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CNET Editors' review
While Mint.com for iPhone won't bring you the entire range of financial information available on Mint's Web site, the updated app does come closer than its predecessor. If you sign up for Mint to send you alerts for significant financial events, such as going over your allotted budget, Mint will now push notifications to your phone. The app also opens up to viewing its recently added budgeting tools. New editing fields are the single best addition, and they turn Mint.com's iPhone app from a read-only summary of your finances into a tool that begins to let you update and change your settings and preferences from the phone. Right now this means assigning a spending category from the iPhone, tagging a transaction, and adding notes. An additional four-digit security passcode tops off the new features.
Without refined tools to manage investments or real-time cash purchases (some OCR software would fit in nicely here), does the update offer enough? With the exception of a slightly slower start-up, it doesn't backtrack. And since we haven't seen third-party software that one-ups this app, there's little choice for Minties. Dissatisfied users will need to scoot over to Mint.com from the Safari browser to access the site's spectrum of financial tools. Or, pressure the developer for more.
Publisher's Description
From Mint Software:
Track, budget, and manage your money on the go with this handy app which syncs perfectly with it is online counterpart at Mint.com. Mint downloads, categorizes, and graphs all of your finances automatically every day, so you don't have to. Know where you are spending, without spending any effort.
What's new in this version: Version 1.3 added option to see home value, car, bike, and personal loans which is added to the application, and faster refreshing.
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"Run Away Quickly"
Version: Mint.com Personal Finance for iPhone 1.3
Pros
Cloud Based Financial Mgmt
Zero Software feeCons
It doesn't Work As Advertised
Support is Basically Non-Existent
Company "Hides" from its usersSummary
Mint.com had a great idea, but has taken its money from the recent acquistion -- enriched itself and its founders, apparently -- and has left its users without any support. Transactions randomly disappear, making your investment in time to set the system up along with your budgets -- basically worthless. If the transactions are not there, your information is not accurate.
Don't try to get support. The company hides behind web based support -- no phone number -- no street address -- nothing -- zip -- zilch.
Run away from this as fast as you can and save yourself much time and aggravation. (I've tried many competing solutions, and this is, by far the worst for support) -
"Not a Quicken Online replacement!!"
Version: Mint.com Personal Finance for iPhone 1.3
Pros
Great budgeting tools
Cons
No balance projections and it takes forever to update balances. Can't seem to catagorize bills and delete them if needed.
Summary
Loved Quicken online now I am looking for something else to fill its place.
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