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Upcoming payments & projected runway

The next 30 days, plus unpaid bills from earlier this month. Paid fixed bills are in the history drawer above the timeline. The running balance starts from your latest recorded balance; unrecorded payments are estimates.

Income & expense history

Month-by-month income, spending and net cashflow by year

Income
Expenses
Net Cashflow

YOUR SPENDING, ORGANIZED

Categories

A little clarity for every part of your life. Open a category to explore its transactions.

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MYFINANCE PRO · ANALYTICS

Your spending, like a market

Trends, moving averages, forecasts and signals across every category, so you can act before the month gets away from you.

KNOWLEDGE BASE · FIRST GUIDE

Make sense of your analytics

A practical guide to what each view measures, how to use it, and what it can (and cannot) tell you.

MyFinance has two analytics views with different jobs. Overview looks for changes in your own transaction history. Spending Compass adds context from published U.S. household spending data and looks for places your own spending could move toward levels you have already reached.

GETTING USEFUL RESULTS

Start with complete, well-organized data

Import statements regularly

Missing statements make totals look lower than they were. At least 3 complete months help the Overview averages; longer histories make trend signals steadier. Compass comparisons use completed months and need at least 3 full months in standard spending categories.

Check categories and transfers

Correct categories make category comparisons meaningful. Transfers between your own accounts are excluded from spending to avoid counting the same money twice. Review unusual classifications before acting on a signal.

Set your household profile

In Spending Compass, enter household size, region and rent/own status for a closer comparison. Until you do, it uses the average U.S. household. Comparisons are guideposts, not targets every household should meet.

Forecasts assume recent patterns continue. They are estimates, can change when new transactions arrive, and are not financial advice.

ANALYTICS · OVERVIEW

Your history, signals and near-term picture

Use this view to notice a change, identify where it came from, then decide what to inspect or adjust.

At-a-glance measures

Six quick checks summarize the current month and recent household finances.

Spent this month

Spending since the first of this month, compared with the same point last month. Useful for spotting a change in pace; partial months should only be compared at the same point in time.

Projected

Estimated month-end spending, including bills still due and typical flexible spending for the remaining days. Treat it as an early warning, not a promise.

Avg monthly

Average monthly spending across the last 3 full months, shown beside average income. A quick baseline for whether the household is generally spending more or less than it brings in.

Savings rate

Average income left after spending, as a share of income over those 3 full months. It cannot be measured without recorded income and may be negative when spending exceeds income.

Fixed vs flexible

The share of average monthly spending marked as fixed bills. It helps distinguish committed costs from more adjustable spending; incorrect fixed-bill labels distort this share.

Daily burn

This month's spending pace per elapsed day, alongside days left in the month. Use it with the projection to see whether the current pace is sustainable, not as a spending target.

Month-end forecast

Plots this month's spending pace beside last month and estimates the finish, splitting the estimate into bills still due and expected flexible spending. Check it after large purchases or as bills come due; compare like-for-like months and remember that new data can move the estimate.

6-month cash flow

Projects the recorded balance forward if typical income and spending continue. The starting point comes from your latest recorded account balance; the line highlights the projected balance, lowest point and typical surplus or shortfall. Update balances and fixed bills, and treat the result as a scenario—not a guaranteed runway.

Monthly spend trend

Shows up to 12 months of spending, a 3-month moving average and income. The average smooths one-off bumps so you can see direction; use the monthly bars to find when a change began. Missing statement months can make the trend misleading.

Recurring charges not marked fixed

Finds steady, scheduled charges that are not already marked as fixed bills, estimates their monthly/yearly cost and flags detected price increases. Review the merchant, amount and cadence: a repeating charge is not automatically a bill or subscription. Mark genuine bills fixed so they can feed the bill calendar and forecast; review unwanted charges with the provider.

Category signals

For each spending category, compare this month, the same point last month, 3- and 6-month averages, share of spending, trend and volatility. “Running hot” means the projected month is at least 15% above its 3-month average; “Cooling” is a direction, not proof that spending is healthy. Sort the columns, then open a category to inspect its transactions.

Unusual activity

Surfaces individual charges or category spending far outside the usual pattern. Use it as a review queue for possible duplicates, miscategorized items or genuine one-offs—not an automatic fraud alert. Confirm against the statement before changing anything.

Top merchants

Ranks where the last 90 days of spending went, including transaction count, average purchase, share and change. It is useful for finding a concentrated or growing expense; a high total alone does not tell you whether the spending is avoidable.

Weekly rhythm

Totals recent spending by weekday and weekend, with an average week and quietest day. It can prompt questions about routines, but it does not adjust for how many of each weekday occur or why purchases happened. Treat small differences as descriptive, not behavioral evidence.

SPENDING COMPASS

Your patterns, with outside context

Compass is not another forecast. It combines your category history with published Consumer Expenditure Survey benchmarks, adjusted for household size, region and housing. Set a time period for each panel; short or incomplete periods can produce unstable comparisons.

