Welcome

Arca Budget is an envelope budgeting app: every euro gets assigned before it’s spent. That way you know what is genuinely available, rather than what a bank balance leads you to believe.

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Getting started

Create your account and first steps to set up your first budget.

Security & privacy

What protects your data, the sign-in methods and forgetting your password.

Budgeting

The envelope principle, categories and rules, savings goals.

Accounts & transactions

Your accounts, entering and reconciling transactions, and recurring transactions.

Data

Multiple currencies, CSV import and export, multi-device sync.

Reports

An overview of your spending and net worth, and achievements.

Frequently asked

• I forgot my password. How do I recover it?
• Can I change my budget currency?
• I re-imported the same statement — does that duplicate my transactions?
• A transaction is locked, why can’t I edit it?
• How do I delete my account and my data?

All questions and troubleshooting →