# How often do you check Emma? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Chat\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061 "2021-04-29T15:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heyitstom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@heyitstom](https://community.emma-app.com/u/heyitstom)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/1 "2021-04-29T15:20:57Z")
I check throughout the day and prefer to manually refresh the app so that I can update my spending categories instantly. I’m really trying to keep on top our our budget but my wife thinks it’s too much. How often do you check Emma? ---
**Author:** ![estera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@estera](https://community.emma-app.com/u/estera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/2 "2021-04-29T15:41:59Z")
I usually check several times everyday, especially when I receive the balance notification in the morning. Just like to know where I am and also love seeing my saving going up. But when I’m busy probably just once a day. I think if you just started using Emma it’ll be more exciting to check more! ---
**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/3 "2021-04-29T16:18:54Z")
This is a great question! I open Emma about 500 times a day but I probably don’t count because I work here haha… In terms of opening it to check my budgets and spending, I find that once a day is enough for me 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Frankiethemadhatter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frankiethemadhatter/32/1560_2.png) [@Frankiethemadhatter](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Frankiethemadhatter)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/5 "2021-04-30T00:45:20Z")
Twice daily in morning and in evening usually check Emma the spending categories I’m loving 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![frosch411](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frosch411/32/1460_2.png) [@frosch411](https://community.emma-app.com/u/frosch411)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/6 "2021-04-30T07:57:08Z")
I, too, use the morning prompt for the first check, and then a couple of times throughout the day 😊 ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/7 "2021-04-30T11:55:55Z")
600 times a day. ahaha ---
**Author:** ![frodicus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frodicus/32/1399_2.png) [@frodicus](https://community.emma-app.com/u/frodicus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/9 "2021-05-02T22:39:55Z")
2-3 times a day. I have a lot of things to keep an eye on currently so I like to keep an eye on my various balances to remind myself where I’m at. ---
**Author:** ![Moneyble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Moneyble](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Moneyble)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/10 "2021-05-03T21:53:37Z")
2-3 times a week. My accounts don’t sync up that quickly anyway. I have transactions from 5 days ago that are posted in online banking (Scotiabank in Canada). But they don’t show up even as pending in Emma. I understand it is what it is when you are using external provider for syncing. No complaints. They will sync eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Frankiethemadhatter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frankiethemadhatter/32/1560_2.png) [@Frankiethemadhatter](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Frankiethemadhatter)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/12 "2021-05-04T22:07:03Z")
I’ve now been checking daily and loving the categorie features i was using monzo before switched after bad experience and so glad found emma can link Accounts add offline savings Account the categories helping me so much and love the account balance updates in morning 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moneyble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Moneyble](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Moneyble)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/13 "2021-05-05T08:49:07Z")
> [@jase](#): > > But how do you keep your “you opened Emma X days in a row” streak up without opening it every day?! 😂 Hey Jase, I see you know more about me than I do. 🙂 I guess I do click on notifications sometimes. I normally turn them off for most of the apps. I didn’t do it with Emma’s yet. I am still checking if they are useful. I just installed Emma a month ago. Is it a month ago, @jase ? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moneyble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Moneyble](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Moneyble)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/15 "2021-05-05T21:06:13Z")
There are so many games in contemporary life. Hard to choose. Emma actually is a great example of it. With so many personal finance apps on the market. People will choose the one that’s fun and easy. Emma guys definitely got that one right. 🍾 ---
**Author:** ![YrHwntw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/yrhwntw/32/1790_2.png) [@YrHwntw](https://community.emma-app.com/u/YrHwntw)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-emma/4061/16 "2021-11-15T07:38:08Z")
I open Emma at least once a day - usually after a notification has prompted me to do so. While I do find Emma useful and potentially a must-have budgeting/financial management app, I do still heavily rely on my old Microsoft Money 05 program - even though the online services had stopped working years ago, it’s still an amazing tool to use which I need no subscription for. With Emma, I’m hoping this app will develop into an app which can offer all I use my Money program for, plus so much more via the subscription service, and across multiple devices (obviously the money program I’m running on an old laptop, whereas my phone is always with me and is the most used device).