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I still say buy Quicken, use Mint or do a budget on a spreadsheet. I can't see what that program would do for you that the others would not, and the others give you so much more (or well, are cheaper in the case of a spreadsheet). No software can make you stick to a budget. That's the hard part, anyway.
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bort posted:I still say buy Quicken, use Mint or do a budget on a spreadsheet. I can't see what that program would do for you that the others would not, and the others give you so much more (or well, are cheaper in the case of a spreadsheet). Apparently though it behaves differently with things like going over in a category. According to a YNAB tutorial video, in Quicken if you go over in a category it doesn't make you account for it necessarily, it just shows the red. YNAB, you have the option to move money around from other categories to cover the overage if you want, or you can let the minus carry over to next months budget. Not sure what version of Quicken YNAB is referring to, or if that behavior is still the same, but that's what YNAB claimed. I don't know if Quicken has a mobile app that syncs with the desktop client as well. You're absolutely right though, no software can make you stick to a budget, it takes an incredible amount of willpower for myself. So far the $5 a month for apps I've allotted has been good for me. To me YNAB is like putting money in envelopes, digitally. It's fun watching the balances grow. hypersleep posted:It's worth mentioning that Filterstorm Neue is free right now as well. Normally $3.99. Pick this up, photo guys! It's a great upgrade from the original software in so many many ways. For one thing, saving pictures is practically instant now when before you used to have to wait 10-20 seconds like a loving animal for the changes to render before it saved.
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Lady Gaza posted:While it has a free app, the desktop client for You Need A Budget is currently 75% off on Steam. I'm going to get it myself, I've heard it's really useful. Thought it might be worth posting here since it integrates with the mobile app. YNAB is amazing and everyone should own it. Steal at $15.
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Yeah YNAB is more of a virtual envelope system than a spreadsheet frontend like Quicken. Many people respond especially well to its particular methodology. YMMV, as with any budget or financial software. It's also decidedly not a finance tracker, unlike Mint, which I think people should use at the same time.
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Lady Gaza posted:While it has a free app, the desktop client for You Need A Budget is currently 75% off on Steam. I'm going to get it myself, I've heard it's really useful. Thought it might be worth posting here since it integrates with the mobile app.
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Lady Gaza posted:While it has a free app, the desktop client for You Need A Budget is currently 75% off on Steam. I'm going to get it myself, I've heard it's really useful. Thought it might be worth posting here since it integrates with the mobile app. This is amazing. I've heard nothing but good things about this software. I've never seen it on sale before now, either.
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Jack Gladney posted:This is amazing. I've heard nothing but good things about this software. I've never seen it on sale before now, either. It was 50% off in the AppStore on Black Friday.
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Thanks for the heads up on the YNAB sale! Picked it up and will give it a try in a desperate attempt to not overspend every goddamn month. I've never used Steam on a mac (or for non-gaming stuff), but I guess the YNAB Steam version can't run on its own, ie I gotta have Steam open as well?
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Xabi posted:Thanks for the heads up on the YNAB sale! Picked it up and will give it a try in a desperate attempt to not overspend every goddamn month. IIRC, you can pull the activation code from your steam copy and plug it into a standalone download from the website and it works.
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If you get YNAB do yourself a favor and take a "Getting Started" webinar. It'll make their approach 1000% more clear. http://www.youneedabudget.com/support/training-and-education
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tuyop posted:IIRC, you can pull the activation code from your steam copy and plug it into a standalone download from the website and it works.
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tuyop posted:IIRC, you can pull the activation code from your steam copy and plug it into a standalone download from the website and it works.
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Is there any way to turn the updated sound off in the stock twitter app?
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I just bought this December 31st when it was $30. I should have waited 2 more days! How do you pull the activation code off of your steam copy? Will switching from the steam backed one to a regular set up cause any issues with the data already placed into the program?
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:I just bought this December 31st when it was $30. I should have waited 2 more days! It syncs using Dropbox so no, right-click on the program in steam and select "view cd key".
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To get the CD key, open the Steam copy of YNAB, go to Help --> About YNAB --> Copy activation key to clipboard. There wasn't a 'view CD key' in Steam for me.
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If it helps, here's how to get to it from from within Steam, and it's how I activated the copy I downloaded from the YNAB site, without installing the Steam version: and 
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tuyop posted:Does scanner pro do OCR on your scans? http://helpspot.readdle.com/en/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=117
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With the snow coming my way and the possibility of electrical outages, I am looking for fun game apps to play on my phone. I downloaded Simpsons' Tapped Out. I was wondering, is it a battery drainer because it seems like my battery is dropping faster now. Are there any other games that are fun but not battery draining?
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I don't know if Tapped Out consumes more battery but it can barely be called a game.
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:With the snow coming my way and the possibility of electrical outages, I am looking for fun game apps to play on my phone. Check the ios games thread in games.
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Is there a simple app that will let you keep track of points of data (either in a numeric format or a yes/no format) per day and show you pretty graphs and stuff over time? I was recently gifted a premium subscription on Fitbit, and it lets you add a bunch of custom "trackers" which I've been using to keep track of all kinds of stuff, but I'm not sure if that alone is worth $50/year after my gift runs out, and I don't really use any other features of premium. Plus, their iOS app doesn't let you log anything on the custom trackers, you need to go into the browser to do that. Ideally, I'd like something that had a web component and an app (or something that could sync over iCloud on a Mac and an iPhone) but yeah, I don't even know where to start searching for something like this. Whenever I search the app store for "data tracker" or the like, it's 1,000 apps about seeing how much mobile data you use, which isn't what I am looking for at all.
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POCKET CHOMP posted:Is there a simple app that will let you keep track of points of data (either in a numeric format or a yes/no format) per day and show you pretty graphs and stuff over time? I don't think it's been updated in years, but Daytum might be what you're looking for.
