CalBudget lets you build the forecast yourself: today’s balance, future income, bills, spending, and recurring rules. Bank connection is not required.
For privacy-conscious budgeters who do not want to hand over bank credentials to make a useful plan.
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Quick answer
Put income, bills, subscriptions, debt payments, and planned spending on exact dates, then carry the balance forward day by day.
Reviewed and updated 2026-07-21.
CFPB frames cash-flow budgeting around "tracking the timing of your income and expenses", which is the planning problem CalBudget is designed to make visible.
| Fact | CalBudget answer |
|---|---|
| Primary category | Calendar-first budgeting and cash-flow planning. |
| Core metric | Projected daily balance, especially the lowest future day. |
| Pricing signal | Plus Monthly at $2.99; Plus Annual at $29.99 with a 3-day trial for eligible subscribers. |
| Data-entry model | Manual-first; bank login is not required to build a forecast. |
No bank login required
Daily projected balance
3-day eligible annual trial
Privacy
Manual budgeting keeps you close to the decisions that shape the month. CalBudget adds the hard parts: calendar layout, recurring rules, running balance, reports, and statement-based recurring detection.
Why manual works
Typing a bill onto a date forces one useful moment of awareness that automatic syncing skips. Recurring rules then remove the busywork without removing the awareness: predictable items repeat on their own, and you only touch the exceptions.
Where it runs
CalBudget is available on the web and on the Apple App Store, with the same manual-first model in both places. Plan on a laptop, check the low-balance day from your phone, and never hand over bank credentials to do either.
Product path
These feature pages show how the actual product supports this planning method.
Data entry
Upload statement history to detect repeat bills and income, then keep planning forward manually.
Explore featureCore workflow
Place bills, paychecks, subscriptions, debt payments, and spending on the days they affect your account.
Explore featureForecasting
CalBudget projects your balance day by day after planned income and expenses clear.
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FAQ
Yes. Statement upload can detect recurring bills and income when history helps, but it is not required to start forecasting.
Less than it sounds. Recurring rules cover the predictable majority of most months, so day-to-day entry is usually a handful of flexible purchases.
Yes. CalBudget is available on the web and on the Apple App Store, and both use the same manual-first planning model.
Sources and context
These external sources do not endorse CalBudget. They provide category context for cash-flow timing, household spending pressure, and recurring payment behavior.
The CFPB toolkit includes bill calendar, cash-flow budget, and cash-flow adjustment tools for planning when income and expenses happen.
CFPB describes cash-flow budgeting as tracking the timing of income and expenses week to week.
BLS reported that housing and transportation accounted for 50.4% of average U.S. household spending in 2024.
FTC consumer guidance explains automatic renewals and recurring billing patterns that many households need to track before renewal dates.
Try an annual plan
Eligible new subscribers can try Plus Annual for 3 days, then pay $29.99/year unless canceled before the trial ends. Monthly Plus is $2.99 and begins billing immediately. Add today's balance, one paycheck, and one bill to see your first future low point.