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What users complain about in Goodbudget Budget Planner

Other appsApp Store16 Mar 202516 Sept 2026

20 complaints about Goodbudget Budget Planner from 20 people, read from Google Play reviews rated 1–3 stars (16 Mar 2025 – 16 Sept 2026). The most repeated complaint is “So it was a complete waste of time and money”, with 2 reviews.

How to read these numbers: Only reviews rated 3 stars or below are collected, on purpose: this is a record of complaints, not a rating. It is not the app's App Store or Play Store score and must not be read as one.
Complaints
20
People
20
one per review
Themes
19
Avg pain
29

What they complain about

Complaints grouped by meaning, largest group first. Each name is a verbatim fragment of something somebody wrote, not an editorial label.

  • So it was a complete waste of time and money.
    2 complaints · 2 peoplepain 42
  • This app is old and near unusable if like me you use an iPad in the Magic Keyboard.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 40
  • Goodbudget Budget Planner — Missing a key feature.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 46
  • ashamed to say I wasted about an hour trying to make a budget.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 27
  • When I set this up halfway through the month it's impossible to match what's been paid al…
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 27
  • While the idea seems great it’s finicky and glitchy.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 4
  • Goodbudget Budget Planner — Buggy.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 40
  • I don’t want to use my laptop—that’s ridiculous!
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 6
  • If you don’t have envelopes but just income, the app crashes when you click on the income.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 27
  • I use to love this app.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 0
  • I'm someone who wants to manually input every transaction so I know exactly where my mone…
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 42
  • App was always buggy, but now I just downloaded latest versionand my envelopes and transa…
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 27

Did the last release help?

Complaints about v5.4.10 are 15 points less painful than v5.4.2. App Store only — Play reviews carry no version.

  • v5.4.10
    244 complaints19 Sept 2025
  • v5.4.2
    393 complaints25 Apr 2025

The reviews themselves

20 of 20 complaints, most painful first. Every one links to the review on the store.

  • App Storev5.4.225 Apr 2025pain 46on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Missing a key feature

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Missing a key feature.

  • App Storev5.4.202 May 2025pain 45on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Not user friendly

    So it was a complete waste of time and money.

  • App Storev5.3.1316 Mar 2025pain 42on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Good app but confusing

    I'm someone who wants to manually input every transaction so I know exactly where my money is going.

  • App Storev5.4.248d agopain 40on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Envelopes LOST!

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Envelopes LOST!.

  • App Storev5.4.2226d agopain 40on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — No iPad Support

    This app is old and near unusable if like me you use an iPad in the Magic Keyboard.

  • App Storev5.4.1804 Feb 2026pain 40on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Buggy

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Buggy.

  • App Storev5.4.1526 Dec 2025pain 40on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Scam

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Scam.

  • App Storev5.4.908 Sept 2025pain 40on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Not user friendly unless you are debt free already

    Horrible interface

  • App Storev5.4.2311d agopain 36on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Originally worked, but now is busted

    With proper reconciliation, which I finally had to do MANUALLY over 8 months of data to figure out where the errors were being injected.

  • App Storev5.4.1002 Oct 2025pain 36on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — No free syncing

    Otherwise you’re manually inputting every transaction.

  • App Storev5.4.2022 Jun 2026pain 27on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — dont know how this is a 5 star app

    ashamed to say I wasted about an hour trying to make a budget.

  • App Storev5.4.1028 Sept 2025pain 27on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Bug

    If you don’t have envelopes but just income, the app crashes when you click on the income.

  • App Storev5.4.1024 Sept 2025pain 27on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Potential

    When I set this up halfway through the month it's impossible to match what's been paid already.

  • App Storev5.4.211 May 2025pain 27on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Used to be good

    App was always buggy, but now I just downloaded latest versionand my envelopes and transactions were wiped out.

  • App Storev5.4.2002 Apr 2026pain 20on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Ridiculously Complicated

    It is more complicated than it needs to be I’m not going to be on for something that is forcing me to budget weekly monthly bi monthly tri yearly

  • App Storev5.4.1512 Dec 2025pain 20on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Not paying for everything

    It would be better if they charged for the service not the envelope dumb

  • App Storev5.4.2106 Aug 2026pain 13on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — App not syncing

    App and desktop are not correctly syncing across multiple devices, please fix.

  • App Storev5.4.1019 Sept 2025pain 6on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — It’s not good

    I don’t want to use my laptop—that’s ridiculous!

  • App Storev5.4.1116 Oct 2025pain 4on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Better ones out there

    While the idea seems great it’s finicky and glitchy.

  • App Storev5.4.902 Sept 2025pain 0on the store ↗

    Goodbudget Budget Planner — Use to love but can’t anymore

    I use to love this app.

Questions about Goodbudget Budget Planner

What do users complain about in Goodbudget Budget Planner?
The most repeated complaints, grouped by meaning: “So it was a complete waste of time and money” (2). Each theme name is quoted from a review, not a label we assigned.
How many people complain about Goodbudget Budget Planner?
20 reviews rated 3 stars or below from 20 people on Google Play, written between 16 Mar 2025 and 16 Sept 2026. The reviews themselves, each linked to the store, are listed on this page.
Is this Goodbudget Budget Planner's store rating?
No. Only reviews rated 3 stars or below are collected, so these numbers describe complaints and cannot be read as the app's App Store or Google Play score.

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