Until GnuCash Android is Ready

[Tom Balazs]

I would really like to enter my transactions right after I finish in the
store; while I still remember what I bought and why (which tells me if it
was a "gift given", "household expense", or "misc"). The "enter a stack of
receipts that have been in my wallet for a week or two" method has never
worked for me. The web interface sounds nice, but I don't think that'll
happen for a while.

I know, I should just enter my transactions every day or two. Or maybe
carry a little notebook, so at least it's more readable than those faintly
printed little receipts.


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 3 October 2013 19:35, Tom Balazs <tom123online at gmail.com> wrote:
> > For personal finance tracking: I need to use an App on my Android phone
> > (Samsung Galaxy S I-9000) to collect the details of my transactions while
> > I'm on errands around town (cash withdrawl at ATM, credit card charge at
> > restaurant, check written at store, etc.). What do you use / what do you
> > recommend I use?
>
> I find it quicker just to collect the bits of paper and enter them
> manually later.  Then you get the advantage of auto-fill and so on
> that it not (for the moment at least) going to be available as a
> mobile app.
>
> Even if one had a something like web interface to gnucash and ran that
> on your tablet in the store, I am not sure the mind is in the right
> mode for deciding things like which expense account to allocate the
> transaction to while one is in that environment.  Particularly so if
> there were complex splits required for example.
>
> Colin
>