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Your Home Screen, Explained

Home is your money at a glance. Here's every part of it, what it does, and where to learn more. The numbers in the pictures are sample numbers.

๐Ÿ“ฑThe Top of Home

This is Home for a VA / Freelancer. Other profile types won't see the Currency Ticker (pin 1) unless they turn it on in Profile.

  1. 1
    Currency Ticker

    Today's exchange rate, like USD โ†’ โ‚ฑ. Tap it to see other currencies. On by default for VAs and freelancers.

    Read: Choosing Your Profile Type โ†’
  2. 2
    Quick buttons

    The eye hides your amounts when people are around. The bell shows Budgett updates. The palette changes your app color. Help reaches Budgett Support.

  3. 3
    Getting Started

    Your first-steps checklist. Each step checks itself off when you do it. It goes away when everything is done.

    Read: Your Getting Started Checklist โ†’
  4. 4
    Your number cards

    Income, Total Expenses, Cash on Hand, and Monthly Budget for this month. Tap one to open it. Pick which cards show in Profile โ†’ Manage Home Screen.

    Read: Understanding Your Expenses โ†’
  5. 5
    Your rank

    Your rank and XP. Good money habits earn XP and move you up. Tap to see the ranking.

    Read: How Budgett XP and Ranking works โ†’
  6. 6
    Manage categories

    Hide, reorder, or add categories.

    Read: Understanding Your Expenses โ†’
  7. 7
    Shortcuts

    One tap to the Grocery SuperList, Travel (if turned on in Profile), Bills, Savings, and Net Worth. The last icon is Business, coming soon.

    Read: How Grocery SuperList works โ†’
  8. 8
    Tracking Period

    The month you're looking at. From the 16th, you can switch to next month and plan it.

    Read: Planning your budget for next month โ†’
  9. 9
    Reports

    Your Financial Summary for the month, your Debt Summary, and your XP Report. The first two are for Plus and Pro.

    Read: Budgett Reports: Financial, Debt and XP โ†’
  10. 10
    Search

    Type what you bought, like "Shopee", and Budgett shows which category it belongs to.

  11. 11
    My Expenses

    One tile per category, with what you spent out of your budget. Tap a tile to see its sub-categories, add expenses, and set budgets.

    Read: Understanding Your Expenses โ†’
  12. 12
    Add category

    Show a category you don't see yet.

โฌ‡๏ธThe Bottom of Home

  1. 13
    Explore

    Short tours of Budgett features you might not have tried yet. Swipe for more.

  2. 14
    Learn

    Guides inside the app. Read one all the way through to earn XP.

    Read: Every Way to Earn XP โ†’
  3. 15
    More guides

    Opens all the guides on usebudgett.com, including the ones you're reading now.

  4. 16
    The + button

    The fastest way to log money: an Expense, Income, a Transfer between your accounts, or a Loan you received.

    Read: How to Manage Your Income โ†’
  5. 17
    The bottom menu

    Home, Budget (budget, spending, bills, income, savings, and net worth), Transactions (every entry, with filters), and Profile.

    Read: What's in Your Profile โ†’
Try this now

Open Home and tap the eye once. Your amounts hide. Tap it again to bring them back. Now you know how to check your money in public without showing it.

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