Kakeibo vs Left

Kakeibo is a budgeting app based on the Japanese method created in 1904. The idea is simple: awareness changes behavior. No spreadsheets, no algorithms: just you and your decisions. One month at a time. PLAN, TRACK, REFLECT At the start of each month, set your budget: income, fixed costs, savings goal. Throughout the month, log your spending manually. Each entry is a moment of awareness. At month's end, reflect on what happened. Did you keep your promises? What will you change? FOUR CATEGORIES, ZERO COMPLEXITY Every expense falls into one of four categories: - Needs: rent, groceries, utilities, insurance - Wants: dining out, shopping, entertainment - Culture: books, courses, museums, hobbies - Unexpected: repairs, medical bills, gifts No sub-category rabbit holes. Just four honest buckets that show you where your money really goes. FEATURES - Monthly budget wizard with step-by-step guidance - Copy last month's setup to save time - Clear statistics: weekly, monthly, and yearly views - Category and tag breakdowns with period comparisons - Guided month-end reflection in 5 steps - Custom tags with emoji labels for cross-category tracking - Search and filter by date, category, tag, or type - Respectful reminders: daily, weekly, or monthly - 27 currencies supported - Data export as CSV or full SQLite database YOUR MONEY, YOUR BUSINESS - 100% offline. No internet required, no cloud, no servers. - No account creation. No email. No data collection of any kind. - No ads, no banners, no pop-ups, no sponsored content. - Your data stays on your device, always exportable, always yours. ONE PRICE. FOREVER YOURS. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No premium tiers. Pay once, use forever. That's how things should be.

One number tells you what's left to spend today. One envelope holds the big bills — rent, subs, loans. That's it. — — — Left. is a daily budget tracker for people who tried YNAB and gave up, tried spreadsheets and got bored on day three, tried mental math and lost track on day one. It works on a single, honest idea: pour everything you have into a period, set aside the big bills into an envelope, and what remains is yours to spend, divided by days. One screen. One number. No charts. No categories. No streaks, no badges, no nudges. Nothing to maintain. When you need to dip into the reserve — hold the envelope. The envelope breaks open. You take what you need. It seals back. — — — How it works: 01 Pick a period — a month, a week, three days, a trip. 02 Pour in the amount — everything you have for that period. 03 Set the envelope aside — the big bills that have to wait. 04 See what's left — one number on the home screen, every day. — — — What's not in here: — No syncing with banks. — No machine learning categorisation. — No social feed of how friends spend. — No subscription, no upsell, no premium tier. What is in here: — A blank page that opens on a number. — A reserve sealed in an envelope, opened with a long press. — A ledger that remembers every tap. — One hand. One thumb. One number a day. — — — Left. by Koodalabs