RealBudget - Envelope Budgets

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About this app

Create envelopes, enter transactions, and take full control of your spending. This app is free with zero ads for budgeting on a single device. There is an optional premium subscription to budget across multiple devices and receive real-time budget updates and notifications.

Features include:
- Different budget formats (monthly, weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, 3-month, 6-month, yearly)
- Notes for transaction entries
- Persistent savings envelope to allow for savings tracking
- Envelope rollover options at the end of each budget period
- Real-time budget sharing and push notification updates
- Export budget data to csv
- Community section to budget alongside friends and family
- Overview of budget transaction history

Purchase information:
- Free for single device budgets
- Subscription of $3/month (USD) to invite other users to join your budget and access your budget across multiple devices

Ratings and reviews

This is exactly what I was looking for. I am a fan of the "envelope system" but using actual cash is a pain. Tried other apps, but linking bank accounts and cards is problematic: One Amazon purchase is for me, another for a DIY home project, so tags never work. And most major expenses don't change (mortgage, retirement). Plus, my bank offers tracking on its webpage. I just want to track personal spending, eating out, groceries... things I can limit and change. This is that. My wife and I set limits and we track. It allows us to pump the brakes (or not), but the data is like using a food app (i.e., Carb Manager). Not a fan of subscriptions (even 99 cents a month) but it allows my wife and I to coordinate. We used to crib notes on spending, only to be surprised later; we appreciate the real time aspect. Basic, but that's okay.

This is the best app ever! You put your money in an envelope, you get to label your envelope without having to pay money to the app, and every time you enter a transaction it shows you a picture of the money you spent. And the whole thing is free with no annoying ads! It really brings back the feeling of paying cash in an age of wire transfers. The only tweak I would make is that I wish the app would let me see the money still in my envelope in cash.

As a former Simple customer, I have been struggling to find an app that works the way Simple did. This app provides the essential part that I really enjoyed with Simple, and that is envelope budgeting. It doesn't connect to your bank account so you have to remember to enter the transactions yourself. The app is very easy to use. I'm glad that transactions can be edited or deleted. The interface is clear and easy to read. Overall, I am more pleased with this app than any other I have tried.

What's new

2.1.1
- Create envelopes bug fix and small UI updates

2.1.0
- New all envelopes option to view total budget, spent, and remaining amounts on the envelopes page
- Option to navigate straight to the envelopes page when opening the app
- Now splitting up deposit and spent amounts on the transactions page to get a more complete view of spending
- Now connecting transfer transactions so that amount updates and deletions are performed across both transactions