Privacy-first budgeting

Seize the day.
Keep your money.

· Festina Lente ·

Connect your accounts, track spending, and get notified before you overspend — together with your household.

30 days free · no card required

Email reports

Track your spending, your way

The moment spending crosses a limit, Carpe Money emails you — and every recipient you choose — a report. Every alert is yours to shape.

A report for every alert

Each alert sends its own email. Set a limit on a category, one account, or everything — the report tells you exactly which rule was crossed, and by how much.

Choose who's notified

Add the recipients that matter — just you, your partner, or the whole household. Everyone stays in the loop without having to log in.

On your schedule

Stay on top of your budget with daily, weekly or monthly reports delivered to your inbox.

The privacy model

Your data belongs to you

Most budgeting apps copy your financial life onto their servers. Carpe Money simply doesn't.

Your data belongs to you. Unlike most budgeting apps, we will never sell your data. Carpe Money is entirely independently developed.  You are our customer, NOT marketing companies.

Linked-bank data is never stored

Bank balances and transactions are fetched live from Plaid — the same aggregation layer trusted by major banks — and kept only on your device. Bank transactions never rest on Carpe Money servers.

More Features

Notified before you overspend

Set a limit for any account or category over a time span. You hear about it before you overspend — not after.

Tailored to how you spend

Make it yours: custom alert rules, recurring rules to track every subscription, and your own category rules — so spending is sorted your way, automatically.

Built for two

Invite a partner to your household and budget together — shared alert rules, one net position, every account in view. Or simply have Carpe Money email your loved one a report.

Pricing

One plan. Everything included.

Carpe Money is a subscription from an independent developer — no ads, no selling your data. Try it free for 30 days.

Carpe Pro30 days free
$60/ year
  • Unlimited linked banks — fetched live, never stored
  • Unlimited alert rules and daily checks
  • Recurring-charge validation and overcharge alerts
  • Net-worth history with monthly scrubbing
  • Manual accounts with encrypted sync
  • CSV export, any time
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FAQ
Does Carpe Money ever see my bank login?

No. Bank connections are powered by Plaid — you sign in at your bank, and your credentials go to your bank, never to us. Access is read-only: nothing can move money.

What exactly do you store?

Linked-bank balances and transactions are fetched live and never stored — they live only on your device. Accounts you enter manually are stored encrypted so they sync across your devices.

How do spending alerts work?

Set a limit for any set of accounts or categories over a time span — leave all unchecked to watch every account. We check daily and you get notified before you overspend. Emails are sent only once per day or month.

What happens if I cancel?

Your data belongs to you. Export everything as CSV any time; manual accounts stay on your devices, and linked banks simply stop refreshing.

Which devices does it run on?

iOS, Android, and any modern browser. Your alert rules and encrypted manual accounts stay in sync everywhere you sign in.