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POCKET CHOMP posted:Is there a simple app that will let you keep track of points of data (either in a numeric format or a yes/no format) per day and show you pretty graphs and stuff over time? Check out Lift, I'm not sure if it has all the cross platform stuff you're looking for but it serves as a habit tracker that can give you some graphs, IIRC.
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What app are you guys using to track TV episodes? I'd been using TV Show Tracker for the longest time and it worked great but the iOS 7 re-design makes me not want to go back to it. Also, they want me to pay IAP despite owning it already to get rid of ads so forget that. "Episodes" is an app I once saw recommended here a long time ago but there's two apps on the Canadian store with that name and I'm not sure if the one referred to in this thread is even available anymore if @episodeapp on twitter is any indication.
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Thanks for the suggestions tuyop and Rob was taken. I think Daytum is basically exactly what I was looking for, but got bought out by Facebook two years ago and hasn't been updated since then. a shame 
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frogg posted:What app are you guys using to track TV episodes? TeeVee
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tuyop posted:Check out Lift, I'm not sure if it has all the cross platform stuff you're looking for but it serves as a habit tracker that can give you some graphs, IIRC. So I took a look at lift but it doesn't look like it does custom goals/habits. Has anyone got a favorite tracker that also allows you to set your own goals? Saw an article on lifehacker for chains.cc which looks like it does this well enough, but I guess I'm more interested in chart style tracking like Lift does. What calendars are people using right now? There's even more decent looking options than in the past, but for me one of the major issues with most of them is they maintain the 2 alerts/event framework that iCal comes with default. Do you guys just check your calendars daily or export that information to some kind of todo app or are the paid apps just better at showing in each view what kind of things are coming up when? That's a lot of questions so here's a few apps I've liked/found useful: -Songdrop is a web and ios client that lets you add songs from youtube/soundcloud to playlists and then plays them in the background (whyd does the same thing and has more "social" features but is currently web only). I use it to play youtube audio while my phone is locked/I'm in other apps. -Clean Links is a simple app that auto detects links from the clipboard and turns most mobile/overly referraled/tagged links into their simplest form. Mostly useful for youtube and other long site links. -Keezy which was mentioned a few pages ago is a really cool little sampler/mpc style beat pad/music toy. I've always wanted more things like this for the phone and am surprised there isn't just a default yakbak or a more robust MPC sampler/beatpad combo (is there one out there?).
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frogg posted:What app are you guys using to track TV episodes? I'd been using TV Show Tracker for the longest time and it worked great but the iOS 7 re-design makes me not want to go back to it. Also, they want me to pay IAP despite owning it already to get rid of ads so forget that.
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Goodreader updated. I'm not sure if everyone has replaced it with PDF Expert 5 or Documents, but it seems to at least be working right again.
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maduin posted:Goodreader updated. I'm not sure if everyone has replaced it with PDF Expert 5 or Documents, but it seems to at least be working right again. Finally! That icon was hideous. Is it still the best PDF reader?
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tuyop posted:Finally! That icon was hideous. Is it still the best PDF reader? Sorry to disappoint, but the icon is still hideous.
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tuyop posted:the best PDF reader? What, specifically, sets it apart from the PDF readers I use now?
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Zigmidge posted:What, specifically, sets it apart from the PDF readers I use now? I don't know. It has tabs and stuff? I like the reflow too if your PDF was OCR'd properly. You can FTP files into it? It was recommended when I bought it when I had a 3GS and I bet the pickings were much slimmer. What do you use?
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Are there any 3rd party iOS mail clients that will allow an exchange passcode requirement to be applied to the app rather than the device? I can't find any. I'd like to have my work email on my iPad, but don't plan to check it there enough that the required device passcode is worthwhile. It would be nice if there was a mail app that asked for a passcode when you launched the app, rather than the entire device. I'm assuming this wouldn't be allowed because I could also pull calendars and contacts via Exchange, and work wouldn't like it if just anyone could see how busy I am next week.
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ndrake posted:Are there any 3rd party iOS mail clients that will allow an exchange passcode requirement to be applied to the app rather than the device? I think that would require an app to write its own Exchange implementation, instead of using the system one from Apple, which doesn't seem worth the effort.
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Came here to ask if anyone got on board with the Cartoon HD app making all the headlines? Supposed to be £20, went live for free, apple have pulled it form the store but mine still works, everything from Tom and Jerry to Man of Steel streaming instantly in HD.
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ndrake posted:Are there any 3rd party iOS mail clients that will allow an exchange passcode requirement to be applied to the app rather than the device? I can't find any. I'd like to have my work email on my iPad, but don't plan to check it there enough that the required device passcode is worthwhile. It would be nice if there was a mail app that asked for a passcode when you launched the app, rather than the entire device. I'm assuming this wouldn't be allowed because I could also pull calendars and contacts via Exchange, and work wouldn't like it if just anyone could see how busy I am next week. This may be of interest to you assuming you have access to Exchange webmail for work: http://appshopper.com/business/outlook-web-email
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Lofty132 posted:Came here to ask if anyone got on board with the Cartoon HD app making all the headlines? Supposed to be £20, went live for free, apple have pulled it form the store but mine still works, everything from Tom and Jerry to Man of Steel streaming instantly in HD. Did you make this app? It's still on the App Store, and has been since October (the "pro" version is also available for $3). It's apparently just another web app that streams pirated content, and it doesn't seem like there are any headlines whatsoever save for one reddit thread that has a (relative) handful of comments. I can't image anyone paying £2, let alone £20 for something you can just easily get from Vimeo etc. etc. for free. Even if this isn't some pathetic attempt to make your own app go viral, it took me all of 2 minutes to Google it and discover that it's basically garbage.
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