Hi there – Thanks for posting, and sorry the post wasn’t clear! While you can use a file to upload many transactions at once, you can also manually record your transactions as they happen.

I have been surprised at how resistant the budgeting apps are to client input! They have their way of doing it and they are not open to accommodating views. They even pretend not to comprehend what I am asking for and assume I don’t understand their app, but when I eventually do understand it, I’ll learn to like it. I have been working with YNAB for a year now and understand it pretty well. The only problem: the more I understand it, the less I like it.

It’s like I am asking them to change their religion! We’re not asking other people to adopt our way; we’d like our way added as an option. But it is quite affirming to see so many other former users of Mvelope have similar sentiments!

Hi Bryson – You can carry a negative balance in an Envelope from month to month!

Hi Kiersten — there is no limit to how often you can upload/import transactions into Goodbudget. As for how often you would want to do that, that’s more of a personal preference question! Some people record as many transactions as they can remember to do manually, then import once a month to catch mistakes/omissions; some people prefer to only import, maybe weekly; and some people prefer something in between! That part would be totally up to you.