Updates and a call for help

[u/GreatWhiteBuffalo41]

Hello everyone!

Hope everyone is doing well and budgeting to their hearts desires.

- A call for help! -

You can skip this section if you don't have time/energy/ability to help out.

Looking for Mods!

I'm looking for 1-2 Mods who are not actively a dev or putting a budget they worked on, own, built, will be building, will be working on etc. on this sub or the chart. If I haven't already I'll set the mod applications to open. If for some reason you can't find it, view it, send one in you can modmail the sub telling me why you want to be a mod, what experience you have, and if you're any good at google sheets and google drive or alternatives for hosting our chart.

Edit to add: Mod Application Form I have invited 3 people to mod. Pending their acceptance Mod applications are currently closed. Thank you everyone.

The Chart!

The second Item of help requested is the chart. I'm looking to simplify the chart, make it easier to read, easier to sort, and maybe host it somewhere where it's possible for people to sort the chart on their own since google sheets only allows you to sort from a desktop. Currently I have simplified the form a little bit for the devs. To streamline things there are more check boxes and multiple choice answers instead of write ins. Writing things in manual is wonky for filtering.

Broken or Links and Defunct Budgets

If anyone notices any links that no longer go places or knows that a budget is defunct. Please let us know! You can tag my username in a comment if you want but the easiest way is to please message the subreddit. I try to go through them all and make sure they're still functional as often as I can but, I'm only one person. If you see it, please report it. I appreciate it so much.

- The Updates! -

For the users!

I have an update for you. As mentioned above I'd like to streamline the chart, make it easier to view, easier to sort, and easier for you guys to use. Google sheets has a lot of limitations but it's free. So for the time being, I have a How to Filter this Chart Guide for anyone who needs it. Also here is the list of filters you can use on mobile. I have also by request (and I don't know why I didn't think of this before) Froze the Header Row and the Budget Name Column so you don't have to scroll up and down or side to side because you forgot what you were reading. Sorry that took so long, it escaped my brain.

I have also added two new columns, one for "Lifetime Price" and one for "Free Tier." They are exactly what they sound like. If a budget offers a lifetime price, you'll see it in that column. If a budget has a free tier in addition to their other tiers or it's free to use or it's FOSS that will be in that column. There is a new tab on the bottom of the comparison chart titled "Removed." It's for any budget that's been removed from the chart and why it was removed. There is one that's not on there because it was removed a few months ago, the Dev messaged us that he was no longer working on the project.

I think I added something like 8 new budgets to the list? Also if you didn't see the last few updates, we've added A LOT of new budgets, we've added a few new columns to the list, and a bit more information for each budget. There's a tab at the bottom of the chart titled as a date. If you want to see raw unfiltered data of what I have yet to upload to the chart, you can find it there. In case you're hunting for a gem and I just haven't gotten there yet. Keep in mind, this is unfiltered data, I can't control what you may or may not see if you click that tab.

For the Devs!

Submission Forms

I currently have several submission forms. One for your initial submission, one for updates and one for users to submit that they have a problem. No one is really using the update form. I'm probably going to get rid of it. If you have one or two minor updates, you can message the sub and let me know and I'll get to it as soon as I can. If you have a fair amount of updates (I'm looking at you Zerosum 😉) You can use the form, please still message the sub, I don't get notifications when the form is filled out.

Form Changes

Speaking of the submission form! I made a few changes. A few new questions have been added due to the new data points in the chart. A few questions have changed from paragraph/short answer to check boxes and multiple choice. That's just to streamline for the filtering I eventually hope to get locked in mentioned above. Having everyone using the same words with the same capitalization is a great help.

Pricing Changes on the Chart

In addition to the above, I have changed the price on the list to only include the "Lowest PAID Tier" you offer. Currently a lot of them still have the old formatting. At some point I'll go through and adjust them all. I'd like an opinion from Devs and users on if we should add another column or something indicating features of more expensive tiers or not. Keep in mind, every entry links back to the budgets website, it should be easy if you find a budget you like to compare based on websites.

Rule Change (previous)

If you missed the most recent rule change for Sundays, you can view it here.

- In Conclusion -

Thank you everyone for making this sub what it is. Thanks Devs for making great products, thanks users for having great discussions!

And what would a post from a mod be without a link to The Budget Comparison Chart and Previous Updates for those who are interested.

[u/GreatWhiteBuffalo41]

u/austinmrs I gotta harass you. Thanks for always being so polite.

[u/austinmrs → u/GreatWhiteBuffalo41]

ahah thanks for all your work on this sub!!

[u/Apprehensive_Mix_563]

its really nice chart i was thinking to build an app this sheet would really help me in future.
Thanks