Complete feature guide

Everything EnvelopeBudget can do

Plan every dollar, keep transactions accurate, understand your progress, and share the work without paying for a maze of feature tiers.

Envelope budgeting

Plan every dollar with flexible digital envelopes.

Unlimited envelopes

Create as many spending, saving, and debt envelopes as your plan needs.

Envelope categories

Group related envelopes and reorganize them as your budget changes.

Monthly budget targets

Set a planned amount for each envelope and compare the plan with actual spending.

Fund allocation

Assign available income across envelopes from one focused allocation screen.

Reusable allocation plans

Save paycheck or income templates and fund many envelopes in one pass.

Move money between envelopes

Transfer available funds without creating fake income or expenses.

Savings goals

Set target amounts and dates, then track progress toward each goal.

Debt envelopes

Plan debt payments while keeping balances and spending visible.

Envelope notes

Keep reminders and context with the envelope they belong to.

Multiple budgets

Create separate budgets for households, projects, or different financial plans.

Accounts and transactions

Keep daily money movement accurate without turning it into a second job.

Flexible account types

Track checking, savings, cash, credit cards, loans, investments, and other accounts.

Manual transaction entry

Add income and expenses quickly from web, iPhone, or Android.

Cleared and pending balances

See what has posted at the bank and what is still pending.

Split transactions

Divide one purchase among multiple envelopes, with optional notes for each split.

Linked transfers

Move money between accounts while keeping both sides connected.

Automatic transfer matching

Link imported transfer counterparts when account, date, and amount agree.

Account reconciliation

Compare EnvelopeBudget with a statement balance and create an adjustment when needed.

Powerful search and filters

Filter transactions by date, account, envelope, status, amount, and search terms.

Transaction inbox

Keep imported activity waiting for review before it changes the budget.

Duplicate detection

Avoid importing the same bank transaction more than once.

Payee management and rename rules

Clean up merchant names and remember how future imports should appear.

Custom register columns

Show, hide, and reorder transaction columns; preferences follow your account.

Gmail-style keyboard shortcuts

Move through transactions and review, edit, clear, archive, or take other common actions from the keyboard like a Gmail inbox.

Undo

Reverse recent transaction, envelope, allocation, split, transfer, archive, and merge actions.

Account notes, colors, and badges

Add context and make accounts easier to recognize throughout the register.

Imports and smart assistance

Bring in the data you want and keep a human review step where it matters.

SimpleFIN bank sync

Optional

Securely import activity from thousands of financial institutions.

Choose a bank-sync start date

Start a new connection without pulling in years of unwanted history.

Per-account sync results

See which connected accounts updated and where an import needs attention.

OFX and QFX imports

Upload transaction files from institutions that do not support automatic sync.

YNAB migration

Import exported YNAB budget data and preserve accounts, envelopes, goals, and history.

Complete budget import and export

Move or back up account, envelope, allocation, goal, transfer, and badge data.

Review-first AI suggestions

Get category suggestions without letting automation silently change your envelopes.

Amazon order matching

Match Amazon orders to inbox transactions and add useful item details with EnvelopeBudget Helper from the Chrome Web Store.

Install from the Chrome Web Store

Income and credit classification

Mark credits that should reach an envelope without inflating income reports.

Reports and planning

Understand where the money went and adjust the plan with evidence.

Spending report

Review income, spending, and transactions for any date range.

Spending by category

Compare category and envelope spending across months, including budget variance.

Budget report

Review and bulk-edit monthly envelope targets from one report.

Income versus expense

See monthly totals, net change, and the transactions behind each number.

Account audit

Check stored and calculated balances and diagnose reconciliation differences.

Savings-goal progress

See target amounts, dates, current balances, and remaining progress together.

Mobile reports dashboard

View income, expenses, net change, top categories, and date-range summaries on mobile.

Spending trends and net worth

Explore mobile trend charts, period comparisons, assets, liabilities, and net worth.

Report exports

Download supported reports as CSV, Excel, or Markdown.

Sharing and access

Budget together while keeping ownership and permissions clear.

Real-time budget sharing

Invite another person and work from the same up-to-date budget.

Family and team accounts

Bring related budgets and members together under one household or team.

Member management

Invite members, review access, and remove access when it is no longer needed.

Shared subscription access

Eligible family members can inherit access through the family owner.

Budget ownership transfer

Move ownership of a shared budget to another member when responsibilities change.

Apple and Google sign-in

Use social sign-in on supported web and mobile flows.

Passkey sign-in on the web

Use a device passkey for fast, phishing-resistant web sign-in without entering a password.

Email and password sign-in

Use standard verified-account authentication on every supported platform.

Developer platform

Build integrations and give trusted AI agents structured access to your budget.

Comprehensive REST API

Work with budgets, accounts, envelopes, transactions, reports, imports, and other core EnvelopeBudget data from software or AI agents.

Explore the API

Secure developer API keys

Create revocable keys for integrations and authenticate with X-API-Key or Bearer headers.

Interactive OpenAPI documentation

Explore available endpoints, schemas, and request formats from live API documentation.

View interactive docs

Mobile, control, and privacy

Use the same budget on the device you have, without surrendering control of your data.

Responsive web app

Use the complete web experience from a modern desktop or mobile browser.

Native iPhone and iPad app

Beta

Access EnvelopeBudget through the current TestFlight beta.

Native Android app

Beta

Install the signed Android beta directly while Google Play distribution is prepared.

Offline mobile viewing

View cached envelopes, accounts, and recent transactions without a connection.

Offline transaction queue

Create transactions offline and sync them automatically when connectivity returns.

Light, dark, and system themes

Choose a theme or follow the device setting on web and mobile.

Currency and date preferences

Format money and dates to match the budget's locale and conventions.

Permanent account deletion

Delete your account and personal data from web or mobile with clear confirmation.

No ads or data sales

EnvelopeBudget does not fund itself by selling personal financial data.

All features on every paid plan

Monthly, annual, and lifetime members use the same product without feature gates.

One product. No feature maze.

Every paid plan includes the complete feature set. SimpleFIN is optional and paid directly to SimpleFIN.