Mint vs Tiller
Mint vs Tiller: App Budgets or a Spreadsheet?
This is a comparison of two very different formats. Mint was the free, ad-supported app that showed your budgets in a clean dashboard, until Intuit shut it down in March 2024. Tiller feeds your bank transactions straight into Google Sheets or Excel, so your budget lives in a spreadsheet you control. Since Mint no longer exists as a live product, the real question is whether Tiller’s spreadsheet approach suits its old users.
Mint vs Tiller: feature comparison
Feature comparison of Mint, Tiller and Auritrack
| Feature | Mint | Tiller | Auritrack |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI chat expense tracking | No | No | Yes |
| AI bookkeeping & categorization | No | AutoCat rules inside the sheet | Yes |
| Automatic bank sync | YesHad automatic sync (now discontinued) | YesDaily feed into Sheets or Excel | Premium; US, Canada, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. Statement import everywhere |
| Bank-statement import (PDF/CSV/Excel) | No | Manual import into the sheet | YesPDF, CSV or Excel, read by AI |
| Budgeting | Yes | YesPrebuilt budget templates | Yes |
| Savings goals | Yes | Via templates | Yes |
| Invoicing | No | No | Small-business records and reports |
| Receipt scanning | No | No | Yes |
| All currencies, kept separate | NoUS-focused | Only if you build it in the sheet | YesEach currency kept separate |
| Data export (PDF/CSV) | Limited | YesIt is your spreadsheet | YesPDF and CSV anytime |
| Telegram tracking | No | No | Yes@auritrack_bot |
| Investment tracking | Partial | Account balances only | No |
| Shared / household accounts | No | YesShare the sheet | Yes |
| Sells your data to advertisers | YesAd & recommendation model | No | No |
| Price | Was free (discontinued) | $79/yr | Free app + web from $3/mo |
Which of the two should you pick?
Where Mint wins
- It was free, funded by ads and product recommendations
- A polished app dashboard, no spreadsheet to maintain
- Automatic bank sync pulled transactions in with no effort
- Note: shut down by Intuit in 2024 — no longer a live product
Where Tiller wins
- Actively developed and still running, unlike shut-down Mint
- Total spreadsheet flexibility with formulas and a big template library
- Daily automatic bank feeds into Google Sheets or Excel
- You own every row of the raw data outright
A third option: Auritrack
If you liked that Mint gave you a simple app rather than a spreadsheet to maintain, Tiller may feel like more work than you want. Auritrack keeps things app-based: an AI logs and categorizes your spending from a chat message or an uploaded statement, then holds you to a budget, free on the mobile apps and Telegram (AI pay-as-you-go), or on the web from $3/month. Bank connections are on Premium in the US, Canada, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa and run through Plaid or Mono, so Auritrack never sees your bank login. Anywhere else, you upload a statement.
The verdict
Mint is gone, so this is really about where to land. Choose Tiller if you want full control over your data and enjoy working in spreadsheets, and you do not mind paying $79/year with no free tier or mobile app. If what you actually miss is Mint’s simple app that tracked spending for you, an AI tracker like Auritrack fits better than a spreadsheet.
Frequently Asked Questions
Want to dig into one of them on its own? Read the Mint guide or the Tiller guide, each an honest look at where that tool wins and where Auritrack fits.
Comparisons reflect our understanding of each product at the time of writing and may change; check each provider’s site for current pricing and features. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. This page is general information, not financial advice.