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What makes people stop using expense tracking apps?

I've been thinking about this while building a personal finance product.

Most expense trackers make it easy to record what you spent.

But recording expenses isn't the same as understanding your money.

You can log every transaction and still wonder whether you're spending too much, saving enough, or prepared for upcoming bills.

I'm starting to think the real challenge isn't tracking expenses. It's turning that information into something genuinely useful.

For anyone who's tried a budgeting or expense tracking app:

What made you keep using it—or eventually give up?

I'd love to learn from your experience.