A personal finance app I designed for myself — to see where the money actually goes, set monthly budgets that hold, and stay on track toward real savings goals. Money management made calm, clear and a little bit motivating.
I kept losing track of small daily spends and never knew if I was actually on budget until it was too late. Existing apps were either bloated with features I'd never touch or too rigid to match how I think about money.
So I designed Budget around three honest needs: understand where money goes, control it with category budgets and overspend alerts, and grow it through visible savings goals — all in a calm, dark-first interface that feels good to open every day.
Earns a steady salary, spends across many small categories and wants to save without feeling restricted.
New to budgeting, intimidated by spreadsheets, wants gentle structure and quick wins.
A deep near-black canvas keeps long sessions easy on the eyes and lets data lead. An indigo-to-violet gradient anchors the brand and primary actions, while green, red and amber carry universal money meaning — saved, spent and watch-out.
A geometric display face for balances, amounts and headings — with tabular figures so numbers always line up.
A modern, highly legible sans for labels, body and UI — neutral and clear at the small sizes finance apps demand.
Seven screens — home dashboard, spendings, categories, edit & add category, goals and savings — rebuilt with sharper hierarchy, generous spacing and a consistent component system.
The home dashboard answers the only question that matters — "am I okay this month?" — before you scroll. Spendings breaks it down by day and category, and a friendly alert flags trouble early.
Dashboard, spendings breakdown and categories — the everyday loop of seeing, logging and organising money.
Total balance, income and expenses sit in one card up top — with a trend chip so context is never more than a glance away.
Each category tracks % of its budget used and warns you when spending trends over — before, not after.
A persistent add button plus quick income/expense shortcuts make recording a spend almost effortless.
Goals turn a vague intention into measurable progress — each with a ring, a target and a status. Auto-save quietly moves money on payday, and the savings hub shows every fund filling up.
Savings hub and goals — progress rings, milestones, auto-save and status tags keep momentum visible.
Designing a finance app for myself meant being my own toughest user. A few decisions shaped the final product more than the rest.
Finance apps tempt you to show everything — balances, charts, transactions, budgets — and my first dashboard was an overwhelming wall of numbers.
My original light screens leaned on hard borders and competing colours, which made the data feel cluttered and hard to scan.
If adding an expense took more than a couple of taps, I knew I'd stop doing it — and an untracked budget is a useless one.
Numbers alone don't motivate. Without a sense of progress, goals get ignored and the saving habit never sticks.
Cards, rings, progress bars and the nav repeat across every screen — and small inconsistencies quickly made the app feel unpolished.
It was tempting to add bill splitting, investments, multiple currencies — features that would have buried the core loop I actually needed.