Gnarly Budget

Budgeting on your terms—zero-based, privacy-first, and fully in your control.

Everything You Need to Take Control of Your Personal Finances

Import your transaction history in seconds, let the app clone a ready-made monthly budget, and see every dollar's impact in real time—without ever sharing your bank credentials. Take complete ownership of your money, stay completely private, and finally get the disciplined, transparent budgeting experience you've been waiting for.

Budget Planning

A zero-based "every-dollar-has-a-job" workflow that clones the prior month's line items, giving you a ready-made skeleton each cycle while preserving full control.

Complete Privacy

No ads. No data selling. No third-party access. Your financial data stays yours, always.

Manual Transaction Import

Import transactions from your bank's CSV files, paste tab-separated data from spreadsheets, or upload OFX. No bank connections, no third-party access—you control exactly what data is imported.

Flexible Transaction Management

Split transactions, inter-account transfers, recurring-bill templates, and a "forecast-through" view that merges upcoming payments with actual spend.

Automatic Categorization

Transparent TagMatcher rules (contains, equals) that learn your patterns but stay fully editable—automation that never overrides your intent.

Multi-User Account Sharing

Share accounts with family members or partners using granular access levels—View Only to monitor spending, or Manage to collaborate on transactions.

Advanced Insights & Reports

Goal dashboards that update instantly as you log transactions, period-over-period trend charts, category breakdowns, and a custom report builder that can be exported to CSV for deeper offline work.

Financial Independence Goals

Plan your path to financial independence with savings goal projections, a dedicated FI budget, and progress tracking toward your target FI Number.

Guided Onboarding

The onboarding flow walks you through importing data, setting up your first zero-based budget, and defining financial goals in minutes.

How It Works

Simple, transparent budgeting

  1. STEP 01 Set Up Accounts
  2. STEP 02 Import Transactions
  3. STEP 03 Create Budgets
  4. STEP 04 Review Insights

Learn & Grow

Free resources to help you master zero-based budgeting

Insights

Budget Insights

Practical guides, data-driven analysis, and actionable tips to help you take charge of your money.

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Courses

Learn

Master your finances with our free, self-paced courses. Learn zero-based budgeting from the ground up.

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Built for Privacy-Conscious Users

Independent budgeting software, not big tech

  • No Bank Connections

    Manual CSV import means we never access your bank account. You're in complete control.

  • No Ads or Tracking

    We don't track you, show ads, or sell your data. Period.

  • You Own Your Data

    Export anytime. Request full account deletion—your budget data is removed once processed. Complete data ownership.

Ready to Take Control?

Zero-Based, Privacy-First Budgeting — Import Your Transactions, Own Every Dollar

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Free forever for up to 2 accounts. Unlock unlimited accounts for $2/month, cancel anytime.