Tiller Finance
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 4 of 10 budgeting apps by recommenders
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Syncs bank transactions into spreadsheet
“Handles all the connections to pull data, but all the data is completely accessible within a spreadsheet on my own storage.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “10 years of personal finances in plain text files” “They take the transaction history from your linked bank accounts and store it in a google spreadsheet for you.”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “From MIT: AI financial advice is surprisingly good” “They provide the integrations with your banks to automatically download your transactions into a spreadsheet”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “10 years of personal finances in plain text files” - Comment from 24 Apr 2026 on Hacker News
Data stays in your own spreadsheet
“Handles all the connections to pull data, but all the data is completely accessible within a spreadsheet on my own storage.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “10 years of personal finances in plain text files” “They can pull feeds in and refresh automatically but have a big privacy play so that only you get to see your finances”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker” “works great and lets you do whatever calculations you want in a spreadsheet”
Comment from 24 Apr 2026 on Hacker News Happy after trying alternatives
“Big +1 for Tiller after trying several other options including YNAB.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker” “I've been really happy with it so far.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Adds another third party
“Tiller and Lunchapp seem OK, but now I have yet another party involved in the process.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”
Other budgeting apps people recommend
The four most recommended other budgeting apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Budget | 29 | 0 | 100% | 12 | 3 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Monarch Money | 17 | 4 | 81% | 9 | — | Approved |
| YNAB | 17 | 13 | 57% | 4 | 10 yrs3 owners | — |
| Tiller FinanceThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Quicken | 10 | 10 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“They take the transaction history from your linked bank accounts and store it in a google spreadsheet for you.”
“works great and lets you do whatever calculations you want in a spreadsheet”
“It'll write data to a Google Sheets and can maneuver from there.”
“Handles all the connections to pull data, but all the data is completely accessible within a spreadsheet on my own storage.”
“They provide the integrations with your banks to automatically download your transactions into a spreadsheet”
“I've been really happy with it so far.”
“Tiller and Lunchapp seem OK, but now I have yet another party involved in the process.”
“Big +1 for Tiller after trying several other options including YNAB.”
“They can pull feeds in and refresh automatically but have a big privacy play so that only you get to see your finances”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.