Daak - Budget & Money Tracker

I downloaded this for a cute and simple budgeting app for my teenage daughter and ended up ditching my expensive subscription of the popular app I was using to use this instead. The extensive Shortcuts integration and URL schemes easily replace the need for it lacking bank sync, and way out-perform the common syncing failures and delays by relying instead on reliable text and email alerts. I especially love the way multiple ledgers can live together in any and all accounts, perfect if you occasionally (or more often) use your personal account for business. (This is a major hurdle in pretty much all the other budgeting apps out there—tags can be a work-around, but that means you have to use them religiously or the system breaks.) This really is a 5-star app, but, after over a month's use, I have a few problems: 1. The URL schemes don't allow spaces (the typical %20 doesn't work—I've overcome this by removing all spaces from my account names, tags, ledgers, and categories, which led me to discover the second issue I have...), 2. adding or editing categories, accounts, tags, or ledgers requires reworking all Shortcuts, and 3. after a month of repeatedly trying to reach them about these issues, I haven't heard a thing back from the developers (maybe this will do the job). If these get fixed (especially number 1), you've got a 5-star app here.

I like the app. It is very user friendly and kind of helped me save some unnecessary expenses. But, When I purchased the app, I remember it didn’t collect any data. Now it starts to collect some data. It becomes a concern to me.

I’m someone who doesn’t really track things or write things down, but I knew I needed to start budgeting. However, I also knew I needed a budgeting app that was good-looking to motivate me to use it. I tried all sorts of budgeting apps and they were either boring looking or didn’t have all the features I needed. However, this one has everything! You can basically customize everything in Daak, including the icons, buttons, colors, and even the background. So if you don’t like the boring white minimalist look, you can upload your own image and icons! You can also customize what buttons are on the homescreen (sort of like a taskbar) and toggle what different things are shown. One unique option I especially like is the ability to show an entry's note first instead of its category. This in-depth UI does take a bit to get used to, but you just have to work with it and you’ll figure it out. There is a tutorial in settings. In terms of recording, there’s voicekeeping, shortcut, and widget support. There’s also refund/reimbursement, recurring charges, installments, multi-person bookkeeping, the ability to hide the numbers in your wallet, or toggle what things are shown in your net worth. There’s an option to permanently buy the premium features for a decent price, which I know many people appreciate. I will say that the English translations are a bit funky. But there aren’t any mistranslations that actually get in the way of using the app. I also wish there was an option to change the time to 12 hour format. And you can’t make your monthly budget reoccur for some reason. You have to manually set it up each month! But I can overlook all that. Honestly, I can’t believe this app is not more popular globally. I think the biggest draw of this app is its customizability, but the store page doesn’t show enough of that. I think more screenshots of Daak having custom backgrounds, colors, and icons would really show how it stands out from the other bookkeeping apps.