Fortune City - A Finance App reviews
What users love and hate · 500 reviews analyzed · ★ 4
Expense tracking gamified: every purchase you log builds a virtual city — built for people who stick to habits better through play than spreadsheets.
What users love
A city-building loop turns expense logging into a daily ritual
Building the city motivates users to log spending and keeps the habit alive
this is such a cute little budget tracking game
so cute :)
great app
Especially effective for people with ADHD who can't stick to a budget app
Game rewards and cute visuals hold attention where spreadsheets always failed
Update - 最新的版本一直閃退。
Fun way to personal finance, loving it
Engaging and fun so far!
Charming art, music, and characters create a genuinely cozy atmosphere
Delightful look and sound make a tedious routine feel good emotionally
this is such a cute little budget tracking game
so cute :)
cute cute cute
People use it for 5–8 years and stay satisfied
Long-term users call it the only app that ever stuck — reliable by every measure
Has always been my favourite financial tracking app. However, it suddenly started to crash later in the day, even though it was fine for the first half of the day. It doesn't seem like it was due to being outdated, if anything it may be caused by a recent update (I did update most of my apps today). Hope this is fixed soon because I don't want to lose my history!
I have used this app for 8 years and I've loved it, it made tracking fun and easy. Since the last update I get ads constantly - even when I just open the app or use it for a few seconds, and they are unskipable. It really makes the app unusable and not user friendly, I'm looking now for an alternative. Devs please remove these forced ads.
Great app. I have been using Fortune City for over five years mainly to track my expenses and it has always been reliable. I recently recommended it to a friend and saw how organized her city is, which made me want to manage mine better too. Right now my city is a mess because I only focused on tracking before, and reorganizing is very time consuming. Please consider adding a multiple sell feature
Category breakdowns and charts make spending patterns visible
Clear picture of where money goes; reduces anxiety around forgotten purchases
Two days and I'm hooked! Although, I would like to have the option to add credit limits of credit cards as well as add the auto debit of amounts as well. Also, a dedicated section for investments. Thank you!
overall, this app is great and has helped me a lot! cute, fun, efficient. however, recently, I haven't been able to record "no new expenses." it will be checked, but when I swipe away and swipe back, it asks if I want to record the first expense of the day. there's no way to contact a former of customer support, just a bunch of new user articles to read through, so that brings my review down.
Keeps crashing on my phone..
Manual entry only — no bank sync
Some users prefer the privacy of entering transactions themselves
Easy to use. It's funny, lovable and cute.
Pretty fun so far!
Can I connect my bank so that it automatically can tell what I spent money one? Thatll be so cool
What users hate
Setting a budget — the core feature — is locked behind a subscription
You can't set or change a monthly budget without paying, which is a common reason people delete the app
為什麼記帳用的app要把數字鍵盤改小……??? 另外市民的屬性長條拿掉也讓遊戲方面的操作變得很不直觀，一下把兩個最大重點都拿掉是不太懂這樣的用意是什麼啦😅
I think it's helpful to keep track of my spending, but I don't think that I should have to pay a subscription to track my income along with it. The money you get is one of the most important things for tracking your spending, it shouldn't be a premium feature.
Update: There's a BUG that crashes the app 100% of the time. I haven't been able to use the app for days now!! [2023: Religiously use this app to track expenses but I'm afraid I'll get bored since my Coin Storage is always full. Developers, PLEASE ADD Finance levels to Great Capital City Hall building (currently maxed at LV300). | 2021: Still love this app. BUT my island is getting bigger. I'd REA
The game mechanic rewards spending, not saving
The city only grows when you log an expense, which nudges users to spend more
Not as addictive as the best SPARKFUL app, Walkr, & unfortunately incentivizes unnecessary spending to develop your City rather than saving. Still, I'm glad to be much less stressed by tracking expenses & not avoiding it.
not very customizable to my budget. It rewards you for spending? I am not sure how can that be helpful when budgeting. ADs are available even with premium subscription (I appreciate the incentive to get more coins but I pay NOT to have ads shoved in my experience) overall I don't find it useful or enjoyable.
Very useful and enjoy tracking routine payment. This is only one app I can use it continuously for many years. It isn't a detailed app but it's ok to use as usual without less complexity.
No straightforward transfer between accounts
Moving money between wallets requires logging both an expense and income, distorting the stats
I tried using it for a couple days, honestly forgot about it until a week later it tried to charge my google for a $20 subscription I did NOT agree to. My bank canceled my card, because I thought it was fraud, now I need to get a new one.
overall, this app is great and has helped me a lot! cute, fun, efficient. however, recently, I haven't been able to record "no new expenses." it will be checked, but when I swipe away and swipe back, it asks if I want to record the first expense of the day. there's no way to contact a former of customer support, just a bunch of new user articles to read through, so that brings my review down.
