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Every dollar.
One chat.

Tell Alex what you spent. Type it, say it, or snap the receipt. Alex sorts it into the right bucket, you tap to confirm, and your budget is up to date.

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SimpleBudget$ expenses list grouped by day, with search, filters and a bucket label on every entry
SimpleBudget$ chat showing a $12 coffee entry waiting for a Confirm tap
Wants · $12.00
Nothing saved without your OK
Alex sorted it
spent $12 on coffeeWants
uber home 9.50Essentials
groceries $60Essentials
moved $50 to Summer vacationSavings
receipt photo, 3 itemsSplit
car loan paymentDebt
garbage bags $1.25Essentials
0 bank logins
Nothing to link, nothing to leak.
5 buckets
Essentials, Wants, Savings, Investments, Debt.
3 ways to log
Type it, say it, or snap the receipt.
Why I'm building this

I'm a finance director. My wife isn't.

1

The question

We both want to keep track of our money. And since I'm the one who lives in spreadsheets all day, she'd ask me before every coffee, every dinner, every Sephora trip: “Do we still have room for this?”

And honestly? I don't always know either. I'd pull up our budget app, scan the dashboard, do math in my head, and try to answer.

2

The coffee machine

One night, our “fancy” bank-linked app told me that we spent $600 on groceries. We hadn't. The app saw “Costco” and assumed groceries. It was a coffee machine.

3

That's when it clicked

Every budget app is built by people who already know how to budget, and they assume you do too. They give you charts. They give you categories. They give you bank feeds that can't tell a coffee machine from a head of lettuce.

What we actually needed was simpler: someone to ask. A coach in our pocket.

So I'm building one. For us, and for you.

Made for

Two kinds of people. Or one person, depending on the day.

Profile 01

The busy professional

You could budget, you just don't have 30 minutes every night to log expenses in a spreadsheet. You want the answer, not the homework.

“I want to know if I can afford this. In 3 seconds, not 30 minutes.”

Profile 02

The reformed over-spender

You want to be good with money. You really do. But the second you open a budgeting app, your brain checks out. You need a coach in your corner, not a calculator.

“Just help me stay on track. And cheer me on when I am.”

Couples? Yes. We were the original use case.

How it works

Seconds, not screens.

Four beats. No forms, no spreadsheets, no homework.

01

Tell Alex

Type it, say it, or snap a receipt. However you'd tell a friend.

uber home 9.50
02

Alex sorts it

Amount, category and bucket, filled in for you.

Amount
$9.50
Category
Transport
Bucket
Essentials
03

Tap to confirm

One tap and it's saved. Nothing is logged without your OK.

Confirm
04

Done

Your budget updates instantly. Changed your mind? Undo anytime.

ESSENTIALS$1,184.00 / $1,500.00
Inside the app

A real budget plan, without the homework.

Receipts

Snap it. Alex reads every line.

A mixed grocery run lands in the right buckets. Alex pulls out each item, the tax, the tip and any discounts, then asks you if the math doesn't add up.

  • Items, tax and tip split automatically
  • Totals must match, or Alex asks
  • You review before anything is saved
Photo of a convenience-store receipt
Milk 1 galESSENTIALS$4.99
Bread × 2ESSENTIALS$6.98
Tax (8.25%)ESSENTIALS$0.99
TOTAL$12.96
Essentials50%
Wants20%
Savings10%
Investments10%
Debt10%
Buckets

Five buckets, sorted for you.

Alex suggests the split that fits your situation, and you can customize it anytime. Every expense is filed into the right bucket automatically.

Funds & debt

Save for what matters. Pay off what weighs on you.

Set up sinking funds for trips, gifts or a rainy day and watch them fill. Track every debt payment and see exactly when you'll be debt-free.

SINKING FUNDS
Summer in Barcelona62%
Emergency fund80%
New laptop35%
DEBT
Car loan
$1,240.00
left to pay
Debt-free countdown on
Currencies

Your money, your currency.

Budget in dollars, euros, dirhams or any of 150+ currencies. Pick yours once and every amount, bucket and report speaks it.

$USD€EUR£GBP$CAD$AUD₹INRد.إAED¥JPYFrCHFDHMAD+ 140 more
MONTHLY REPORT
A Strong First Month, Sarah

You brought in $4,500.00, spent $1,850.00, and kept $2,650.00. Wants came in remarkably lean at just $105.00.

YOUR YEAR ONE WEALTH
$2,840.00built so far
THREE THINGS TO FOCUS ON NEXT MONTH
  1. Contribute at least $200.00 to Emergency Fund
  2. Put at least $450.00 into Investments
  3. Keep Wants spending under $900.00
Reports

Monthly reports that talk back.

At the end of each month Alex writes you a personal report: what went well, what to watch, and three things to focus on next. Each report builds on the one before.

Try it

Say it like you'd say it.

Pick a message and watch Alex turn it into a card you can confirm.

$SimpleBudget$
spent $12 on coffee
Logged ☕
WANTS$12.00
Coffee$12.00
TOTAL$12.00
Confirm
Your goal

Spend smart. Save more. Owe less.

Know where it goes

Every expense filed into the right bucket, so a leaky month shows up in seconds, not at the end of it.

Save for something

Sinking funds for the trip, the gift or the rainy day, each one filling up as you put money in.

Get out of debt

Log each payment and see the exact month you'll be debt-free.

Honest by design

Alex never guesses.

One question, never a guess

If your message is ambiguous, Alex asks a single clarifying question with tap-to-answer chips. A batch is never half-logged.

The math always adds up

Items, tax and tip must equal the receipt total. If they don't, Alex asks you. Amounts are never silently adjusted.

Your data stays yours

Encrypted, no bank linking, and we never store your passwords. Delete your account and data anytime from inside the app.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

It's a budgeting app you talk to. Instead of filling out forms, you just tell Alex what you spent — "coffee $4, groceries $60" — and it sorts everything into the right place. Think texting a friend who's great with money.

Be first in line when Alex launches.

Join the waitlist and get early access the moment SimpleBudget$ goes live. Say hi to Alex first.

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