Hi Rene – You do not need to use cash envelopes alongside Goodbudget. In fact, Goodbudget is meant to replace real cash envelopes by allowing you to have virtual Envelopes on your phone. If you need help getting started, check out our Getting Started tutorials here.

Hi Danika,

That’s a good question. We recommend taking a look at the reports on the web to see your progress so far. You can see your Spending report (https://goodbudget.com/reports/spending-by-envelope), and particularly the Spending vs. Budget Report (https://goodbudget.com/reports/spending-vs-budget). As for your Envelope balances, if you’re budgeting with money that you have available in your Accounts, the balances in your Envelopes should represent how much you have left to spend. Please feel free to contact our support team directly (support@goodbudget.com) if you have more questions.

Thanks!

Hi Ravi – Good question! The ‘Add’ option is the roll-over option, which rolls over the Envelope’s balance and adds the budgeted amount on top. ‘Set’ is the top-off option, which fills the Envelope with the exact amount of money needed to bring that Envelopes balance to 100% full. Hope this helps!

Hi Sharyn,

That’s a great question! No, you cannot set up automatic income transactions on the app. However, you can create scheduled income transactions on the web by clicking on the “Schedule This…” box when you make an Envelope fill. Here’s a quick link: https://www.goodbudget.com/envelopes/fill. You can access your Household on the web by using your same log in credentials.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Thanks,
Karisa

Hi Doodo,

We’re happy to help you! We recommend keeping the same estimated budget and filling your Envelopes by priority has you receive your income. If you haven’t received your income yet, you can budget off of what you currently have in your bank account. Feel free to refer to our Help Center http://help.goodbudget.com/ or email support@goodbudget.com if you have more questions.