Tally: Personal Budget

Tally is a budget you keep by hand.

Plan the month, write down what you spend, and give every dollar a job. Planned income minus everything you have assigned should come to exactly $0.00. That figure sits at the top of the Budget screen, and the whole app is pointed at getting it there.

BUILT FOR TWO

One budget, shared with one other person through iCloud. Both of you see it change, and the app says who entered what. No account to create, no password to share.

ENTERED BY HAND, ON PURPOSE

There is no bank connection and none is planned. Typing a purchase in takes ten seconds and is the moment you actually notice it — which is the point of a budget, and the thing an automatic feed quietly takes away.

FAST TO ENTER

A keypad opens on the amount, because the amount is the thing you always know.

The category you are about to choose shows what is left in it before you commit, so you find out whether a purchase fits while you can still do something about it.

Shops you have used before come back with their usual amount and their usual category in a single tap.

Point the camera at a receipt and Tally reads the total, the date and the shop. That happens on your device, and the photo is not stored or sent anywhere.

One purchase that covers several categories can be split. You set the total and the parts are made to add up to it, so a split never invents money or loses any.

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