Lums hit #11 organically on Product Hunt yesterday! A massive thank you to everyone who supported us by upvoting, commenting, and downloading the app.
The launch conversations highlighted one thing we ve felt since day one: most budgeting apps ask for way too much effort before giving you any value.
Usually, you download an app and spend the next hour fixing categories, adjusting settings, and correcting transactions. By the time you're "set up," you've already lost the motivation that made you download it in the first place.
@yulia_kuznetsova3 put it perfectly! She said she added her accounts to Lums and it just showed her where her money was going. No fixing things first. Just clarity.
@selina4 shared something similar. After months of bills piling up and small charges slipping by, having everything side-by-side finally made things click.
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@vaibhhav_oberoi We'd love to! Our current roadmap is focused on North America, but global expansion is definitely something we're thinking about for the long term. Thanks so much for the support from India!
@marionkesteloot @luisa_montanez Really nice work on Lums. The concept is clear and the product feels useful from the first glance. I spent some time reviewing the site and found a small gap in how the experience is explained to new users.
I quickly mapped a better flow around that. No pitch here just sharing value if you want to see it :)
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@m_aqib1 Thank you that means a lot! And yes, absolutely! We’re always open to feedback. I’d love to take a look at the improved flow you put together. Feel free to share!
@marionkesteloot Thanks, really appreciate you being open to feedback.
Happy to walk you through the flow on a quick 15–20 min call and share a couple of real-world examples. I’m happy to work around your schedule a Calendly link works well if you have one.
Money problems had been weighing on me for a while. Bills kept piling up. Small charges slipped by without notice. I didn’t really know where my money was going. I tried Lums hoping it would at least bring some order. Having all my accounts side by side made it clear what was actually happening. Once I could see the numbers, it became easier to make better decisions. It didn’t fix everything overnight, but it helped me get control back.
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@selina4 Thanks for sharing this, Selina : it really means a lot. That feeling of not knowing where your money is going is exactly what pushed us to build Lums in the first place. We wanted to take the guesswork out of it and just let people see what's happening across all their accounts without having to become spreadsheet experts.
And you nailed it, it's not a magic fix, it's a clarity tool. Better decisions come from better visibility. Glad it's helping you feel more in control. 🙌
Tracking money across cards and currencies gets confusing. But having everything in one place with transactions sorted automatically very helpful especially for catching subscriptions I usually miss.
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@muhammad_asad37 Really appreciate that, Muhammad!
Managing money across multiple cards and currencies is genuinely one of the trickiest things:
I deal with it myself having accounts in both France and Canada.
Between international transfers, different banking systems, and income and expenses that don't follow the same cycle on each side, it gets messy fast.
Charges slip through the cracks when everything is scattered across different banks and currencies.
That personal frustration is actually a big part of why we built Lums: to pull everything together in one place and do the magic sorting automatically, no matter where your accounts are. No more jumping between apps or statements trying to piece things together.
Since the app only has read-only access to accounts how is the data handled once it is connected? How is the information stored and protected and if an account is removed does everything linked to it get deleted right away?