Budgets, recurring bills, and exports

The budget bar

The dashboard bar has three layers. Gray is the full budget. Amber is the part that upcoming recurring charges will consume this month. Green, or red if you are over, is what you have already spent. Under the bar, remaining is the budget minus spending. After recurring is that figure minus bills still ahead. A month that looks comfortable on the first number can be tight on the second.

Recurring bills

A recurring item has an amount, a category, a note, and a frequency: daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. The start date anchors the schedule. An optional end date turns it off after that day. On launch, Kwenta writes an expense for any occurrence that is already due, so rent does not depend on you remembering the form. The next two upcoming charges sit on the dashboard with their dates.

Export and import

Export writes one JSON file: expenses, budgets, categories, recurring payments, preferences, and the streak. Import merges a file of that shape back onto the phone. There is no separate Kwenta account to restore from. The file is the copy.

Reports sit beside the budget rather than replacing it. This month, three months, six months, and the year each show a total, a daily average, the number of transactions, and a category split you can tap.

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