Expense Guide
Plan for your safety net and have control over your money.
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Zsolt Turzai

Expense Guide - Plan for your safety net and have control over your money.

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Expense Guide
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Manage your expenses simply and responsibly. Plan for your safety net and have control over your money.
Oriented on the future.
No income data required.
Estimate expenses without setting a specific date.
An expense is seen as an estimate + a payment.

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Zsolt Turzai
Maker
Hi, I’m Zsolt and I’m happy to share this app with you! As a freelancer, I don't have a fixed stream of income every month, so planning my (and my family’s) expenses can get a bit tricky. To fix this, I started writing down my spendings and estimating my future expenses. By doing that, I could foresee months ahead the approximate amount of money I would need to maintain my current lifestyle, and then act accordingly as a result. I found out that, for me, it's healthier to plan the future than to think about the past. So, with that in mind, I created this app! It has a clean and minimal design, it’s easy to use, and it provides just enough info to help you manage your finances responsibly. No fancy graphs, no predefined categories or irrelevant details! Just a simple list of current & upcoming expenses, and 5 numbers of great importance in my book. These 5 numbers are: * average monthly spending * average monthly unexpected spending * average future monthly spending * minimal safety net amount (for 6 months) * optimal safety net amount (for 12 months) And because I value privacy, and "keeping it simple” is a little mantra of mine, this also translates into this app as: * No income data required — besides being too personal, it would also imply for you to be truly diligent with tracking everything, in order to make sure the 'available funds' amounts is kept accurate at all times… and I want to make your life easier with this app, not stress you out! * No credit card transactions processed * No tracking (just error reporting) * No ads — in-app ads annoy me, too! * No reminder emails — at least not for now! But I’m not completely rejecting the idea, in case there will be requests from users about this feature. * No decimal numbers — I believe that a personal finance app will never reflect 100% a person's spendings down by every penny, so it’s safe to assume that we could simply enter a $15 amount (round up) for a $14.20 purchase. And because I know there are a lot of people like me out there, focused on efficiency and wanting financial safety, I chose to share this app with the rest of the world. Try it out, it might be exactly what you're looking for as well!
Andrei Homorodean
Hi Zsolt, Looks like a great product, congrats! I would also create views that show the spendings in charts, I think they speak better than numbers. :)
Zsolt Turzai
Maker
@andreihomorodean Hi Andrei, Thanks for your time to review the app and the feedback, muchly appreciated. Not adding charts is by design, as the app's basic purpose is to provide you with these 5 essential numbers. I think these 5 numbers can help a person to make wise choices regarding their financial wellbeing. But for the future, I don't exclude anything :) Have a nice day, Zsolt
Hammad Akbar
Nice tool to track daily spending !
Zsolt Turzai
Maker
@hammad_akbar Thanks for your feedback!
Ethan Frame
Would love to have the option to change the currency name from EUR to USD :D looks great though so far
Zsolt Turzai
Maker
@tweethanframe Hi Ethan, Thanks for your feedback! You can do that. Just edit the ledger and set the desired currency. Her is a direct link to the support page https://app.expense.guide/#/supp... You need to be logged in. Have a nice day, Zsolt
Hazirah M
Great idea! As someone without a fixed monthly income, I really appreciate the premise for this app. The UI, based on the screenshots, looks pleasing as well. If I weren't already loyal to GoodBudget, I would definitely have considered using this app! Good luck :)
Zsolt Turzai
Maker
@possiblyzebra Hi Hezirah, Thanks for your time to review the app and the feedback, muchly appreciated. Have a nice day, Zsolt
Mircea Moldovan
Is any mobile app for this web-app ?
Zsolt Turzai
Maker
@mircea_ Hi Mircea, This is a PWA (Progressive web app) app. You can add the app to your home screen and it will give you the look and feel of a native mobile app. On the landing page https://expense.guide/#how-it-works there is a section where it is explained how can you do this on ios and android mobile devices. And to answer your next question :), why I opted for this technology: There are many reasons, but the most important ones are that maintaining two code bases is really hard and the app update process, in my opinion, is slow, especially for ios. Regards, Zsolt