How recurring entries work

Recurring entries let Budgeto handle your predictable income and bills automatically, so your budget stays accurate without you re-entering everything every cycle. This guide explains how they're scheduled, applied, and managed.

What a recurring entry is

A recurring entry is any income or expense that repeats on a schedule — your salary, rent, utilities, or a subscription. You set it up once, and Budgeto applies it to each cycle for you.

Setting one up

When you create a recurring entry you choose:

1. Type — income or expense.
2. Amount — how much it is.
3. Frequency — weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or a custom timing that matches the real bill.
4. Timing — when in the cycle it should apply.

Once you save it, the entry shows up automatically in the cycles it belongs to.

How entries apply to a cycle

Recurring entries are baked into your cycle from the start, which means your leftover number accounts for them before you've spent anything. There's no need to wait and remember to add rent — it's already there.

Editing and managing entries

You can tweak recurring entries any time:

• Change the amount when a bill or your pay changes.
• Update the frequency or timing if the schedule shifts.
• Remove an entry when a subscription ends or a bill no longer applies.

Edits apply going forward, so your future cycles reflect the change while past cycles stay exactly as they were.

When to use manual entries instead

Recurring entries are for the predictable stuff. For genuinely variable spending — groceries, one-off purchases, anything irregular — keep using manual entries. That mix of automated fixed costs and manually logged variable spending is what keeps your budget both accurate and low-effort.

Related reading

For the thinking behind this, see How recurring entries keep your budget honest.