See your financial future clearly
with Adaptive Planning
See your financial future clearly
with Adaptive Planning

Generate a complete budget in minutes

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Features Showcase

Explore the powerful features that make budgeting effortless

AI Budget Creation
Planner Grid View
Planner Calendar View
Pie Chart View
Bar Chart Analysis
Cash Flow Tracking
Account Balances

AI Budget Creation

Create your personalized budget instantly with AI-powered assistance

Explore Our Features

Dynamic Charting

Dynamic Charting

Visualize your budget with powerful, interactive charts and insights to understand spending patterns and make better financial decisions.

Bring Your Own AI

Bring Your Own AI

Use your own AI accounts to create budgets. We provide structured prompts you can use with any AI service while keeping your data private.

Drag-and-Drop Planner

Drag-and-Drop Planner

Organize your budget with intuitive drag-and-drop in both grid and calendar views. Easily reschedule events and visualize your financial timeline.

Sync Across All Devices

Sync Across All Devices

Access your budget from any device - desktop, tablet, or mobile. Everything stays perfectly synchronized in real-time.

Budget Planner Exports

Budget Planner Exports

Export your budget data to CSV or Excel formats. Share your financial plans with family, advisors, or print them for offline reference.

Backup & Restore

Backup & Restore

Protect your financial data with complete JSON backups. Save your budgets locally and restore them anytime with a single click.

Theming

Theming

Personalize your budgets with custom themes. Use your own AI, integrated AI, or manually craft a color palette to give each budget a unique look that matches your style.

Icon Creation

Icon Creation

Generate beautiful icons with our custom icon generator. Create individual icons or complete icon sets in any style to personalize your budget categories.

Premium Only
Shared Budgets with Permissions

Shared Budgets with Permissions

Share your budget privately with up to 5 people with varying permission levels. Collaborate with family or team members seamlessly.

Premium Only
Public Budget Creation

Public Budget Creation

Create public budgets that anyone can access for free with a link. Perfect for sharing templates, examples, or educational budget models with the community.

Premium Only
Integrated AI

Integrated AI

AI budget creation and reconciliation built directly into the app. Upload transactions and let our AI automatically analyze and create your budget behind the scenes.

Premium Only
Bank Account Linking

Bank Account Linking

Connect your bank accounts directly to Essential Budget. Automatically sync transactions and account balances for seamless budget creation and reconciliation.

Simple Pricing

We only charge for Premium features that incur significant costs, like integrated AI processing. We aim to keep features free whenever we can.

Plans

Free

$0
  • Multi-Budget Support
  • AI Budget Generation and Reconciliation – Bring Your Own AI
  • Categories & Subcategories
  • Drag-and-Drop Planner with Grid & Calendar Views
  • Export to CSV or Excel
  • Dynamic Charts by Period and Date Range
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Up to 5 years of transaction history

Add-Ons

Creator Credits

$9.99
  • ~20 AI theme generations
  • ~100 AI icon generations
  • Publish themes & icons to community
  • 10 community icon set downloads
  • Works with Free or Premium plans
  • Credits expire after 90 days

Start Using Essential Budget

Choose your platform and begin your budgeting journey today

Web Application Preview

Web Application

Access the full-featured web version from any browser

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Mobile Application Preview

Mobile Application

Access Essential Budget on your Android or iPhone using our Progressive Web App. Install it directly from your browser for a native app experience.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is it really free or is there a catch?
The essential budgeting features are completely free to use on our website and mobile apps. You can create budgets, track expenses, and manage your finances at no cost - even use AI with our "Bring Your Own AI" approach. Premium features are available for $11.99 per month and include integrated AI for budget creation and reconciliation, 5-year history tracking, and increased limits on current and upcoming features. Most features are completely free, and we only charge for ones that incur significant costs.
How can you offer free essential features?
We keep our infrastructure costs minimal through efficient cloud services and our innovative "Bring Your Own AI" approach for free users. To further support the platform, we also display custom in-house ads that promote our direct partners and affiliates. These ads never use trackers, cookies, or personal data, and simply help introduce users to services we genuinely recommend.

Our premium subscriptions at $11.99/month help support the platform while providing integrated AI budget creation / reconciliation and high value cost-intensive features. This creates a sustainable model where everyone benefits from our powerful budgeting tools.
How is our budget different?
We designed our budgeting tool to be easy for anyone to use, regardless of their financial experience. We focus on simplicity and clarity, presenting your financial picture in a way that's easy to understand and act on.

We focus on powerful functionality that's actually easy to use. Our goal is to provide as many features as possible for free, without overwhelming you with complexity. Budgeting should be straightforward, not a chore.

Our interactive planner offers both grid and calendar views with drag-and-drop functionality, making it simple to adjust your budget by moving events around. You can visualize your finances by pay period, helping you plan when bills are due relative to when you get paid.

Premium subscribers can create public budgets to transparently share what you're doing in real time using a simple link. Plus, you can share budgets privately with up to 5 people with customizable permissions.
What devices and browsers work with the app?
Our web version works on all modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge) on desktop and laptop computers running Windows, macOS, or Linux, as well as mobile devices running iOS or Android. A dedicated Android app is coming soon.
Do you have an app for this budget?
Yes! You have multiple options:

Web Version: Use our budgeting tool at my.eb.app on any device - desktop, tablet, or mobile. It's designed to work seamlessly across all your devices with automatic syncing.

Mobile App: A native Android app is coming soon, providing the same features with a native mobile experience.

All versions keep your budget data in sync across all your devices, so you can switch between them as needed. Premium features including integrated AI assistance are available for $11.99/month through either web or in-app subscription.
What budgeting features are included?
Free Features: Create budgets and accounts. AI-assisted budget creation with "Bring Your Own AI". Set up income and expense categories with custom icons and colors. Add budget items with flexible recurring schedules. View upcoming transactions in the interactive planner. Mark transactions as paid or resolved. Visualize your budget data with dynamic charts. Export your budget data in Excel or CSV format. Backup your budgets in JSON format.

Premium Features ($11.99/month): Integrated AI budget creation and reconciliation (enabled by default, can be disabled). 5-year history tracking. Increased limits on current and upcoming features. No need for external AI accounts - everything built-in. More premium features coming soon.

Everything syncs across all your devices, giving you a complete picture of your finances in one simple tool.
Can I use AI to help create my budget?
Yes! We offer two ways to use AI for budget creation:

Free Users: Our "Bring Your Own AI" approach lets you use your own AI accounts. We provide you with a structured prompt, you paste it into your preferred AI chat, and paste the generated budget back.

Premium Users ($11.99/month): Get seamless, integrated AI assistance directly within the app. Simply upload your transactions and our AI will automatically analyze them and create your budget behind the scenes. We use Google AI to intelligently categorize and organize your finances. Your data is always processed securely with enterprise-grade encryption.
What if I need help or have technical issues?
Visit our Support & Community page for assistance. We're committed to helping you get the most out of your budgeting experience.

Most users find the tool intuitive and get started easily. Our AI budget creation feature with "Bring Your Own AI" can help you set up your first budget in minutes. We're also creating helpful video guides (coming soon).

About Us

We started Essential Budget to help people adaptively plan and forecast their finances, giving them more confidence in their budgeting. Our mission is to make personal finance simple and accessible.

Weston

Chief Executive Officer

EB App LLC

James

Chief Technology Officer

EB App LLC

Contact Us

Support & Community

Get Support

For support, discussion, and feedback

Email

billing@eb.app

For billing inquiries

Mail

EB App LLC
30 N Gould St #52260
Sheridan, WY 82801