# Budget Bal

> Budget Bal (iPhone/iPad app by Kenneth Serrine.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-bal/id971458759 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kenneth Serrine](https://appshunter.io/developer/924193342)
- Category: Finance
- Price: $1.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-03-05
- Data updated: 2026-06-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-bal/id971458759/reviews.md

## What is Budget Bal?

Budget Bal is a very simple application for balancing one's budget.
The basic idea is to have a list of items with a budget goal for each item.

Features:
* Can be used to balance one's bank statement by supporting transaction clearing
* Synchronize budget across multiple devices via iCloud (Desktop and Mobile clients can synchronize as well)
* Export to CSV via Share by Email, AirDrop, copy, or Message
* Payday trigger - works best for somewhat steady income
* Overage amounts - when maximum item amount is exceeded, the overage can automatically be transferred into another item
* Ability to see at a glance which items need attention via color coding

The overage amounts is one of the key features.  If the specified item maximum is exceeded, then the overage amount is transferred to an item of the user's choosing.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5 — 2021-02-27

fixed an issue where the display did not automatically refresh after an iCloud document was updated on another device

### 1.4 — 2021-01-18

* fixed bug where display was not updated immediately after editing/deleting a transaction
* fixed crash that would occur in iOS v13.4 or later with date picker
* removed file renaming since it can be done in iCloud Files now
* changed the "New Transaction" sound because the old one was too annoying
* fixed rotation display issues for iPad

### 1.2.1 — 2018-12-21

Minor bug fixes and updated for iPhoneX
Touching a selected row will deselect it.
If you delete a budget item, the transactions and balance will go to its overage item if it has one, else they will go to default.

### 1.0.39 — 2015-10-21

Fixed volume slider.
Changed audio so that if music is playing while switching to app, the app will let it continue to play

### 1.0.37 — 2015-10-08

Fixed the Item column width when flipping iPhone over horizontally
Widened date column to work with new font

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