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Feb 28, 2024
Categorizing on Mobile

You can finally categorize transactions on the latest iOS beta version of Buckets! Here’s a taste of what it looks like (along with the first draft of another highly anticipated feature):

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Jan 4, 2024
Budgets, Budgets Everywhere!

Happy New Year! I’m very excited to announce the beta release of Buckets v0.73.0 which includes two major features:

  1. Budgets from different devices can now be merged together
  2. You can now share budgets using a shared network folder

Buckets is one step closer to working seamlessly on mobile!

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Nov 24, 2023
Why Buckets?

Buckets is a good budgeting app, but it’s not the only app. There are probably hundreds of apps for managing your money. I don’t like to pick on other apps, because honestly, if it works for you that’s great! I’m happy when people are financially successful.

However, Buckets is unique in a few ways that I’d like to highlight. And most of these have very little to do with budgeting.

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Sep 28, 2023
Buckets 0.72 - Apple Silicon and a New Report

We’re excited to announce the release of Buckets v0.72! Get your copy of the Beta version here!

This release includes a lot of internal changes (updating of software libraries and tools) that were needed to finally support Apple Silicon machines. In addition, Buckets is now also built for Linux ARM64 machines.

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AND, there’s a new report under Analysis! It’s a simple Income and Expense report which you can print if you like keeping paper or PDF records of your finances.

Aug 30, 2023
September Price Increase Update

As mentioned in March’s blog post, we’re raising the price of a Buckets License to $64 in September. See that post for the full details. The change won’t happen on the 1st of the month—possibly closer to the 10th.

Jul 31, 2023
Budgeting Lets You Spend

I’ve always been more inclined to save money than spend it. As a kid, I would buy things here and there and occasionally splurge on something I really wanted (I still remember shelling out for Space Quest 5), but most of my money went to the bank.

Good budgeting meant saving everything. At least in my mind.

If you think like I did, that budgeting means never spending money, this post is for you. If you’re a spendthrift, skip this one :)

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Mar 3, 2023
Price Increase in September

We’re planning to raise the price of a Buckets v1 License to $64 in September. Hopefully this is enough notice that you can save up to purchase at the current price before then if you’re contemplating getting a license.

Feb 22, 2023
Budget Sharing: Relay is Up!

I’m very excited to announce the release of the Bucket Relay! It’s now much easier to share your budget between devices. Let me take you on a tour of how it works and how it keeps your data secure as it travels across the Internet.

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Dec 19, 2022
December Update

Update: Android is now in open beta. We’ve adjusted the links below.

I wanted to quickly announce that Buckets for Android is now up on Google Play in a beta! If you’d like to be added, sign up here.

Sep 13, 2022
Short Term Roadmap

Here’s a quick update about the mobile apps and the short term plan for Buckets: the mobile apps, legal stuff, backups and more.

The most exciting bit is: look for an iOS invite this week!

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Sep 7, 2022
Financial lessons for kids
Jul 18, 2022
Buckets 0.67 - Fuzzy search!
Jun 30, 2022
Success born out of failure
Jun 29, 2022
2021 Survey Results
Feb 18, 2022
Buckets 0.65 — Import Improvements
Dec 4, 2021
Launching the 2021 Buckets Community Survey
Nov 30, 2021
Hi, Christy!
Nov 8, 2021
Buckets by the Loaf: Pricing for Everyone
Nov 2, 2021
Well, Hello There!
Oct 27, 2021
Fall Update 2021
Mar 15, 2021
Buckets Mobile Update — March 2021
Oct 20, 2020
What's Taking so Long on the Buckets Mobile App?
May 21, 2020
Multiple windows
Apr 20, 2020
Buckets 0.56: Sharing Edition
Jan 8, 2020
2019 Survey Results
Nov 4, 2019
Launching the 2019 Buckets Community Survey
Sep 7, 2019
Buckets Mobile Alpha Testers
Jun 3, 2019
Fixing Bugs and Other Stuff
Apr 16, 2019
Privacy Policy and EULA Update
Feb 28, 2019
Announcing Buckets Beta!
Feb 23, 2019
February Status Update
Jan 19, 2019
Price Increase in March
Dec 13, 2018
Making a Cross-Platform App in 2018
Dec 4, 2018
2018 Survey Results
Oct 4, 2018
Launching the 2018 Buckets Community Survey
Aug 27, 2018
JSON Changelog with SQLite
Aug 6, 2018
New Feature: New Wealth Charts
Jul 30, 2018
New Feature: Debt Handling
Jun 14, 2018
June Update - Under the Hood
May 11, 2018
Desktop App: Lessons Learned
Apr 30, 2018
Transaction Clearing
Apr 23, 2018
History and Future of Buckets
Apr 1, 2018
Organic and Gluten Free Budgeting!
Mar 21, 2018
Buckets 0.39: Now with Less Clicking
Mar 14, 2018
Sometimes You Shouldn't Store Timestamps in UTC
Feb 23, 2018
Over 50 Improvements in the Last Month
Jan 17, 2018
New: Amazon Reconciliation
Jan 15, 2018
New Features: Notes, Search, Duplicate Transactions and Guide
Jan 2, 2018
Buckets is 50% Off until Jan 10th
Dec 29, 2017
Macros: This Changes Everything
Nov 8, 2017
Lower Price and New Domain
Nov 7, 2017
Importing from YNAB4
Nov 2, 2017
Buckets and SQLite