Welcome to the alpha

You're in. Thank you. A budget app is only as good as the people willing to run their real money through it early, and you just raised your hand.

What "alpha" means here

It means the product is real and the edges are rough. Your numbers are right, your data is safe, and every byte of it exports to CSV whenever you like — that part is finished work. What's still moving is the polish: screens get better weekly, and occasionally a button moves out from under you. When it does, that's us, not you.

Start here (twenty minutes, or an evening if you're thorough)

1. Sign in with the email your invite went to — the match is exact. Google button or email and password, either works.
2. Connect a bank — or import your history if you'd rather start manual. Your budget starts counting at the month you signed up, so old history won't scare the numbers.
3. Budget this month. Getting started walks the whole path. Zero is the goal. Zero feels good.

And put it on your phone — two taps, and the alpha rides in your pocket.

What we ask

Three things, none of them heavy:

• Live in it, weekly-ish. Not homework — budget like you normally would. Real use finds what demos never do.
• Press 🐛 when anything confuses you. Confusing counts as broken here. You don't need to be right, polite, or brief. It works: an import that failed silently got one 🐛 report, and days later it explains itself.
• Answer the short inquiries we send every week or two. A few questions, a few minutes.

The thank-you

Complete the feedback program and your household is free for life — the 🏆 founding-household badge on your Account page, and it stays given. Everyone else pays $9.99 a month someday. You never will. That's the trade: your honest attention now, our gratitude forever.

During the alpha itself, everything is free for everyone, and you'll get at least 30 days' notice before that ever changes.

If it's not for you

Quit gracefully, any time: Transactions → ⬇ Export CSV hands you everything, in a file any spreadsheet opens. No dark patterns on the way out, no hard feelings on our side.

Questions? The Alpha FAQ has the short answers.