Household Finance

Household Finance is a private budgeting workspace used by the two adults of one household. It is not offered to the public: signing in is limited to those two people, and there is no sign-up.

What it does

• Shows the household's budget, transactions, accounts, net worth, cash forecast, goals and weekly checklist, read from the household's own Actual Budget server.
• Keeps household records such as insurance policies, vehicles, warranties and tax documents.
• Reads purchase receipts from each person's own Gmail account, if that person chooses to connect it, and uses them to label matching transactions in the household budget.

How Gmail is used

Each person connects only their own Gmail account, with read-only access. The app searches for receipts, invoices, order and purchase confirmations and refunds. From each receipt it pulls out the store, date, items, tax, shipping and total, and when that receipt matches exactly one uncategorized transaction in the household budget, it adds a note listing the store, date and item names, and a category, to that transaction. It never sends, deletes, labels or changes email. See the privacy policy for exactly what is read, stored and shared.