Fun way to personal finance, loving it
Can't set an opening balance or see a running balance per account
Initial funds have to be entered as income; current wallet balances are nowhere to be seen
I have used this app from 2017, there is a payment type that can know I pay the transaction by card or cash, but can please set another function that I can know the initial capital and how much balance left in each wallet. eg. have a page that can see all the wallets balance, then the initial capital would not counted as a transaction. This is really helpful and useful to help us to manage our mon
Unique app
Nice app. Nice to see my spending turned into a game
Users want dedicated sections for savings, investments, and debt
No support for savings goals, investment tracking, credit cards, or loans
Finance tracking with finance tracking game.
Hate subscription services. Seriously just charge me once and is be happy to pay. You need to pay $20 a year to use a budgeting setting. The whole point of a finance app. Otherwise it's just a data collection, that I'm sure is being sold, on top of ads, on top of a paid premium currency with a cute paint job. Again wouldn't mind at all to pay to never have to see any of that.
Nice app. Nice to see my spending turned into a game
Recurring payment periods are too rigid and there are no reminders
No biweekly, four-week, or annual cycles; no subscription reminders
record your expenses
I tried using it for a couple days, honestly forgot about it until a week later it tried to charge my google for a $20 subscription I did NOT agree to. My bank canceled my card, because I thought it was fraud, now I need to get a new one.
Overall the app is great, but it's glitched on me where I can't watch any ads for diamonds, they simply won't load or it says none are available. It's been like that for months for both myself and my partner. And now we're both unable to double our daily rewards, we just get a constant loading bar and can't progress. This is especially frustrating for getting the Stonehenge buildings.
Can't edit default categories or delete ones added by mistake
Category list is fixed and non-deletable — a known reason some users walk away
Was good earlier, now filled with ads every few clicks or so. Contains limited expense category range, have to add custom options such as education, etc. in the respective categories. Subscription price is skyhigh, amounting to INR 7199(USD 77.05) as of 07 Apr, 2026. No option to export data, hence better to explore other apps which provide better service.
Well thought out app. I am more motivated to track my expenses, and do my finances.
用有趣的養成模式來打造自己的城鎮， 讓記帳變得生動有趣。 ^v^b
No way to zoom out and manage the city in bulk
Can't zoom out to see the whole city, or sell/delete multiple buildings at once
I have used this app for 8 years and I've loved it, it made tracking fun and easy. Since the last update I get ads constantly - even when I just open the app or use it for a few seconds, and they are unskipable. It really makes the app unusable and not user friendly, I'm looking now for an alternative. Devs please remove these forced ads.
Two days and I'm hooked! Although, I would like to have the option to add credit limits of credit cards as well as add the auto debit of amounts as well. Also, a dedicated section for investments. Thank you!
Cute 😍
5-building-per-day cap slows down active users
Anyone who spends more than five times a day can't keep building, and diamonds are hard to earn
Two days and I'm hooked! Although, I would like to have the option to add credit limits of credit cards as well as add the auto debit of amounts as well. Also, a dedicated section for investments. Thank you!
I love this app, I've been trying to figure out to budget better over the last year and a half now and have tried out apps like YNAB which is said to be an amazing budgeting app but I just couldnt figure it out and kept failing to save in some areas. I love this app because it gives you a full view of what your monthly spending looks like and how it feels like you're playing a game. Some of the ch
It's a rather fun way for begginer budgeting
Currency confusion: entries still convert to dollars
Switching currency still saves the entry in USD; no per-account currency setting
I tried using it for a couple days, honestly forgot about it until a week later it tried to charge my google for a $20 subscription I did NOT agree to. My bank canceled my card, because I thought it was fraud, now I need to get a new one.
Nice app. Nice to see my spending turned into a game
Anotar despesas jogando é divertido e melhor do que planilhas.
No memo field on expense entries
Can't add a note to remember what was actually bought; notes are a paid-only feature
Login in the apps with new device bt now couldn't edit the description for each spending? Keyboard didnt even come out
Cute 😍
Update: 2 years later and still managing expenses in a fun way! Really enjoying this fun way of teaching good financial habits!
Confusing onboarding: purpose and usage aren't clear
Lacks clear instructions; the layered game mechanics overwhelm new users
Fun way to keep track of expenses
Cute & convenience. Help increase interest in record spending.
This game makes my little ADHD brain so happy. It's a fun and cute way to handle finances that's actually enjoyable, instead of looking at a plain, boring piece of paper or a spreadsheet. I love that the city you make is totally interactive, and the type of city you have depends on your purchases. I really like the little search-and-find quests the citizens give you, too. Plus, I've been using it