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Budgeting

Budgeting gives your family a shared picture of money in and money out. Track accounts, categories, and transactions, set savings goals, and let the assistant log spending or read a statement for you. Find it under Budget.

The building blocks

  • Accounts: where money sits (a joint account, a credit card, a wallet). Every transaction belongs to one account, and one is your default for quick entry.
  • Categories: how you group spending and income (Groceries, Dining, Salary…). Income and expense categories are kept separate; you can add your own.
  • Transactions: individual income or expense entries with an amount, date, account, and category.
  • Goals: savings targets with an amount and optional target month, shown with a progress bar.
  • Recurring rules: predictable monthly items (rent, salary, subscriptions, utilities).
There is no live bank sync. Transactions are either entered by hand or imported from a statement or receipt you provide.

The dashboard

The main Budget page shows income, expenses, and net for a date range you pick (this month, last month, all time, or custom). You also get a donut of spending by category, an expense trend chart, your latest transactions, upcoming bills, and goal progress.

The Budget dashboard: income, spending, and remaining totals, recent activity, and upcoming bills, with a budgeting assistant panel.
The Budget dashboard: income, spending, and remaining totals, recent activity, and upcoming bills, with a budgeting assistant panel.

Recording transactions

Add one manually from New transaction: title, amount, currency, income or expense, account, category, and date. Or just tell the assistant:

  • Spent $84 at Woolworths today on the joint card
  • Record $30 dining out last night

Manage accounts at Accounts and categories at Categories.

Importing from receipts & statements

The assistant can do the data entry for you:

  • A receipt photo or PDF: it reads the merchant and amount and records the transaction to the account and category you choose.
  • A bank statement (PDF or CSV): it extracts every line, shows you a preview to review, and saves the ones you approve. It can also help clear out accidental duplicates.

Savings goals

Set a target and track progress towards it: I want to save $5,000 for a holiday by March creates a tracked goal with a target date. Goal cards on the dashboard show how close you are.

Bills & recurring rules

Capture predictable monthly money so it's never a surprise: add my Netflix subscription, record my monthly rent of $2,200 on the 1st, or my electricity bill is now $150. Upcoming bills appear in the dashboard's next-30-days widget.

Category budgets

Set a monthly spending limit per expense category to keep things in check. The assistant can suggest sensible caps from your income and past spending, and shift budget between categories on request: move $50 from Groceries to Dining.