About Spudget
I am the founder and developer of Spudget, a slightly different kind of budget app. Spudget grew out of the wish to manage budgets in a simpler, clearer, and more conscious way without spreadsheets and without the uneasy feeling of sharing sensitive financial data.
Spudget was not planned as a big product in the beginning. It started as a simple budgeting app for my wife and me because I no longer wanted to maintain spreadsheets.
In many other budgeting apps, I had concerns around privacy, bank connections, and the handling of sensitive financial data. That is why the idea became an app that works in a simpler and more intentional way.
Spudget intentionally relies on manual budgeting. When you enter budgets and expenses yourself, you naturally pay more attention to them instead of just watching synced numbers in the background.
That becomes especially helpful when more than one person is involved in the same budget, because the shared overview stays easier to follow and discuss.
Budgeting does not have to feel dry. That is why Spudget has a small mascot that makes the app feel a bit lighter.
Achievements are there to help people stick with it, make progress visible, and bring a little more motivation into everyday budgeting.
Spudget is meant to stay as accessible as possible, free for many people and without ads. At the same time, development, hosting, and infrastructure create ongoing costs.
Beta Supporters help keep the app moving forward without turning it into an aggressive sales product.
Spudget should not become an app that is developed past the people using it. That is why feedback is a central part of development.
Beta Supporters get earlier access to selected features so ideas can be tested together, improved, and later made available more broadly.