Home Budget Pro

Sooner or later it all goes down to money. It's important to keep a track of every expense and income so you don't risk ending up with an empty wallet, or even in debt before the next paycheck. A little ambition does the trick, but a better way is to use specialized applications like Home Budget Pro, which reduces your effort to keeping an eye on balance, once all data is entered.

Right from the start, the application takes you through a series of steps so you can easily add all necessary incomes and expenses, along with corresponding data. All steps are fitted with clear and helpful descriptions, gradually having you create an account, monthly incomes, various categories, and more.

With all numerical values added up, you're taken to the dashboard. Most of the space is used to enlist all entries from selected categories. These are easily accessed from a side navigation panel that lets you view a tree structure of categories, as well as accounts. What's more, there's a graph representing the current state, and trend for each selected item.

You need to modify values each time changes occur, with no automated process other than making an income or expense recurrent at a specific date and frequency. Luckily, the application cleverly points this out and provides all necessary details for monthly review of your budget.

Multiple accounts can be created and viewed at the same time. Adding or managing existing transactions is done through the side navigation panel. Each action or change brings up a small configuration windows, fitted with dedicated input fields, time and date requirements, frequency, source and target accounts, and more.

A decent amount of reports can be generated with a few mouse clicks. Found in a corresponding menu entry, these let you create reports for expenses, budget, and category summary. All gathered data is then shown in a new table, according to your period specifications. There aren't any visual details to manage, but you can export data to PDF or CSV.

Bottom line is that Home Budget Pro comes in handy for small, personal tracking of periodical monetary flow. It feels a little rough around the edges here and there, with a few automated tools requiring your constant attention and management. Overall, it deserves a try for its neat approach on the initial and helpful account setup, with simple controls and intuitive tools letting you handle tasks later on.