Home Page
The Home Page consists of three sections:
- Paychecks
- Bills For
- Monthly Bills
Paychecks
This section is a carousel of all your paychecks from the selected budget. Here is the information presented:
- Income Name: The name of the income associated with the payday. The algorithm may aggregate checks that are too close to each other for simplicity.
- Payday Date: The date of the paycheck. If the paycheck is an aggregation, the latest date will be assumed.
- Summary: The amount of income coming in and the amount of expenses and bills leaving that check.
- Dynamic Percentage: Based on the Current section, this indicates which paychecks have been tracked and at what percentage.
Interaction:
- Tap any paycheck card to navigate the budget.
Bills For
If you are familiar with BetterBudget V1, this section will feel similar but with enhanced functionality.
- Paycheck Date and Amount: Displayed next to and just below “Bills For.”
- Bill Tracking:
- By default, all bills are yellow.
- Bills turn orange if the due date is within 3 days.
- Bills turn red if the due date has passed.
- Tapping a yellow, orange, or red row changes it to green, updates the percentage variable in Paychecks, and adjusts the paycheck amount next to the date.
- Total Balance and Total Savings: Immutable and displayed in blue.
Premium Feature:
- Swipe left on any bill to live-track bills, expenses, or debts. This enhances the accuracy of Total Balance and Total Savings and improves Dashboard data accuracy over time.
Monthly Bills
This feature tracks key metrics for your budget, which is especially useful if you are paid more than once a month.
- Bill Tracking:
- Tracks the completion of bills for a given due date.
- Once all bills with the same due date and name combination are tapped across checks, the entire bill moves to the “Completed” tab.
- Card Details:
- Bill Name: The name of the bill.
- Due Date: The due date of the bill.
- Total Amount: The total amount allocated for the month.
- Status Tag: Indicates the bill’s status as “Not Started,” “In Progress,” or “Completed,” based on activity in the Current section.