Category splits

+1 from me also on this. Recently joined, it’s been great so far. This would be a big game changer though

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They probably added credit scoring because of commercial drivers and they can make money from it.

It’s unfortunate to check back on the thread and to see it’s still not a priority after over a year and a half and so many requests.

Snoop is awesome in lots of ways, and aside from this is easily one of the best budgeting and finance apps. I’ve always had a quick and helpful reply from support whenever i’ve needed help. But the lack of accurate analytics and budgeting is disappointing, in my opinion it does feel like the Snoop team ignore feedback and do their own thing.

If anyone is looking for splitting, it has not been a priority for nearly two years and probably won’t be for a long time by the looks of it.

I’ve found Monzo Plus budgeting and analytics useful, i’ve been using it with their open banking feature for a bit and will be replacing my Snoop subscription for it.

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Hi @RazRyan

Just on credit scoring - we certainly didn’t add this to Snoop to ‘make money’ from the feature. We include this in our free product and we wanted to do it because we think it’s an important tool for helping people understand their money and track and improve their financial situation over time. This feature actually directly costs us money as we have to pay for the data and insights we provide to each customer. There are apps that still charge for the same data we show - even as much as £14.99 a month :astonished:

The more useful we make Snoop, the more likely people will use it, stick with us and use features which do make Snoop some revenue, to ensure we are a viable business. I totally understand that category splitting is in the area of making Snoop more useful.

Many of the features we launch (including many this year) are a direct result of customer feedback - transaction exporting, search, better categorisation, dark mode etc are just examples that were based on frequent feedback. All were brilliant suggestions that have improved our product and we are always grateful to receive all feedback.

Every piece of feedback, positive and negative, is shared with our entire company so the whole team understands the things our customers think about Snoop.

It’s absolutely fair to say we’ve not yet prioritised category splitting. That’s only because of the size of work required for us to deliver this as categories are used throughout every feature in our app . Then scheduling this work alongside all of our priorities has meant we’ve not had the capacity to tackle this yet.

For many other customers their top priorities are things like ‘better annual budgeting’, ‘supporting foreign currencies’, ‘supporting X bank’, ‘supporting Monzo Pots/Starling Spaces etc’. We’d love to do everything, but we have to pick our choices based on the size of team we have and the various priorities we have.

I can’t give you a timescale on when this particular feature will be delivered and we are not working on this yet due to a major new feature that we will launch in the next few months.

I will update in here when we have more news on this.

Paul

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I would like to add my support for Category Splits as a future feature. Quite honestly, for me it’s the only thing stopping from switching from another app. Splitting and being able to adjust dates on transactions are some of the main features I highly value in apps such as these.

Keep up the good work.

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I know it’s acknowledged that budget splitting is not yet being worked on, but I can’t stress enough the need for this.

It is the only real missing feature, it would allow me to fully use the app over keeping Excel records.

I would like to also raise the need and request to have scheduled payments with a costumed scheduled pattern please.

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Two years of requests… any progress on splitting categories? If you are listening to feedback, why hasn’t this been actioned? I appreciate your honesty in saying that you are not working on it, but how come every other money tracking app does have this feature? Maybe poach one of their developers to help you achieve it?! I’d pay for it in a monthly subsription, it is that important!! Your app is great otherwise, in the meantime I continue to use another app that does have this feature. I’ll be right along when you do though… but remember, procastination will suffocate your business growth.

I moved across from Money Dashboard, which was a great app. That App had bill splitting although it was a bit fiddly to get it to work. I sort of miss this option but think there are other things I miss more. Money dashboard was great at forward planning and I really miss the ability to add future one off bills. I have a final holiday payment in July but cant add it into Snoop as a future bill. So my only option is to add it into my phone calander as a reminder to transfer money into my current account, to pay off my credit card. Then I have to cope with by future credit card projected bills being way to high, as it must use some average of previous bills. Would be better if it could download bill totals and assume you are paying the next bill off in full.

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Hi @Reuben - we do listen to feedback and we’ve implemented many new features based on direct feedback in the last 2 years.

We’ve not yet prioritised split categories but we understand it’s important and we intend to do this at some stage.

I always give open and honest answers about this topic… we’ve selected other things which are higher priority for us a business and based on the effort vs reward that each choice gives us. I totally understand that different people will have different views on this.

Paul

ok thanks @paul_k. The message is loud and clear, you have no intention of listening to your customers and developing this feature. Therefore, for the benefit of everyone else on this thread that has put the request in for splitting transactions (a basic necessity in money tracking apps), the following all do have it, so use one of these instead. Pocketsmith, Moneyhub, YNAB, Emma

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Hi @Reuben that’s the opposite to what I said, so allow me to stress this again…

We’ve not yet prioritised split categories but we understand it’s important and we intend to do this at some stage.

I’m sorry that you feel this is a must have and that’s not something we currently provide.

Paul

Appreciate that, but you have been saying that for 2 years now, and there are multiple requests on this thread, and they all get the same response, yet nothing happens. Action speaks louder than words :slight_smile:

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Yes, Id love sub sections within categories.

Hi @Anna2825,

It’s important for us to understand the level of demand for new features and so thank you for letting us know you also want to see sub-categories.

Hopefully we’ll be able to implement this in Snoop’s future.

All the best,
Charley

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+1
I’d also like to be able to split transactions across multiple categories.

2 years now, and still nothing. So I won’t expect anything in the next 2 years.

I like the app, but because of how I shop, I need to be able to split hobby spending from household spending.

I need to split savings into different categories too.

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Hi @AutoPhil

Thank you for your feedback, I have shared this directly with our development team. As my colleague Charley mentioned it is important for us to understand the level of demand for feature requests, so we appreciate you notifying us that you also want split transactions.

Please keep an eye on our email and in-app communication for future updates.

All the best,
Sarah

I know I have posted a few times about split categories, it is definitely a must.

We live by such a stringent budget, it is so important to be able to split a purchase across two or more categories.

Having the ability to assign transactions across multiple budget areas is essential.

Also the ability to have a carry forward in terms of over or under spend would also be so useful in terms of managing budgets, over multiple months.

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Thank you for sharing your additional feedback on this feature request @AndyMac - we really appreciate this and have shared it with our development team!

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+1 for this idea. To me, splitting a transaction would be helpful to reflect the true part of a transaction I am paying for, vs what my housemates will pay me back later. My category analytics are biased because of that.

Say I do grocery shopping for all of us, and also pay a utility bill. Two separate categories for these transactions. Then, my housemates pay back their share for both of these in one single bank transfer. It’s awkward for reporting purposes.

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Hi @Quirky_engine

Thank you for your feedback on splitting transactions, we really appreciate you letting us know you also want to see this feature.

I have shared all of your feedback directly with our development team as we appreciate hearing from our customers on the level of demand for features.

Hopefully we’ll be able to implement this in the future!

All the best,
Sarah