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Zero-based budgeting · envelopes · subscriptions

The YNAB method for $39 a year, with bank sync on the free plan.

Give every dollar a job at the start of the month, let your bank transactions flow in read-only, and watch each envelope. Budgetfold is the envelope-style budget that syncs through SimpleFIN at no markup, works in any currency, shares with your household, and exports whenever you say so.

1 · AssignIncome lands in Ready to assign. Move it into categories until it reads zero.
2 · EnterConnect your bank through SimpleFIN and transactions arrive on their own, or type spending and import a CSV. Splits, transfers, reconciliation.
3 · WatchOverspent envelopes turn red, goals fill up, subscriptions get a renewal calendar and price alerts.

Start with this month, no sign-up

Your budget opens right away. Save it to a free account when you want to keep it. No card.

Import a bank CSV, no sign-upAdd my first expense

Bring your budget from: YNAB · Mint · Monarch · EveryDollar · Rocket Money · Goodbudget · PocketGuard · Simplifi · Copilot · Empower · Quicken · Tiller

Rather start on paper? Free monthly budget template →

What it does, and what it deliberately doesn't

Budgeting apps got expensive by bolting on investment tracking, credit scores and bill negotiation, then charging for the bank feed on top. Budgetfold keeps the method and the feed, and leaves the rest out.

Give every dollar a job

Zero-based, envelope-style. Ready to assign shows what is unassigned; overspending in one category comes out of next month, the way it should.

Bank sync on every plan

Connect through SimpleFIN Bridge, a read-only feed for thousands of US and Canadian banks. You pay SimpleFIN $15 a year; Budgetfold adds nothing, so it works on the free plan. Plus adds instant Plaid connections (12,000+ institutions) as they switch on. Your bank password stays with your bank.

Save money on food and gas

The Save money page shows what Mealfolder saved you on the grocery list, your real fuel spend from synced transactions, and the cheapest pump prices drivers near you reported. Real prices only, never estimates.

Goals that fund themselves

"$150 every month", "build up to $2,000", or "$1,200 by December". One button funds every goal from Ready to assign.

A register you control

Accounts, cleared and uncleared, transfers, split transactions, one-click reconciliation against your statement. Synced transactions arrive cleared, with the payee tidied and the category suggested from what you chose before.

Subscription tracker

Every recurring charge with its renewal date, yearly cost, trial end and a price-change log. Budgetfold finds them in your history for you.

Bring your history

YNAB register and plan files, Mint's old CSV, Monarch, Goodbudget, Rocket Money, Copilot, Tiller, or any bank CSV, OFX, QFX or QIF file. Accounts and categories are created to match. Re-importing never duplicates. Import guides →

Shared, in any currency

One person free, up to six on Plus. Pick your currency once. AI categorises imports and reviews your month in plain words, and counts as an assist, not a subscription.

Compared, honestly

Prices from each product's pricing page on 7 September 2026. All per year unless noted.

$109YNAB
$99.99Monarch
$84 to $168Rocket Money Premium, plus 35 to 60% of any negotiated saving
$39Budgetfold Plus

What they have that Budgetfold does not: investment dashboards, bill negotiation, credit scores. What Budgetfold has that most of them do not: bank sync on the free plan (through SimpleFIN, at no markup), any currency, a subscription tracker on the free plan (3 subscriptions; no cap on Plus), a Save money page for food and fuel, and export in the same shape you imported.

Pricing

Free
$0
  • Budget the current month
  • Unlimited categories, 2 accounts
  • 100 transactions, 3 tracked subscriptions
  • One person, 10 AI assists a month
  • Bank sync through SimpleFIN
  • Save money page, import and full export
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Best valuePlus
$39 / year
  • Budget months ahead, keep every month
  • Unlimited accounts, transactions and subscriptions
  • Instant Plaid bank connections as they switch on
  • Up to six people
  • 200 AI assists a month
  • Priority support
Start free, upgrade inside
Plus monthly
$4.99 / month
  • Same as Plus
  • Cancel any month
Start free

Start free, upgrade inside. Every plan opens with no sign-up; you pick Plus from the app when the free limits get in the way.

Yours to keep

Export your whole budget at any time, on the free plan too: a zip of CSVs plus a JSON copy, in the same shape the importer reads. If you leave, you take everything with you. Bank connections are removed with one click, and Budgetfold never held your bank password in the first place: SimpleFIN and Plaid hand us a read-only feed, and the key to it is stored encrypted.

Free budgeting calculators

No sign-up, they run in your browser. All calculators →

Questions

Does Budgetfold connect to my bank?

Yes, on every plan. Connect through SimpleFIN Bridge, an independent read-only feed for thousands of US and Canadian banks; you pay SimpleFIN $15 a year and Budgetfold adds nothing on top. Plus adds instant Plaid connections as they switch on. Budgetfold never sees your bank password and cannot move money. Typing purchases or importing a CSV, OFX, QFX or QIF file still works too.

Does Budgetfold earn a commission on SimpleFIN or Plaid?

No. SimpleFIN's fee goes to SimpleFIN; Budgetfold has no referral deal with them and no affiliate links anywhere on this site. Plaid is paid for by Budgetfold out of the Plus price.

Is this the same method as YNAB?

Yes: zero-based, envelope-style, with overspending rolling into next month's Ready to assign. YNAB's own register and plan exports import directly. The method is not proprietary; the app is what you pay for.

Does it work outside the US?

Yes. Set your currency in Settings and everything follows. Dates and number formats use your device's locale.

Who makes it?

9GG LLC in Wyoming, who also make Mealfolder and Noteshik. About us.