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YNAB Classic

If you've never heard of YNAB and are looking to gain total control of your money while massively reducing your financial stress, you have come to the right place! Almost. This is our legacy app (called "YNAB Classic" because of a flash of creative brilliance). You'll want to skip this app and use the latest and greatest app, called "YNAB".
If you're a long time YNAB 4 user, we'll still be supporting YNAB 4 (and this companion app) all through 2016.

Category : Finance

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Reviews (26)

Kev. K. Jan 16, 2021     

Stick with classic if at all possible. Monthly subscription version has "updates" that classic users won't like, in addition to having a monthly fee. There is no more support for this version, supposedly, but there have been subtle changes lately that make me worry it's going to suddenly stop working someday. Until then, I'm very happy.

Isa. M. May 4, 2022     

Great app, happily pay for apps, but the monthly annual cost of the new version is prohibitive and not justified, particularly given its limitations outside the US. Sadly the inability sync with Android devices makes this unusable for so I'll be looking for a replacement. Barely 3 stars.

Ann. M. Apr 29, 2022     

Love ynab4. Dropbox sync stopped working with android updates, but sync still works with WiFi sync. Just save your ynab file to your computer, disable cloud sync, and after restarting the program just re-open your ynab file and you should be able to go to File>Wi-Fi sync with Mobile Device... a bit more work, but works a charm 😊

Bra. D. Jun 8, 2019     

Works well when paired with the computer app and Dropbox. Unable to edit a budget in the app as far as I can tell which is the only issue I've run into. They probably won't update this anytime soon but it still works for the non-subscription licenses.

ben. May 17, 2021     

Been with YNAB since it was a spreadsheet. Just wish I still had a copy of that. Classic(4) is great. The new is garbage, costly and they are not at all loyal to old followers that funded their beginnings, sadly.

Tho. c. Nov 16, 2018     

You all have a very good budget program. I been with YNAB for I think 8 years or more now and never hade a promblem, GOOD WORK ! " This is the only software that has a easy database linking accounts to my budget with little effort. " Soon I hope to be on your latest program release. Thanks: Thomas C. P. S. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND GOOD LUCK ! 11/2018

Sim. B. Mar 28, 2019     

Have finally started using this after having had it for years and it has made everything so much clearer. I now even enjoy being as rigorous as I can be when making my budget. It has helped me be conscious as well as cautious about my spending habits.

Mik. L. Jun 7, 2020     

Great software, fasts kept in Dropbox, much beter than the need version.

Rya. R. Sep 20, 2021     

Desktop has more issues than mobile actually. Otherwise decent budget software

Jim. R. Feb 10, 2020     

Wonderful app, until the company decided to charge a monthly fee after the annual fee was said tho cover transactions for life (short life) :(

Jon. T. Feb 1, 2021     

Great app and program. Shame it is no longer available.

Bon. D. Nov 23, 2021     

Does not currently work with Android 12 on the Pixel 6

Ada. O. Sep 20, 2019     

Love ynab classic. I wish they would bring it back.

Raf. E. Jan 24, 2021     

It's a damn shame they don't support YNAB 4 anymore.

Ari. K. Feb 2, 2020     

The best app. Way better than the online version.

Rox. F. M. Dec 30, 2018     

does not update anymore

Lee. A. D. Jan 4, 2020     

Better than the new Ynab

Mig. R. Sep 21, 2017     

Apparently broken now. Won't sync via Dropbox for some reason. Have done every trouble shoot imaginable. Even went nuclear and started off completely fresh. Nada. I want to be paranoid and say that it was intentional to get us to go over to their subscription service but it seems like a lot of others are still able to enjoy this mobile companion app 😔

Law. Jun 13, 2017     

So far the new update seems nicer than, before, it'll take a bit of getting used to but I think it's a step in the right direction! However, I do agree with some of the other comments which mention that it now takes too long to add a transaction. This should be nice and simple, with less steps and 'fancy' transitions between the steps. Good work apart from that though!

Nic. L. May 22, 2017     

I love this app as an on-the-go sidekick to YNAB on my desktop. It's not as complete as the desktop version, but still ensures I can keep my transactions updated instead of waiting to go home and enter them all in. I would like to say, "thank you" to the developers for continuing to support YNAB classic passed 2016. It's a breath of fresh air when a developer doesn't brick old versions of an app to force customers to purchase the newest version or subscription service.

Dan. L. Jan 24, 2018     

The desktop software is by far the best personal budgeting tool I have used, and I've used them all. This companion app just completes it perfectly and makes adding transactions on the go a breeze. The GPS functionality is a sweet touch making everything alot faster to input. Only reason for a 4 star is that on my Nexus 4 I need to hit backspace before entering the amount or it will glitch and enter a long number. Update: after years of using this software, it's still the best out there.

Rob. R. Jun 26, 2017     

Thanks for the dropbox update! I won't switch to a new version until you start respecting your customers' privacy again, so thanks for keeping Classic alive a bit longer. I'd be happy to pay a regular maintenance fee to keep Classic going rather than switch, if that's what it takes.

And. C. Apr 11, 2018     

Well it looks like this App is about to be discontinued. Privacy is being thrown out the window. Tech has gone too far. We cant continue with YNAB if this is the future. We are so time-poor that YNAB itself has become a burden, so now that classic is going, so will we. More than ever technology that should be open enough to keep private options possible are railroading us to cloud solutions that are unsafe, dictatorial and potentially exploitive. That is a generalisation, not YNAB specific.

lya. k. B. Feb 8, 2018     

Im trying to get off debt and i have to pay 6 dollard a month for thid. And in top of that i need a computer to make ot work. I cant only used my phone or tablet, so if you dont have a computer this app does work

Mic. C. Apr 16, 2022     

As of 20220415, right when you really need it to work, they seem to have broken the sync feature between mobile and pc app. Boooo. I'm bummed. I wonder if they're trying to force people to the subscription version.

And. B. May 22, 2017     

Though I dislike the new version's SaaS model, I have to give these guys props for updating a legacy app to work with the new Dropbox API