Frequently Asked Questions
General Screens
What is the Dashboard home screen? +
This screen shows the total amount of money you earn and spend on a monthly basis. It also tells you whether you have a spending imbalance or not, giving a high-level view of where you are with your finances.
What is the Transactions home screen? +
This screen shows all the financial transactions that have occurred for a specified month. You can view, add, edit, or delete income or expense items from this central log.
What is the Savings screen? +
This screen lists all the savings transactions that have occurred for a specified month. It helps you track your wealth building, retirement savings, emergency fund, and dream targets.
What is the Wants screen? +
This screen lists all the wants/personal spending transactions for the month. This tracks discretionary spending such as dining out, hobbies, shopping, and entertainment.
What is the Needs screen? +
This screen lists all the needs/essential transactions for the month. It helps you manage your fixed and variable living costs like rent/mortgage, utilities, groceries, and insurance.
Spending Analysis Reports
What is the Savings Spending Analysis report? +
This report breaks down your savings contributions by categories (e.g., retirement, emergency fund) to show exactly where your 20% savings portion is going.
What is the Wants Spending Analysis report? +
This report visualizes discretionary spending across wants categories, making it easy to identify where you can trim spending to stay within your 30% budget target.
What is the Needs Spending Analysis report? +
This report analyzes your fixed living costs, letting you verify that your non-discretionary commitments remain within the recommended 50% threshold.
What is the Income Breakdown report? +
This report shows a breakdown of your various income sources for the month, helping you see where your earnings are generated.
What is the Spending Overview report? +
This report provides a combined high-level visual representation of your total spending split across the 50/30/20 rule, showing you if you are in financial balance.
What is the Insights tab? +
The Insights tab automatically analyzes your current month’s transactional data, offering practical, personalized tips to balance your budget and optimize your savings.