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Goodbudget

An envelope budgeting app you can share with your household.

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  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web, iOS, Android

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What is Goodbudget?

Goodbudget is a home budget app based on the envelope method: you split your income into envelopes like rent, groceries and eating out, then spend from those envelopes instead of your account balance. Budgets sync between people you share with, and it can track debt payoff. The free plan gives 10 regular envelopes, 10 more envelopes, one account, two devices and a year of history, while Premium adds unlimited envelopes and bank sync for US banks.

Pros: what Goodbudget does well

  • Free forever plan with no time limit
  • Shared budgets sync between partners
  • Simple envelope method that plans spending ahead

Cons: where it falls short

  • Free plan limited to 10 regular envelopes and one account
  • Bank sync is paid and US only

Who Goodbudget is for

Couples and households who want to plan spending together with envelopes.

Who can skip it

People who only want automatic tracking of past spending.

Goodbudget alternatives

Not sold on Goodbudget? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Firefly III

Focus: expenses, self-hosted and open source. Shares personal finance and budgeting with Goodbudget. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.7Visit

Actual Budget

Focus: self-hosted and open source. Shares budgeting and personal finance with Goodbudget. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Money Manager Ex

Focus: expense tracking and open source. Shares budgeting and personal finance with Goodbudget. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.4 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.4Visit

Fava

Focus: accounting, finance and budget. Also in Personal Productivity and Organization, like Goodbudget. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

HomeBank

Focus: accounting and expense tracker. Shares personal finance and budgeting with Goodbudget. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Adds Windows, Linux and macOS. Rated 4.4 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, Linux
4.4Visit

Spendee

Focus: expense tracker and money. Shares budgeting and personal finance with Goodbudget. A mobile app, not a web app. Rated 4.4 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Mobile AppFree planiOS, Android
4.4Visit

Free alternatives to Goodbudget

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Wallos

Focus: subscriptions, self-hosted and open source. Shares budgeting with Goodbudget. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

GnuCash

Focus: accounting, finance and budget. Also in Personal Productivity and Organization, like Goodbudget. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.4 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit

hledger

Focus: accounting, finance and plain text. Also in Personal Productivity and Organization, like Goodbudget. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.4 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit

Jellyfin

Focus: media server, streaming and self-hosted. Also in Personal Productivity and Organization, like Goodbudget. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Web AppFreeCross-Platform
4.7Visit

Navidrome

Focus: music, streaming and self-hosted. Also in Personal Productivity and Organization, like Goodbudget. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, macOS
4.7Visit

Paperless-ngx

Focus: documents, ocr and self-hosted. Also in Organization and Personal Productivity, like Goodbudget. Free (Goodbudget: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Goodbudget: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit
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