A scientist and an engineer fall in love, get married, create a budget.
Fast-forward ten years later, and our budget-tracking spreadsheet has at least 50 different categories. Despite this level of detail, I have no real idea of where we stand unless I look at our bank account balance.

photo my mum took of my dad with a pear at Apple FunPark
Pear Budget stood out as an alternative to our spreadsheet madness, and I signed up for a free 30-day trial in December which convinced me to purchase a full year of online service. Here are a few reasons why I love it so far:
Please note, this is not a compensated review, just a product I like.

photo my mum took of my dad with a pear at Apple FunPark
- super easy to enter (and edit) expenses and income - I admit I now enjoy entering receipts
- convenient "tags" field to add notes - much easier than adding a comment to a cell in Excel
- you never have to press a "save" button or worry about backing up any files
- enter that month's income and that month's expenses - if you purchase something you've saved for before starting Pear Budget, you can put in a receipt with a negative amount to show that you already had the money saved
- owners Charlie and Sarah are very responsive and love to answer questions - they really do want to make it easy to keep track of your budget
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