Lentor
Productivity
budgeting app
SHOW HN2014
69points
73comments
#447of 2,272 in 2014
Top 20%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
9 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Execution: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 4 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice, clean design
From 3 comments
Beautifully designed, it looks great on both Android and iOS. Nice work. I'm usually not a very good user of these apps as my income/expenses are very irregular (so any…
k-mcgrady on HNGorgeous design. One thing I don't like are the gradient colours in the calendar view. Better to use a threshold value range, so the view doesn't display sixteen different colours.
kmfrk on HNI'll definitely give this a try! And thank you so much for making an app that only requires network access on Android! All those apps that want your location and access to your…
x3ro on HN
Does not request location or contacts permissions
From 1 comment
I'll definitely give this a try! And thank you so much for making an app that only requires network access on Android! All those apps that want your location and access to your…
x3ro on HN
Objections
Requires Android 4.0 and up, excluding older devices
From 3 comments
> Requires Android > 4.0 and up This cuts out pretty big portion of the userbase, doesn't it? Around 25% according to developers' dashboards[1]. I'm also interested in how this…
rplnt on HNLooks neat, but my device is incompatible and I can't figure out why. I have a 2012 Nexus 7 and Android 4.4. What gives?
Gracana on HNmy nexus s with cm 10.2 is not eligible for this app (i'm in italy). so i can't save up money for the nexus 5 and download the app. it's a never-ending problem.
esseti on HN
Low contrast text and colours hard to read
From 3 comments
It's really hard to read the thin grey text on the bright orange background: http://i.imgur.com/dCMcnmv.png
spyder on HNrgb(218, 218, 218) on rgb(237, 173, 45) makes my eyes hurt.
Arnor on HNThe website's font looks bad for me on the latest Chrome, Windows x64: http://i.imgur.com/cN6tXNl.png Gets better with zooming though, at 120 % it looks nicer:…
Xymak1y on HN
Only 100 entries per month free; paywall unclear
From 1 comment
"Add more than 100 entries per month for $3" is brilliant. People won't know they're locked into the app until halfway into the month.
solox3 on HN
Requests
Data export
From 2 comments
Is there a way to export data? Also, thoughts on putting a PIN or password?
hodgesmr on HNLooks nice. Is there a plan to implement the option to password protect and export the data? Also, multiple currencies would be highly appreciated!
mayrun on HN
Password or PIN protection
From 3 comments
Is there a way to export data? Also, thoughts on putting a PIN or password?
hodgesmr on HNLooks nice. Is there a plan to implement the option to password protect and export the data? Also, multiple currencies would be highly appreciated!
mayrun on HNThe app is missing Moldavan leu (MDL)[1], which I wanted to use. The password protection is a must have for me too. Or maybe a simple pattern lock. [1]…
enel on HN
Add more currencies
From 1 comment
The app is missing Moldavan leu (MDL)[1], which I wanted to use. The password protection is a must have for me too. Or maybe a simple pattern lock. [1]…
enel on HN
Family shared budget
From 2 comments
Is there the possibility to create a budget for the family? So that both me and my wife will spend from the same budget? Do you know of any android/web app that can do that?
tudorconstantin on HNi want a common budget (family budget) which to be accessed by me and my wife, so that we're also able to see which one spends more.
tudorconstantin on HN
Questions
How are expenses entered, manually or automatically?
From 2 comments
How does it work? Do I have to type in my expenses manually?
ntoshev on HNHow do I enter expenses? I was hoping the app description would tell me that. It doesn't seem to be on the web page or app store page. The pain of budgeting is in tracking…
mapgrep on HN
Can it work offline without cloud sync?
From 1 comment
Can it work without cloud? Saving data only to my SD card and export them to CSV files? I dont want to share my expense habits with you..
urza on HN
How does it make money?
From 1 comment
> Requires Android > 4.0 and up This cuts out pretty big portion of the userbase, doesn't it? Around 25% according to developers' dashboards[1]. I'm also interested in how this…
rplnt on HN
Alternatives named
YNAB
From 2 comments
> The ones that require me to input the data are just too much work. I've been using YNAB (You Need A Budget) for a few months, and it makes you input everything. I initially…
chadcf on HNCould someone comment on this vs YNAB? With YNAB I have it hooked up on my desktop as well. How does this compare? I like the neat visuals, wish YNAB had those.
rfnslyr on HN
Mint
From 2 comments
Agree wholeheartedly. There are any number of apps out there than can provide me with beautiful graphs and visualizations once they have the data they need, but I don't use any…
kohanz on HNI use Mint and they're pretty close. They do have bill reminders with dollar estimates (for things that fluctuate, like electric/water), so it wouldn't be much of a stretch for…
Zikes on HN
Dollarbird
From 1 comment
There's an app for this. Dollarbird - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dollarbird-personal-finance/id665003358 it does exactly that for me. It does not tie to my bank account…
dsk139 on HN
Quicken and Microsoft Money
From 2 comments
I downloaded Microsoft Money Plus Sunset yesterday to get access to that very feature. It doesn't do the online updating, but the 'project future cash flow' feature is very…
myleshenderson on HNI think I recall that feature in Quicken, although I've long since sworn off using products from Intuit.
cleaver on HN