Compass plan and headline

Start here. It estimates potential monthly savings for categories where spending is at least $10 above a suggested level and is either above a relevant benchmark or showing an upward trend. Suggested levels are based on your own lower-spending months, typical household spending or—when spending is seasonal—the same months last year. The opportunity is a scenario, not a promised saving or a requirement to spend like another household. Review the category evidence before setting a target.

Where your money flows

Shows how average monthly income is divided among fixed bills, everyday categories, debt minimums and money left over. Use it to see the broad shape of your budget and which category contributes most. It reflects imported and classified activity; it cannot include bills or debt payments that were never recorded.

Where the signals overlap

Combines three separate checks—above a similar household, trending up and unusually high for your own history. Categories with multiple signals deserve earlier review; one signal alone is a prompt to watch, not a verdict. This adds benchmark and unusual-month context beyond Overview's category trend table.

Who gets your money

Explores vendors and spending concentration. Select a bubble to see that vendor's story; change the bubble size or color to explore the available measures. It helps move from “which category?” to “which merchant?”—but a large merchant is not necessarily a problem.

Hot and cold months

A category-by-month view that makes seasonality, recurring peaks and unusually quiet months easier to see. Hover or focus a cell for the exact value. Compare complete months only; a missing statement is not a zero-spending month.

Your normal range

Compares recent category spending with its historical range and shows how exceptional the latest month is relative to prior months. Use it to distinguish a routine fluctuation from a genuine spike, while checking that the history is complete and relevant.

Technical readings

An optional detail table for average vs. typical spending, momentum, moving-average crossovers, volatility bands, how many recent months rose, and whether change came from purchase frequency or purchase size. It is for investigating the “why” behind a signal; the headline and plan are enough for a quick review.

Benchmark values come from the cited U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, not other MyFinance users. Contracted bills such as mortgage, rent, loans, insurance and internet are not compared. Survey averages are context, not a judgment about what you should spend.

WHAT IS DISTINCTIVE?

A candid note on usefulness

Strongest decision support

The month-end forecast, category signals and recurring-charge review each suggest a concrete next step: check the pace, investigate a category, or verify a repeating payment. Compass adds a different lens by combining personal trends with an external household benchmark.

Most useful together

Overview's “Running hot” signal compares a category with your own recent average; Compass's overlap adds whether it is above a similar household and unusually high for you. These are related but not identical. Use Overview to spot movement, Compass to add context, and transaction details to decide.

Worth evaluating

Weekly rhythm currently reports weekday totals and a peak day, but gives little context for day-of-week frequency or a practical action. If it does not change a decision, it may be a candidate to simplify or replace with a normalized comparison. Top merchants can also be descriptive unless the user can drill into a specific opportunity. These are product questions, not conclusions from your personal data.

PERSONALIZE YOUR WORKSPACE

Manage categories

Manage category names and the merchant mappings that automatically organize future imports.

A CLEARER PATH FORWARD

Your debt-free plan

Every balance in one place. Pick a strategy, set what you can afford and watch the finish line move closer.

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LESS GUESSWORK. MORE INTENTION.

Your spending coach

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Honest numbers. A practical next step.

Review imported spending and all your goals together. This is local, evidence-based coaching, not an external AI service or a CPA. No financial data is sent to third parties.

EVERY DETAIL, IN ONE PLACE

Transactions

Review your activity, refine categories, and keep track of recurring bills.

Watch the tourFixed & income tour

Swipe sideways to see all transaction details.

DateDescriptionCategoryFixed / IncomePays byAmount
Older import tools

Current imports save valid new rows directly and show duplicates, warnings and errors in the import result. This queue is only for older records.

Legacy import review How import results work

OLDER QUEUED RECORDS ONLY

Legacy import review

Current imports do not wait here. Read their results in the import dialog.

Back to Transactions

These records came from an older import queue. Compare with Transactions before using Add anyway: it bypasses duplicate checks and saves the record as Other without an account. Review the category and assign its source under Accounts afterwards. Dismiss removes only the queued copy, not an existing transaction.

Date Reason Description Amount Action

MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT MATTERS

Savings goals

Every goal gets a monthly amount that fits next to your bills and your debt-free plan.

How goals work

KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES

Accounts

Organize your imported accounts and review transfer recipients, so your spending, income and savings tell the right story.

How Accounts works

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS / TRANSACTIONS

Transaction troubleshooting

A closer look at how your totals are built. Review an imported statement and correct transfer decisions when needed.

Start with an import

Select an import first, then narrow by how transactions are handled. Review 50 transactions per page.

Choose an import to see its transactions and review how they affect your totals.

How to read transaction statuses
Counted in totals
Affects spending or income.
Internal transfer
Excluded from spending and income.
Savings transfer
Tracked as saved, not spending or income.
Needs review
Temporarily excluded until you decide.

Transaction treatment

DateDescriptionAccount / fileCategoryHow handledAmountCorrect decision
Choose an import to get startedYour transactions will appear here, 50 at a time.

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS / WORKSPACE HISTORY

Activity log

Review imports and changes made in this workspace. Times are shown in your local time zone.

Workspace timeline

Imports, corrections and account activity in one place.

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Tutorials

Short, narrated walkthroughs. Press play, pause any time, or jump to a chapter.