If you are struggling to make ends meet with some money saved, you may need to ask for a raise or review your expenses. But beyond that, some applications have been created to give us a hand in these cases. Although there are several interesting Windows applications, we believe that Grisbi is one of the best, and that's why we will show you all the details about how it works.

The first thing we should mention about Grisbi is that it is a service that offers all the necessary elements to get more comfortable at the end of the month, from the organization of all our income and expenses. In this way, you do not need to remember what you have been spending money on in the last few weeks, but you will have an assistant who will give you a hand.

How it works

If we add to its operation that it is an entirely free platform and that we can use it in many languages, then we find that it has the essential elements necessary in these cases. To this, we have to add an intuitive interface, which we will discuss later on, which undoubtedly helps make our experience first-class.

Something that we particularly liked about Grisbi, knowing other similar programs, is that it allows you to add expenses within the same account that have been made in different currencies, which is why you don't need to make separate accounts. The system has almost all the coins of the world added, although you can also create some specific currencies you want.

Although each account can be modified in the way you prefer, you have to consider that Grisbi will allow you to create several accounts so that if several family members want to use it, it can be shared. This utility offers you the possibility of adding as many accounts and entities as you wish, with functions to add bank data, avoiding problems that may arise in the future.

On the other hand, it is also relevant when we think about controlling our expenses to make a list based on different categories, which are already available for us to add as we want. Some of the main categories of costs in Grisbi are housing, car, pets, loans, gifts, etc. Then there are also several categories for money income, of course.

If you have acquired different debts and want to be entirely sure that you will be able to pay them in the future, we recommend following a budget line that you will have to consider. Grisbi has such items available. As you add your financial data, you can see how close or far you are from following the line you have set for yourself.

On the other hand, Grisbi generates reports over time, reports thanks to which we can understand in a more global way the expenses we make, thus avoiding having to analyze the data separately. You can add critical due dates, pending payments, and more information.

Grisbi's user interface, on the other hand, seems to be simple, not only in terms of its intuitive use due to the icons that accompany the functions but also because it is fully translated into other languages. Although its design may not be the most beautiful we have seen in the same segment, it is not a minor detail that, in terms of usability, it has almost no competition.

The best

The main positive features of Grisbi are related to the vast amount of options and tools available, which make it possible for each user to take advantage of it exactly the way they prefer. This is extremely important because not everyone has the same income and expenses in their month, which is why we value everything related to its versatility.

The worst thing

The worst thing about Grisbi, and to try to mention something because the truth is that we can hardly find details that have not convinced us, has to do with the fact that possibly its design is not as aesthetically beautiful as it could. In other words, you can tell that it has been an exciting design at some point, but the passage of time has left it somewhat obsolete.

Rating

In conclusion, Grisbi is one of the platforms we can recommend to all those users who want to start taking a little better care of their expenses at the end of each month. It is an application with all the content and the necessary customization so that we do not miss an income or an expense, with the ability to generate reports of our overall financial status.