Budget tracking
Set a monthly grocery budget, track every purchase, and see your spending trend over time — so you know exactly where your money goes.
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Overview
The Budget Tracker page shows your monthly budget, how much you've spent, and what's remaining. It automatically captures spending from inventory purchases and lets you log manual expenses too.
Budget tracking is available on all plans. Free users get 1-month data retention, Starter gets 3 months, and Pro gets 3 years of history.
Setting your monthly budget
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Open the Budget page
Navigate to Budget in the sidebar.
- 2
Click Edit or Set budget
Click the Edit button on the budget card (or Set budget if none is set yet).
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Enter your amount
Type your monthly grocery budget (e.g., 500). Click Save.
You can change your budget at any time — click Edit and enter a new amount. It updates immediately.
How spending is tracked
Your spending comes from two sources:
- Inventory purchases — automatically logged when you add items with a purchase price
- Manual expenses — anything you log manually (e.g., eating out, market runs)
Adding a manual expense
- 1
Click "Add Expense"
In the Transaction History card, click the Add Expense button.
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Fill in the details
Enter the amount, an optional description (e.g., "Saturday market"), category (e.g., "Groceries"), and the date.
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Save
Click Add Expense. The amount is immediately reflected in your spending total.
Spending trend chart
Below the budget cards, a 6-month spending trend chart shows your total spending per month as horizontal bars. If you've set a budget, a dashed line marks your limit so you can see at a glance which months you stayed under or went over.
Months where you exceeded your budget are highlighted in red. Use the trend to spot patterns and adjust your buying habits.
Transaction history
The Transaction History card lists every expense for the selected month. You can:
- Filter by category — click a category pill to see only those transactions
- Delete an expense — hover over a transaction and click the trash icon (you'll be asked to confirm)
- Switch months — use the month selector pills at the top to view past months