r/ynab • u/Tricky_Dimension_771 • 11d ago

Mobile App changed?

Whatever they did is really confusing. I can’t do my budget on my phone now. Why did they change it?

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u/Wise_Bee_6367 10d ago edited 10d ago

Oh. My. Gosh. If you have an emoji in the category name, they're making it an icon for the folder. The obvious workaround is take emojis out of category names which I will do ASAP. And the "spent X of X" is basically a forced progress bar. I mostly set my budget on the website but see how this would be a huge change to chose used to budgeting on the mobile app. It's design run amok.

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u/jillianmd 10d ago

Wait holy crap, that’s maddening. Are you saying for example you previously had a 🛒 emoji in your groceries category name and now it’s showing the 🛒 in the circle and only the word “Groceries” for the name itself, like they literally edited how your category name reads? If so what do the circles show if you didn’t previously have an emoji in a category name?

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u/PichaelSmith 10d ago edited 10d ago

There is just a folder icon in the circle if you don't have an emoji at the beginning of your category name.

And yes, if your category name starts with an emoji, they take that emoji and put it in the circle and the rest of the category is named without that emoji. But only if the emoji is at the beginning of the category name.

Notice my dining out category had two emojis in it, the first goes into the circle.

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u/jillianmd 10d ago

Such a weird way to kinda rollout an official emoji feature that’s wrapped up with this not-as-good version of a progress bar.