Getting your spending in
Typical budgeting appAsks for your bank login through a third party. Connections drop, duplicate transactions or lag a day, and you re-link accounts again and again.
HomeMarginPhoto of a receipt, your statement as a PDF or screenshot, or the CSV every US bank lets you download. Works with every bank and card, and spots transactions you already have.
Learning it
Typical budgeting appZero-based or envelope methods that take weeks to learn.
HomeMarginThree numbers: spent, came in, left. Budgets only where you want them.
Last month
Typical budgeting appBuried in reports and charts.
HomeMarginOne line on the first screen: what you spent, what came in and what you kept, against the month before.
Bills and subscriptions
Typical budgeting appSeparate apps or paid tiers to find them.
HomeMarginEvery bill with its due day, a mark-paid button, an alert when one goes up and the yearly cost of your subscriptions.
Grocery prices
Typical budgeting appNot tracked.
HomeMarginEvery product on your receipts, compared with the last time you bought it.
Couples and families
Typical budgeting appExtra cost, or one shared password.
HomeMarginEveryone at home with their own login, at no extra cost.
Price
Typical budgeting appAround $100 a year, and some charge per person.
HomeMargin$4.99 a month for the whole household, with the first 30 days free.