit card, I can add a charge-back but can't apply it to the original expense category, which limits an accurate expense break-down. I can't breakout an individual expenditure into multiple expense categories. Finally, I'd like to include credit card expenditures in expenses as they occur and not when cash payment is made. Otherwise, they're in the wrong month. I think this app has potential but lacks important features and doesn't meet my needs as a user.

A Google user

4 years ago

App broken by the most recent update. App now totally non-functional and no longer fit for purpose. Developer made an impossible request to 'talk to them'. I won't be 'talking to them' – mobills.me/contatosuporte is a useless URL link (it's a non-English website). There's nothing to verify – unless they wish to verify that I've uninstalled & reinstalled the app multiple times. YOU'VE BROKEN THE APP WITH YOUR UPDATE DEVELOPER – FIX THE PROBLEM. And learn how to speak ENGLISH!!

Elle E.

2 years ago

Seems like a really great app but there are a few things that make it very difficult to use: 1) the ads in the free version make it impossible to use the app (i guess thats their goal), 2) the widget and the app data have difficulty syncing 3) the app has very slow response time when opening - to open the app to add an expense take a long time and then to wait for the ad to finish before you can add the expense, I've almost forgotten the expense by the time the app has opened.

A Google user

5 years ago

I want a refund. I just installed the paid version because it kept asking me to switch to that when I want to use the recurring expense option. Well, after paying, that feature still does not work. I set up recurring expenses, they show under that list, but when I view by month, those expenses only show on current month.

A Google user

6 years ago

Love this app so far. This is almost exactly how I do my budget on my computer except it is able to go anywhere with me which is what I was looking for. I hate all the other budgets because unlike this one the other apps do carry over my remaining balance from one month to the start of the next. The only reason I won't give it a 5 star is because of the paid version. I don't like having to pay yearly or monthly. I wouldn't mind paying the 25 or even higher for a one time fee but not recurring.

Jasmin Hilliard

3 years ago

The app changes the balance of your account even when all the items match. I have to keep changing the initial balance. The app also doesn't update the balance for one of my savings account and I have to manually change it each time I make a deposit. The app also won't let me login no matter how many times I reset the password. Not the best app and doesn't always work correctly.

Carmen Rekovvsky

2 years ago

I pay premium to use it on several devices and they are all out of sync! Also a category simply disappeared. When I try to recreate it, it says it already exists but it's nowhere to be found. Also the app signals "wallet" to every expanse from a certain bank account and there is no way to change it. Last, it's so annoyed having to type "confirm" for every transfer between accounts. Very frustrating overall. Looking for a replacement!

Mary Glanville

5 years ago

Used to be great but the new updates have taken away all of the attach features. Glitches with " enable" come up all the time. I am looking for something better than this- like it used to be. Yes, we sent feedback to the developer twice and nothing has changed BTW, the link that you said has bugs. It switches between Portuguese and English nonsensically. Also errors pop up in the last three questions. I think I forced it to take, but don't know.

A Google user

5 years ago

Impressive UI upgrade at first but not so user friendly. I was impressed initially but using the app to get the most out of it wasn't so easy. Just the ease of moving through the menus to edit transactions and stuff is not so easy. It is missing one prominent feature as well: multiple currency account support. I subscribed upon the new look and features but honestly, it's not so easy for me to navigate through.

Les Daniels

3 years ago

The app isnt 100% translated to English. Support is unresponsive. When I reached out to support for two issues, I received an automated response wanting more info and never heard anything else. Another key feature that is missing is split transactions. It's unfortunate that feature is missing, and I had that support experience. It really is a fine app.

Adriano Belfort

3 years ago

Amazing. Every single detail I need to add to an expense, or edit it, twist it, flip it... so far, all of that works perfectly. I really love the integration with banks because you don't have to manually input everything. One thing that could be better is the time it takes for the integration to happen. Maybe we could force a refresh and have the data available. Sometimes I wished to pay something and add more details to the app but I had to wait for a while for the sync to happen. Still, nice!

A Google user

5 years ago

I actually really like this app.. I'm just a bit confused how to properly utilize the credit card portion. Does it automatically sync from your bank information? If so, then how? Or How do you adjust the credit card statement to reflect an income/payment? Also, is there any way to change the budget to bi-monthly? I like to base my budget per paycheck rather than my monthly earnings on the whole. Other than that, have been really using this app a lot, and I love it!!!

A Google user

5 years ago

I like that you can use the mobile app as well as the web version for when you really want to sit down and go through your finances and clean things up if needed. The dashboard is customizable which makes it easy to only focus on the things you care about. One issue I have come across: With English language set as the default language, I have come across several areas that still appear in Portuguese or another language on the web version of this app. Subscription menu etc..

Kelly Komorowski

4 years ago

Tried out the app looking for a replacement for Prism. This is not it for me. App won't connect to my bank account (a credit union). It seems like app was originally written in another language and some things still have not been translated to English. Too much space allocated for going premium and based on ad...looks like you can't add all your accounts until you pay for premium. Not a good replacement option for me.

A Google user

6 years ago

Easy for someone just really getting into Budgeting in dept. It is not nessesary to buy premium but it's always an option, although what a better place to figure out if you can afford it? I really wish you didn't have to manually put in all expenses for each month and instead let you copy into the next month. That being said if you enter in a title manually it recognizes if you have put it in before and fills in the rest! Overall Great App!

A Google user

6 years ago

The app doesnt work. Lots of ads asking you to pay 4.99 per month:( Im budgeting so that I can save money, not spend it! The request for 4.99 pops up when someone trys to enter more than one credit card. I also have some type of ghost app or virus now running in the background where pop up ads appear even when there are no apps open. After spending more than an hour inputting information i will have to delete the app because of the ghost app running in the background.

A Google user

5 years ago

I tried out Mobills for a while (6-8 months), and I was relatively satisfied with the app. The greatest complaint is the paywall for premium -- without it you can't do a lot of things, such as setting an unlimited # of budgets. I tried Mint for a few days and I'm not coming back. It has all the features I need, without any paywall.

Juan Carlos Vargas

2 years ago

I used Mobills (monthly subscription) for a couple of months, everything was working well, therfore I chnaged to an anual subscription, but now all the numbers are out of sync in the other devices i use. I tried fixing it many times, but at some point it is annoying thag transactions, balances, categories, budget don't sync and you need to adjust it manually. They never answered to my email sent. I am thinking to change to other app.

A Google user

6 years ago

This app is pretty good for keeping track of what your spending (I us it for my CC) The only thing I would like to change why I gave it 4 stars is because when you go to outstanding expenses and view all, it seems to just out all the expenses in random order and not by date like the rest. If that would get fixed it would be awesome.

Torri Jenks

2 years ago

This app has never been bad with the ads. Now today, for the first time ever, I can't even update my bills for a different month without it asking me to watch an ad for "10 more transactions". I've never seen anything so stupid in my life. Been using this app for the last 4 to 5 years. Now I have to move on to something else. And no I'm not paying for premium because you already force ppl to watch the ads anyways when the app opens.