“Add budgeted amount” will roll over the leftovers and add the budgeted amount back in, while “Set to budget amount” tops off what’s left in your Envelopes to get your Envelope back to exactly full. For example, you have an Envelope with a budget of 50.00 and at the end of your budgeting period, you have 5.00 … Read more

Goodbudget is available wherever you have internet access. You can access Goodbudget on your computer, tablet, iPhone, or Android smartphone. Changes are synced automatically so you’ll always know how much you have to spend. Use Goodbudget on your home computer or tablet Head to the Goodbudget website and login using your Household Username / email address and … Read more

If you get paid every four weeks, you’ll receive 13 paychecks over the course of the year. The best way to budget for that is with a monthly budgeting period based off one of your paychecks. This will help you keep a consistent budget month to month and will give you a bonus paycheck at … Read more

You can add, edit or delete Envelopes on the web, Android or iPhone. On the web Just login to the Goodbudget webpage and click the “Add/Edit” button in the Envelopes tab.  On the “Edit Envelopes” page you can reorder your Envelopes by dragging them up or down, edit them by changing the name or budget amount or delete … Read more

We all know it’s better to have a little cushion in our budget. What we don’t all know -or what we don’t yet believe- is that we can all have one. Well believe it! You can save up a one month cushion and Goodbudget can help! Start with a Budget that Makes Sense Building up … Read more

You’ve been diligently recording expenses and adding your incomes as they’ve come up for the past month. Things have been going great–but it’s a new month and you notice that your Envelopes haven’t re-filled. What’s going on?  How do I re-fill my Envelopes? With Goodbudget, you have complete control over when and how your Envelopes refill. You can set them to … Read more

Your budget period is the recurrence that you set your budget to start on. We recommend setting your budget period to match the day you receive your income. Most people have a budget period that starts on the 1st of the month and we recommend that budget period if you have multiple or variable incomes. … Read more

To create an Envelope or Account transfer, just click on the orange “Add Transaction” button at the top left of the homepage. Select the “Transfer” tab to enter the amount and choose your transfer type. You can check the “Schedule this…” box if you want your transfer to automatically repeat. On iPhone, add a Transfer … Read more

You can fill your Envelopes directly from your income. Click on the “Fill Envelopes” button to get started, then follow the instructions below. Fill from… New Income and enter how much the income is for and which Account you want to add the money to. Choose how you would like to distribute your income to … Read more

You can create scheduled transactions while on the Web, Android, and iPhone. On the Web To create a new recurring transaction, click on the “Schedulethis…” check box on any transaction window in the Goodbudget webpage.You can make any transaction or Envelope Fill scheduled. Click the“Email X Days before” box to get a reminder email before yourtransaction … Read more