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Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Re: Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Post by kruiller »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #18
kruiller wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! I have a full time job as iOS dev and that is my pet project. It had in-app purchases before, but I dropped them completely and make it free because huge amount of Monetal users was facing problem since this war between Russia and Ukraine. I don’t collaborate with any company or share any user data if that is what you mean.

Makes sense, thanks! The answer on the page didn't totally explain it for me. I did get the idea that you didn't share any user data, but still had the question, okay, then, why? I think the answer is that you already have a job, and do this as a side project for fun and to be of service.

Cool, agree, will fix it soon.

Re: Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Post by sssilver »

kruiller wrote: post #15
jrochkind1 wrote: post #12

> Why Monetal is free? > This is indie project made by a single developer. App is available for free, doesn't contain any ads or in-app purchases. Registration also is not required, and that is why all your data completely anonymous and could be transfered to server only for app analytics (like most popular screens, which functions are frequently used, which can be removed etc). That didn't quite answer the question…

Hi! I have a full time job as iOS dev and that is my pet project. It had in-app purchases before, but I dropped them completely and make it free because huge amount of Monetal users was facing problem since this war between Russia and Ukraine. I don’t collaborate with any company or share any user data if that is what you mean.

Why not give it an appropriate opensource license? That would increase trust that business decisions won't be radically changed at a whim, and if they do then people at least will have the option of forking.

I won't try this app, because I worry that at any point you may decide to change the business model. It's happened so many times with so many apps. If it were opensource, at least I'd know I can continue building it and running it myself, and there'd be a chance that if it were popular enough, development community would emerge around it.

Re: Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Post by kruiller »

pdimitar wrote: post #19

Looks much better than what I currently use but alas, I also want to be able to fill and view data from the desktop as well.

Believe me or not, I use it 10 years with my wife and don’t see what additional info web version can provide. And for sure in this case your data wouldn’t be privately stored, then you need a registration… and so Monetal wouldn’t be different from many many similar apps.

Re: Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Post by pdimitar »

kruiller wrote: post #23
pdimitar wrote: post #19

Looks much better than what I currently use but alas, I also want to be able to fill and view data from the desktop as well.

Believe me or not, I use it 10 years with my wife and don’t see what additional info web version can provide. And for sure in this case your data wouldn’t be privately stored, then you need a registration… and so Monetal wouldn’t be different from many many similar apps.

I am honestly not bothered by having an account, it's just that sometimes it would be much faster to fill in entries on the computer and my current app only has mobile variants and slow animation transitions. It can get infuriating.

Re: Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Post by mpixel »

Hey, this is pretty great.

I was looking for something simple and this honestly fits 90% of what I was looking for as I don't want to spend hours managing this stuff either.

One thing, when I add a record for loaning out money to someone, the due date isn't visible on the main page and I can't seem to find it.

I have a suggestion.

If I could see either or both the start and due dates, this could also be used for tracking any investments as well — though not the intent of the menu as-is — a simple UI addition or setting would allow me to do a lot more in my case.

Re: Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Post by kruiller »

accidc wrote: post #20
kruiller wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! I have a full time job as iOS dev and that is my pet project. It had in-app purchases before, but I dropped them completely and make it free because huge amount of Monetal users was facing problem since this war between Russia and Ukraine. I don’t collaborate with any company or share any user data if that is what you mean.

not sure if this is the right place to point out, I tried installing the windows store version but it seemed unavailable. I am wondering if the app is restricted to only specific regions.

Ahah, sorry bro, it was indeed available for Windows Phone a long time ago, but I don't think it can be installed on Windows now. And if you try to google "Monetal Windows Phone" you definitely will drop any idea to have it =) I support just Android and iOS versions currently.

Re: Monetal – Free Expense Tracker

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Post by oneTbrain23 »

If the developer is reading this, add the ability to take receipt photo and attach pdf. You can cache them in a separate folder of images and pdf. Also allow it to backup to cloud. Our phones these days has huge storage, some reaching 2TB. Space isn't an issue compare to years ago.
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