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Toshl Finance
Company blog · toshl.com/blogbusinessdesign
Toshl Finance is the company blog at toshl.com, writing about business and design. Since 2011, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as Toshl, a finance tracker with bank connections that commenters use for personal and household expense tracking. One linked post is a household expense tracking tutorial.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Know your finances. Have fun! Track your expenses, organize bills and budgets. Personal finances the easy way, with apps on Android, iOS and the web.
Most-linked posts?
- Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-14
What Hacker News says?
Toshl is a finance tracker (and much more) with bank integrations. I don't use it, but I guess you could outsorce this type of work to the app. https://toshl.com/bank-connections/
Comment linking /bank-connections/
on “I put my whole life into a single database”Submitted Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass as a story · 189 points
HN discussionI've been using the free version of Toshl for a couple of years and it ticks all your marks. Great UX too. https://toshl.com
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on “Ask HN: As a freelancer, what's the best app to track finances?”Submitted Microsoft Responds to Our Woes, Publishing on Windows Phone Much Improved as a story · 46 points
HN discussionhttps://toshl.com/privacy/
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on “Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass”Submitted Map of ToshL App Syncs Around the World in Real Time (Open-sourced) as a story · 9 points
HN discussionI was using long time Speendee ( https://www.spendee.com/ ), but changed to Toshl ( https://toshl.com/ ). I would recommend both. Somehow like the Toshl more. 2c
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on “Ask HN: Do you use budgeting software?”Submitted Infographic: Who earns and spends more money, iOS or Android users? as a story · 6 points
HN discussionhttp://toshl.com/ This is a similar product that already has native apps for many mobile platforms and it's free to use (there is a pro account with some additional features). disclaimer: I'm friends with the folks who built this, I just wanted to post this here for comparison.
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on “Show HN: Keep track of earning expenses better than excel sheets”Submitted Our Google Places API monthly bill went from 0 to $3000, price dumping hangover? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI've spoken highly of the free(mium) Toshl on HN before. I've been using it for 4 years on my own but it seems they have a solid tutorial for household expenses: https://toshl.com/blog/track-family-household-expenses/
Comment linking /blog/track-family-household-expenses/
on “Ask HN: How do you manage your household cashflow?”Submitted On Brexit, Excrement, Fans, Their Relative Locations and the Resulting Outage as a story · 4 points
HN discussionMicrosoft both directly and indirectly turned app developers away from Windows Phone. Mobile games at the time were all OpenGL ES, which Microsoft refused to support in favor of Direct3D. Then there was Microsoft's perpetual need to start over. WM6.5 to WP7 broke app compatibility. WP7 to WP8, entirely new APIs. WP8 to WM10 there was UWP and Continuum, again forcing major rewrites if you wanted the new features. And…
Comment linking /blog/why-publishing-on-the-windows-phone-marketplace-is-like-walking-barefoot-on-broken-glass/
on “Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake”Submitted IPhone users still earn more than Android users. Financial app census for 2013. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Missing Pieces in Apple’s In-App Payments System as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Biggest earners and spenders in 2012 by country and mobile platform as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beware WP7 devs: A generic phone image can get your app rejected as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing for Blackberry as a story · 1 points
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