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Vault

Personal Finance Dashboard

Your whole money picture on one private dashboard — safe-to-spend, budgets, bills, goals, debt payoff and net worth, on your phone and laptop.

Try the live demo to explore the application — it runs right here on VaultlyApps with sample data, no sign-up needed.

Vault personal finance dashboard shown on a laptop and a phone, with the safe-to-spend number and cash-flow charts

What is Vault?

Vault is a private personal finance dashboard that combines a budget planner, expense tracker, bill calendar, savings goals, debt payoff planner and net worth tracker in one app. It runs in the browser, installs on a phone or computer like a normal app, works offline once installed, and keeps your data on your own devices — there is no account, no subscription and no bank connection.

What problem does Vault solve?

Most people's money lives in five places — a bank app, a spreadsheet, a notes app, email reminders and their head. A bank balance doesn't say what is actually free to spend once bills, subscriptions, debt payments and savings have taken their share. Vault pulls those pieces into one dashboard and turns them into a single, explainable number.

Key features

  • Safe to Spend

    Income this month minus what you've spent and what's still budgeted, spread across the days until payday — so you also see roughly how much you can spend per day.

  • Can I afford it?

    Type a price and get an honest answer — fits, fits but dips into next-payday money, or doesn't fit yet — then log it or turn it into a savings goal.

  • Zero-based budget

    Give every dollar a job until "left to assign" reaches zero. Recurring rules add salary, rent and regular costs automatically.

  • Bills and subscriptions

    A week-by-week bill calendar, due-soon and overdue flags, true yearly costs, and warnings before free trials turn into paid plans.

  • Debt payoff planner

    Compare the snowball and avalanche methods side by side, with an estimated debt-free date, total interest and an extra-payment slider.

  • Net worth tracking

    List assets and debts, save a snapshot each month, and watch the growth chart over time.

  • Bank CSV import

    Import a CSV downloaded from your bank with a live column preview. Duplicates are detected and skipped. Vault never connects to your bank.

  • Linked devices

    Link up to 4 of your own devices with a 6-digit code or QR. Data is encrypted on the device before it travels, so the relay in between can't read it.

  • Printable reports

    Spending by category, income vs spending and top payees, monthly or yearly — print or save as PDF.

Screenshots

  • Vault dashboard with safe-to-spend, net worth, cash flow and upcoming bills

    Vault dashboard with safe-to-spend, net worth, cash flow and upcoming bills

  • The "Can I afford it?" check comparing a purchase against the current budget

    The "Can I afford it?" check comparing a purchase against the current budget

  • Zero-based budget screen where every dollar is assigned to a category

    Zero-based budget screen where every dollar is assigned to a category

  • Linking a phone and a laptop with a 6-digit code

    Linking a phone and a laptop with a 6-digit code

  • Vault on a phone screen

    Vault on a phone screen

How does Vault work?

  1. 1

    Open the live demo to explore Vault with realistic sample data.

  2. 2

    After buying, open your private link on your phone or computer and install Vault — it gets its own icon.

  3. 3

    Clear the sample data and add your income, budget and bills.

  4. 4

    Optionally link your phone and laptop in Settings with a 6-digit code.

Who is Vault for?

  • People who want one place for their whole financial picture
  • Anyone moving off a budgeting spreadsheet
  • People who don't want to connect a bank account to an app
  • Households that share one budget across a phone and a laptop

How Vault works

Vault is built around one question: what can I actually spend right now? Everything else in the app — the budget, the bill calendar, the goals and the debt plan — feeds that answer.

The dashboard shows Safe to Spend, net worth, income, expenses, savings rate, a 12-month cash-flow chart, where your money went, bills due in the next 14 days and your savings goals, all on one screen. Open the Safe to Spend card at any time to see exactly how the number was worked out: income this month, minus what you've spent, minus what is still budgeted — then spread across the days until payday, so you also see roughly how much you can spend per day.

Tracking is designed to take seconds: a quick-add for amount and category, a full form when you need dates, tags and notes, and an Undo button after every change. Recurring rules mean salary, rent and other regular items appear on schedule without re-typing. Instant search finds any transaction across your whole history.

If the idea of a safe-to-spend number is new, our guide What is a safe-to-spend number? explains the formula with worked examples.

Who Vault is for

Vault suits people who want one place for their whole financial picture instead of five spreadsheets and a banking app:

  • People who budget but still feel surprised at the end of the month, because their bank balance never tells them what's already promised.
  • Households paying down debt who want to see the plan, the date and the trade-offs in the same app as their budget.
  • Savers working toward goals — an emergency fund, a trip, a car — who like to see progress.
  • Anyone who wants privacy: no account, no bank login, no tracking.

It works with weekly, every-two-weeks, twice-a-month and monthly pay, and with any currency symbol you choose.

The main screens

Budget. Vault uses zero-based budgeting: give every dollar a job until "left to assign" reaches $0.00. Categories show what's budgeted, spent and left, so you can move money between them when plans change.

