Documentation
Learn how to use Hierarchy Budget to understand what your spending reveals about which human needs are calling for resources.
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Philosophy
The psychological foundation behind budgeting with Maslow's hierarchy of human needs.
Getting Started
Set up categories, allocation targets and your first plan, then bring in what actually happened.
Interpretation Guide
What your budget patterns reveal about your financial psychology and priorities.
Example Budgets
Six households from severe scarcity to real wealth. Read their story, then use the app with their numbers.
Planning
Forecast vs Actual
Your plan against your transactions, for the month and for the whole year.
Net Worth
Linked accounts plus manual assets minus debts, computed one way everywhere.
Debt Payoff
Compare payoff strategies, save a plan, and see the month it clears.
Lifetime Planning
Project your budget up to 60 years forward to see your financial trajectory.
Day to Day
Accounts & Register
Track accounts, work the register, split transactions, and reconcile against statements.
Reviewing Transactions
Review by exception: the Inbox shows what needs you and files the rest.
Bank Sync
Connect your bank through SimpleFIN and let transactions arrive on their own.
Import Transactions
Backfill history from an .ofx or .qfx statement file, with undoable batches.
Receipts
Photograph a receipt or forward the email, and it becomes a transaction.
Reports
Where the money went, by category, by vendor, or by Maslow level.