Personal finance for real life

See where your money goes without turning your life into a spreadsheet.

SmartBudget Insights gives your spending a calm place to land. Add expenses, organize them into categories, set budgets, and let clear insights show what deserves attention.

Manual expenses Apple Pay Shortcuts Bank statement import
SmartBudget dashboard showing balance, income, expenses, allocated budget, and smart insights.
SmartBudget Category Breakdown screen showing spending by category as a pyramid chart.
SmartBudget Monthly Review screen showing spending, budget remaining, and previous month comparison.
The core idea

Bring spending in. Give it a category. Understand the month.

Most budget apps make money feel louder. SmartBudget keeps the flow simple: record what happened, place it where it belongs, and see the shape of your spending before it gets away from you.

Categories turn a pile of transactions into a story you can actually use: food, bills, transport, entertainment, travel, and the custom areas that matter to you.

01Add expenses
02Organize by category
03Review budgets and trends

Budgets

Category budgets that keep you aware before overspending becomes a problem.

Create limits for the categories you care about, then see what has been spent, what remains, and where pressure is building. No lectures. Just enough signal to adjust early.

  • Create monthly or yearly category budgets.
  • Track remaining budget beside real expense activity.
  • Use overspend alerts to catch problems while they are still small.
Categories and budgets screen with monthly budget progress and category spending cards.
Allocated budget 43% spent

A quick read on the month, without digging through every transaction.

Smart Insights

Notice the spending patterns you would normally miss.

Smart Insights watches for the moments that deserve attention: overspending, recurring payments, unusual spending, repeated overspending, and month comparisons.

Each insight explains what changed, why it matters, and where to go next, so you can act without digging through every transaction.

  • Budget and subscription alerts when spending starts to drift.
  • Unusual spending detection based on recent activity.
  • Month comparisons that show the categories raising your total.
Smart Insights list showing budget alerts, subscription alerts, overspend frequency, smart suggestions, and budget health.
Insight Details screen showing a month comparison with category changes.
Insight Details screen showing unusual spending in Transportation.
Insight Details screen showing overspend frequency across categories.

Apple Pay Shortcuts

Track many card payments automatically after a one-time setup.

Set up the Apple Pay automation from Profile, and SmartBudget can help capture many Wallet card payments as they happen. iOS Shortcuts automation behavior can depend on device state and Wallet timing, so the app stays honest: automation helps reduce manual entry, but you remain in control.

Premium

Unlock the full monthly money review.

Premium is for people who want SmartBudget to go beyond tracking. It adds the budget pressure, category detail, insight feed, monthly review, and reports that make spending easier to understand over time.

Category Budgets Overspend Alerts Category Breakdown Smart Insights Monthly Review Reports
SmartBudget Insights Premium pricing screen with monthly, yearly, and lifetime options.
Monthly Premium $2.99/month 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers.
Lifetime Premium $49.99 One-time purchase. Unlock forever.

Trust and privacy

No bank login required. Your financial life stays close to you.

On-device first

Your data stays on your device unless you choose to export, share, or import files.

Manual when you want it

Add expenses yourself, import bank statements, or set up Shortcuts automation for supported Apple Pay flows.

Built for clarity

SmartBudget focuses on category budgets, trends, and insights. It does not require bank credentials to be useful.

Make your spending easier to look at.

Start with the next expense. SmartBudget will help the month make sense.

Download on the App Store