PearBudget beautiful, simple budgeting. (This is our blog.)

Entering in an existing balance is easy! But before we explain how, we’ll give some quick background on how it works. When you enter a normal receipt into PearBudget, PearBudget looks at the amount of the receipt, and the amount that you’ve set aside in that category, and it subtracts one from the other. That […]

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Absolutely. In truth, there’s a relatively easy way to budget when you get paid biweekly, and PearBudget works well with it: Just double the amount you get per paycheck, and consider that to be your monthly income. Then, twice a year, you’ll have a “bonus” paycheck that you can use to pay down debt or […]

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PearBudget is actually modeled off of the envelope method. In fact, many people who use the envelope method use PearBudget alongside it, as a record of their expenses, so they can look back over time and see how their spending habits have changed. (Don’t you wonder sometimes how much you were spending on various categories a […]

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I just want an expense tracker for now. Can PearBudget do that? Sure thing. A lot of people are in this situation: They know they should set up a budget, but they’d rather just track their expenses for a couple of months, to see what they’re spending. PearBudget can totally work with this setup. Just […]

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Several times a year, we meet up with PearBudget users (one-on-one meetings) up and down the East Coast. We meet up at a coffeehouse, buy coffee and donuts, and talk about budgeting and how PearBudget can better meet your needs. We sometimes even give presents (like personal finance books or comped months of PearBudget service). […]

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Yes. For iPhones, see this post. For Androids, see this post. For regular mobile phones, just go to pearbudget.com/m, and you should see the bare-bones interface, useful for quick on-the-go entry.

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We do! If you click on “your account” in the upper-right corner of the screen, you’ll see a spot where you can change your currency to a different symbol (or to nothing, if you prefer the minimalist look). Some users ask us if PearBudget can handle multiple currencies at the same time. Unfortunately, in order […]

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