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The Home Budget Spreadsheet

Type what you spend. The dashboard does the thinking.

12 tabs · Excel + Sheets 1 / 3
  • 12 tabs, zero formulas to touch
  • 30-second daily log
  • Dashboard does the thinking
  • Excel + Google Sheets
$7.90 USD · one-time payment

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What you get

Sound familiar?

  1. “You've tried budget apps; they lasted a month and sold your data”

  2. “The month ends and where the money went is a genuine mystery”

  3. “Spreadsheets tempt you but building one from scratch is a weekend you don't have”

You don't need discipline software. You need one sheet that adds itself up. (render)

You don't need discipline software. You need one sheet that adds itself up.

How it works

Type what you spend. It adds itself up.

  1. Step 1: Log in 30 seconds

    Date, description, category from a dropdown, amount.

  2. Step 2: Read the dashboard

    Income, spent, left over, savings rate and the chart, automatically.

  3. Step 3: Tick the bills

    Every recurring cost with its due day, ticked off monthly.

  4. Step 4: Watch debts and funds move

    SNOWBALL ranks the payoff, SINKING FUNDS sets the monthly amount.

Ready when you are. Files in your inbox in minutes.

Meet The Home Budget Spreadsheet

Everything you need to make it come together

  1. The problem: Apps that last a month and sell your data. (render)

    01 · The problem

    Apps that last a month and sell your data.

  2. The missing piece: One sheet that adds itself up. (render)

    02 · The missing piece

    One sheet that adds itself up.

  3. The solution: Log → Read the dashboard → Tick bills → Watch it move. (render)

    03 · The solution

    Log → Read the dashboard → Tick bills → Watch it move.

Read the full story

Paper budgets build the habit; spreadsheets do the math. This is the spreadsheet version of getting your money together: a BUDGET tab where you set planned amounts, a TRANSACTIONS tab where logging a purchase takes 30 seconds with dropdown categories, and a DASHBOARD that does everything else.

Type a month into one amber cell and it calculates income, spending by category against plan, what's left, your savings rate, and draws the chart. Bills live on their own tab so renewals stop ambushing you. Savings goals fill actual progress bars. Debts get a tab you'll enjoy shrinking. Works in Excel out of the box and in Google Sheets with one upload.

01

The 30-second log

Date, description, category from a dropdown, amount. That's the entire daily habit; the sheet takes it from there.

02

The automatic dashboard

Type a month, get the answer: income vs spent vs left, savings rate, every category against its plan, and the chart. Zero formulas to touch.

Actual files

This is what’s actually inside

Real pages from the files you download, not marketing mockups. Tap any page to see it full size.

  • 01The DASHBOARD tab, before any spending is logged
  • 02The TRANSACTIONS log: date, description, category, amount

Everything above is in one download.

14-day money-back promise. Try it on your own wall, desk or fridge.

This is for you if

  • You want the numbers handled without a subscription app
  • You live in Google Sheets or Excel already, or want a reason to
  • Couples who need one shared money picture

Probably not for you if

  • You want automatic bank syncing (this is deliberately manual, that's why it sticks)
  • You need business bookkeeping

The details

Everything, spelled out

Everything included
  • 12 tabs, zero formulas to touch
  • Automatic dashboard: type a month, get income, spending, savings rate and the chart
  • SNOWBALL tab auto-ranks debts (snowball or avalanche, one dropdown)
  • SINKING FUNDS computes the monthly amount to stay on track
  • NET WORTH and YEAR VIEW round out the whole picture
  • One file works in Excel and Google Sheets (upload to Drive, open with Sheets)
Files and printing
  • XLSX, works in Excel directly and in Google Sheets via a one-time import, delivered as a ZIP
  • Print at 100% ("actual size"). Any home printer works; print shops handle larger sizes. Reprint as often as you like.
License
  • Personal use only. Not for resale or redistribution. Full terms on the Terms page.
Also inside
  • Bills that stop surprising you: Every recurring cost with its due day and amount, ticked off monthly. The subscription you forgot lives here now.
  • Goals and debts, visualized: Savings goals with real progress bars that fill as you save; debt balances tracked where you can watch them shrink.
  • Debt, funds and net worth, automated: Four automated tabs: SNOWBALL auto-ranks your payoff order (switch to avalanche with one dropdown), SINKING FUNDS computes the monthly amount that keeps each fund on track, NET WORTH tracks the whole story and YEAR VIEW lines up every month side by side.

14-day money-back promise

Not what you expected? Email [email protected] within 14 days of purchase and we fix the problem or refund you in full. No forms, just an email. Details in our Refund Policy.

Good questions

Does it work in Google Sheets?
Yes. Upload the file to Google Drive, right-click, Open with Google Sheets. Formulas, dropdowns, the dashboard and progress bars come along.
Do I need to know spreadsheet formulas?
No. Every formula is pre-built and lives in protected patterns; you only ever type dates, amounts and category picks. The START HERE tab walks you through the five tabs in two minutes.
Can I change the categories?
Yes, they're yours: edit the category list on the BUDGET tab and every dropdown and dashboard row follows automatically.
Spreadsheet or paper?
This is the spreadsheet. If you want the version that lives on the fridge, our Monthly Budget & Savings Planner in the Better Life shop covers the same loop on printable pages. Same price, same 14-day money-back promise.
Do I get future updates?
Yes. When we expand a product, existing customers get the new files free. Your download link expires 72 hours after it is sent, for security; email us any time for a fresh one and it carries the latest version. Last expanded: September 2026.
What are the bonus AI prompts?
Ten prompts written for this product, in a Bonus-AI-Prompts folder inside your download (PDF and TXT). Paste one into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, replace the brackets with your details, and you get answers tailored to your situation. They are a bonus, not a requirement: the product works on paper without them.
Is this a physical product?
No, nothing ships. Your files arrive by email within minutes of purchase, and you can view them on any phone, tablet or computer, then print whatever you want to hold in your hands.
What if it is not for me?
Then it costs you nothing. Email [email protected] within 14 days of purchase and we fix the problem or refund you in full. No forms, just an email. Details in our Refund Policy.
The Home Budget Spreadsheet

Ready when you are

One forgotten subscription, caught by the bills tab, pays for it.

$7.90

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