# Tiller Finance

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Tiller Finance and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Tiller for syncing bank transactions into a spreadsheet you control, so you can run your own calculations. Critics mention only that it adds another third party to the process.

## Why people recommend it

- Syncs bank transactions into spreadsheet (4 comments): "Handles all the connections to pull data, but all the data is completely accessible within a spreadsheet on my own storage." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468405)) "They take the transaction history from your linked bank accounts and store it in a google spreadsheet for you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49139577)) "They provide the integrations with your banks to automatically download your transactions into a spreadsheet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466295))
- Data stays in your own spreadsheet (3 comments): "Handles all the connections to pull data, but all the data is completely accessible within a spreadsheet on my own storage." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468405)) "They can pull feeds in and refresh automatically but have a big privacy play so that only you get to see your finances" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46009734)) "works great and lets you do whatever calculations you want in a spreadsheet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47895741))
- Happy after trying alternatives (2 comments): "Big +1 for Tiller after trying several other options including YNAB." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013717)) "I've been really happy with it so far." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016120))

## What people warn about

- Adds another third party (1 comments): "Tiller and Lunchapp seem OK, but now I have yet another party involved in the process." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46015671))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Actual Budget](https://hackerapproved.com/p/actual-budget.md): 29 recommend
- [Monarch Money](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monarch-money.md): 17 recommend
- [YNAB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ynab.md): 17 recommend
- [Quicken](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quicken.md): 10 recommend
- [FinBodhi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/finbodhi.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://tiller.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tiller Finance", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiller/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).