Budgeting, in buckets

Every dollar,
a place to go.

Split your money into buckets like Groceries, Eating out and Fun money. Spender shows what's left in each, and what you can spend per day, all month long.

Free to download. Spender Plus adds bank sync, groups and more for $4.99/month.

How it works

A budget you'll
actually keep.

No spreadsheets and no categories to police. Just buckets, and one quick decision per purchase.

1

Make your buckets

Give each part of your life a monthly budget. Spender keeps a running "left this month" and a safe amount per day.

Buckets screen: Groceries, Eating out, Getting around and Fun money with what's left in each
2

Purchases land in your inbox

Connect your bank with Plus and new purchases show up on their own. Or add them yourself in a few taps.

Transactions list with purchases waiting in the inbox
3

Sort in a tap

Drop each purchase into a bucket, split it across a few, or ignore it. Everything adds up by itself.

Home screen with an inbox purchase ready to sort into Groceries

Try it right here

Four purchases.
Four taps.

Tap the bucket each purchase belongs in and watch what's left update. This is a made-up month; in the app, your bank's purchases arrive in the inbox on their own.

Inbox4 to sort

Where does it go?

Features

Everything your
money needs.

Buckets for every dollar

Monthly budgets with what's left and a safe amount per day. Each new month starts fresh, and past months stay in Analysis.

Bank sync Plus

Connect up to 3 banks through Plaid. Read-only: Spender never sees your bank password and can't move money.

Sort, split or ignore

One tap drops a purchase in a bucket. Split a big shop across several, or ignore transfers so they don't count.

Groups for trips and roommates

Shared buckets with friends. Split equally, by amount, by percent or by shares, and settle up in the fewest payments.

See where it went

Spending pace, categories, six-month trends and top merchants, worked out on your phone.

Make it yours

Three home designs, seven themes, seven fonts, a text size slider, and light or dark mode.

Screens

Take a look.

Real screens from the iPhone app, with a made-up month of spending.

Home in the Soft design, dark mode
What's left, at a glance
All buckets with what's left per day
Every bucket, per day
Transactions with purchases to sort
Your inbox of purchases
Analysis overview with the spending pace chart
Spending pace
Six-month spending trends
Six-month trends
A group called Tahoe weekend
Groups with friends
A shared expense split equally four ways
Split it your way
Group balances and who pays who
Settle up simply
Settings with two connected banks
Connected banks
Home in the Studio design, Paper theme
The Studio design

Pricing

Free to budget.
Plus when you want more.

Spender

Free

Everything you need to budget by hand.

  • Buckets, budgets and what's left per day
  • Add, sort, split and ignore purchases
  • This month's analysis
  • Join friends' groups
  • Classic and Soft designs, 3 themes and 3 fonts

Shows ads (non-personalized).

Spender Plus

$4.99 / month

Less typing, more insight, budgets you share.

  • Bank sync: connect up to 3 banks
  • Cloud backup and sync across your devices
  • Create groups with friends
  • Full analysis: trends, top merchants, every past month
  • Studio design, every theme and font
  • No ads

Renews monthly until you cancel. Cancel any time in your App Store settings.

Privacy

Your money is
your business.

Your budget lives on your phone.

Buckets and purchases are stored on your device. With Plus cloud backup, they're also kept in your own private cloud copy.

Read-only bank access.

You sign in to your bank through Plaid. We never see your bank password, and Spender can't move your money.

Never sold. Delete any time.

We don't sell your data or use it for ads. Delete your account and data right in the app. Read the privacy policy.

FAQ

Good questions.

Is Spender free?

Yes. Buckets, budgets, adding and sorting purchases, this month's analysis and joining friends' groups are free, with ads. Spender Plus ($4.99/month) adds bank sync, cloud backup, creating groups, full analysis, every design and theme, and no ads.

Is connecting my bank safe?

You connect through Plaid, which many finance apps use. You sign in to your bank on Plaid's screen, so Spender never sees your username or password. Spender gets read-only access to account names and transactions, and can't move money. Your phone also asks for Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode before you connect a bank. You can disconnect a bank any time in Settings.

Which banks work?

Most banks and credit unions in the United States that Plaid supports. Spender Plus includes up to 3 connected banks.

Do I have to connect a bank?

No. You can add purchases yourself and use Spender without ever connecting a bank.

How do groups work?

A Plus member creates a group, such as a trip or a shared apartment, and invites friends with a code. Friends join for free. Anyone in the group can add shared expenses and split them equally, by amount, by percent or by shares. Spender keeps the balances and suggests the fewest payments to settle up. Spender doesn't send money between people: you pay each other however you like and mark it paid.

What happens at the end of the month?

Each bucket starts the new month fresh from its budget. Last month's spending stays in Analysis, and a purchase from last month that you sort today still counts toward last month.

Is Spender on Android?

Spender is coming to iPhone first. Android is on the way.

How do I delete my account?

In the app: Settings → Delete account. If you can't get into the app, see how to delete your account by email.

Give every dollar
a place to go.

Spender is coming soon to iPhone.

Coming soon on theApp Store