Can I afford it? Type a price before you buy and Vault answers honestly: already in your budget, fits in Safe to Spend, fits this month but dips into post-payday money, or not comfortably this month — with how short you'd be. You can log the purchase or turn it into a savings goal from the same window.

Bills and subscriptions. A bill calendar laid out week by week, paid and still-to-pay status, due-soon and overdue flags, and one-tap "mark paid". Subscriptions show their true monthly and yearly totals, trials get warnings before they turn into paid plans, and cancel candidates are ranked by yearly cost. Our subscription audit guide walks through how to use those numbers.

Goals and challenges. Savings goals with targets, progress rings and optional deadlines, plus 52-week, 100-envelope, 30-day and build-your-own challenges.

Debt. Enter each card and loan and Vault builds two plans — snowball (smallest balance first) and avalanche (highest rate first) — with an estimated debt-free date, total interest and payoff order for each. The cheaper plan is marked, and an extra-payment slider shows how much sooner you could finish. Read Debt snowball vs debt avalanche for a worked example.

Net worth. List assets and debts, save a snapshot each month and watch the growth chart. A "what if I invest every month?" calculator shows what steady investing could build over time.

Reports. Where spending went, income vs spending and top payees, by month or year — ink-friendly pages you can print or save as PDF.

A typical month with Vault

  1. Payday: income arrives and recurring rules add your regular bills. You assign every dollar in the budget.
  2. During the month: you glance at Safe to Spend before non-essential purchases and log spending with quick-add — or import a bank CSV once a week instead.
  3. Before a bigger purchase: you check "Can I afford it?" and either buy it, move money from another category, or start a goal.
  4. When bills are due: the 14-day list and bill calendar show what's coming; you mark each one paid.
  5. Month-end: you print or review the reports, save a net-worth snapshot and adjust next month's budget.

Built for privacy

Vault has no account system and no bank connection. Your data is stored on your own devices. When you link a phone and a laptop — once, with a 6-digit code or a QR scan — changes are encrypted on the device with a key only your linked devices hold, and the relay that passes them along cannot read them. A device that was offline catches up when it reconnects. A one-click backup file lets you keep your own copy, and you can restore it at any time.

There are no analytics or tracking pixels inside the app, and no "anonymous usage statistics".

Works on every device

Vault is a progressive web app: it installs from your private link on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and Chromebook, opens with its own icon and works offline after the first visit. Updates arrive automatically — there's nothing to re-download. Our article Android app vs web app explains why we build this way.

You can choose Calm, Light or Dark themes, and keyboard shortcuts (N for a new transaction, ? for the full list) make it quick on a laptop.

What you get

  • Your private Vault link and QR code.
  • A 19-page PDF guide: Start Here, How to Open & Install, How Vault Works and the license.
  • Bonus printables: 6 savings challenge boards, 7 finance worksheets (monthly budget, bill tracker, subscription audit, debt payoff, savings goals, net worth tracker, year at a glance) and 5 phone and desktop wallpapers.
  • Free updates for the app itself.

Getting started in five minutes

  1. Open the Start Here page in the PDF and tap your private link (or scan the QR).
  2. Install Vault so it opens like any other app.
  3. Take the short tour or explore the sample data.
  4. Clear the samples and add your accounts, income and first budget.
  5. Optionally, link your phone and laptop in Settings with a 6-digit code.

From then on, Safe to Spend is your starting point each day.

If you mainly want one calm number and fewer decisions, Flow is our ADHD-friendly budget planner. For a dedicated debt plan with what-if scenarios, see Zero; for bills and subscriptions on their own, Pulse.

Good to know

Vault is a planning tool. Its debt and savings figures are estimates based on the numbers you enter — your lender's figures may differ slightly — and it is not financial advice.

Vault FAQ

Does Vault connect to my bank account?

No. Vault never talks to your bank. You can import a CSV file that you download from your bank yourself, and the file is read on your device.

Do I need internet to use Vault?

You need internet the first time you open Vault on each device. After it is installed it works offline, and linked devices catch up when they are back online.

Is there a subscription?

No. Vault is a one-time purchase with free updates. There is no account and no monthly fee.

Where is my financial data stored?

On your own devices. If you link devices, the data is encrypted on your device before it travels between them. You can also export a full backup file at any time.

Which devices does Vault work on?

Any phone, tablet or computer with a modern browser such as Safari, Chrome or Edge — including iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac, Windows and Chromebook. It installs straight from the browser; it is not in the App Store or Play Store.

Can Vault help me pay off debt?

Yes. Enter each card and loan with its balance, APR and minimum payment, and Vault builds both a snowball and an avalanche plan with an estimated debt-free date, total interest and payoff order. An extra-payment slider shows how much sooner you could finish.

Can I import transactions from my bank?

Yes. Download a CSV file from your bank and import it in Vault. You match the columns with a live preview, duplicates are spotted and skipped, and the file is read on your device — Vault never connects to your bank.

Can I try Vault before buying?

Yes. The free live demo runs in your browser with realistic sample data, so you can explore the dashboard, budget, bills, goals and debt planner before deciding.

Further reading

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