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See Where This Month’s Money Goes, from the Plan You Already Made
Budget turns the income, bills and goals you entered into one picture: bills, savings, subscriptions and everything else. Pick any month to see how much you saved, and open any bill group to see it month by month.
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- No credit card
- Just your balances
- Ten minutes a week
✓THE PROBLEM
Budgets ask for upkeep, so they stop
A budget should answer a question, not add a chore to your week.
Every budget starts with a weekend of setup
Categories, limits, a spreadsheet or an app. Three weeks in, something didn’t get entered, and the whole thing stops being true.
Savings is whatever happens to be left
Bills and groceries are real amounts. Saving is a hope at the end of the month, and it’s the first thing that gives.
You can’t tell whether last month went well
The bank balance went up or down. Whether that was a good month, or just a quiet one, is a different question.
HOW IT WORKS
The budget is already in what you entered
Income, bills and goals go in once. Budget reads them and does the arithmetic.
01
Enter income, bills and goals once
The same things that give you your Safe-to-Spend™ number. Budget uses them as they are.
02
Open Budget
Pick the month at the top. The donut shows where that month’s money goes: bills, savings, subscriptions and everything else. Tap a part to see what’s in it.
03
Change the plan when it needs it
If the plan is more than the income coming in, Budget says so in one sentence. Change the plan takes you straight to Bills, Income or Goals.
WHERE OCT’S MONEY GOES
One month, four parts
Income coming in is the whole. Bills and savings come first, subscriptions are counted on their own, and everything else is what’s left for groceries, fuel and fun. Safe-to-Spend™ stays the one number for right now; this is the shape of the month.
- Bills$3,05746%
- Savings$4006%
- Subscriptions$731%
- Everything else$3,07047%
One household’s October. The arithmetic works the same for yours.
Step Back a Month and the Story Is There
The month at the top of Budget is a pill: tap it and pick any month, back to the first one your household entered. Each one shows where that month’s money went and what moved to goals, so a good month and a quiet month stop looking the same.
Savings, Month by Month
Money you moved to goals on payday, one bar per month, with your best month marked and the current month shown so far. A line under the donut says what savings are as a share of income this month, and whether that is up from last month.
Bills by Group
Housing, Transport, Kids & family, Insurance, Utilities, Phone & internet: your bills sorted into groups, each with its monthly total. Tap a group and it opens its own page: month-by-month bars against the plan, this month’s total and the average, and the bills inside, each one a row that opens its sheet.
Add Money to a Goal Any Time
Every goal has an Add money button, so a tax refund or a quiet week can go straight to the Emergency fund without waiting for payday. Moved so far updates on the spot, and the month’s savings bar grows with it.
If the month’s plan is more than the income coming in, Budget says so in one sentence and adds up the flexible bills, so you can see what has room.
Good to Know
The numberWhy Is Everything Else Different from My Safe-to-Spend™ Number?
Everything else is the month’s whole picture: income coming in, minus bills, savings and subscriptions for the full month. Safe-to-Spend™ is the one number for right now: cash on hand, minus what’s due before your next payday, minus planned savings and your cushion. One is the shape of the month; the other is this week’s answer.
Manual entryDoes Amppfy Track My Spending by Category?
No. Budget reads from the income, bills and goals you already entered, so it stays current as your plan changes. Bills by group sorts your bills into Housing, Transport, Utilities and the rest, and the group is suggested from the bill’s name when you add one.
The numberWhat Happens When the Plan Is More Than the Income Coming In?
Budget says so plainly: this month’s plan is a certain amount more than the income coming in. Bills and savings come first, and it adds up the flexible bills so you can see what has room if something has to give. The Change the plan links take you straight to Bills, Income or Goals.
FreeIs It Really Free?
Yes. Clearly-labeled ads and disclosed partner offers pay for Amppfy today, and nothing on the page ever changes your number.
More about the Amppfy app: Goals · Safe-to-Spend™ · Net worth & the payday nudge
Know What’s Safe to Spend Before Payday
Enter income, bills and goals once. Budget shows where the month’s money goes and how much you’ve saved, from then on.
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