Expense Wallet – See where your money goes
Track every category, calculate your spending balance score, and get personalised insights. All in your browser — no signup, no tracking, completely private.
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Tune your expense categories
Your spending is never one number. Rent, groceries, transport, subscriptions — each category behaves differently and shapes your savings. Drag the sliders below to model ten common Indian expense heads. Every chart and score recalculates live.
- 10 pre-built categories · ₹0 to ₹1L each
- Live recalculation — nothing stored
- Read: Monthly budget planner India
You’ve tuned your categories. Ready to see what to fix first? Open the Decision Engine →
Your live expense dashboard
A ₹74,000 outflow sounds manageable until you notice rent alone is 41%. The doughnut shows share, the bar shows absolute rupees. Together they answer: how much, how balanced, and where a shock would hurt most.
- Doughnut — percentage share per category
- Bar — absolute rupees, ranked
- Cross-check with your Wallet Score
Analysis: Your spending is spread across 10 categories. Rent/EMI is your largest at 41%, which is moderately concentrated. Rent/EMI leads at ₹30,200, while Mobile is smallest at ₹400. Balance score: 72. Consider trimming discretionary categories.
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Five rules-based insights
Charts show the picture. Insights explain what to do. Five rules run silently behind your sliders — concentration, category count, discretionary share, smallest-category opportunity, balance grade. Each carries a status so you can scan in ten seconds and know where to focus.
- Concentration — top category below 60%?
- Categories — at least three active?
- Discretionary — food + OTT + gym under 30%?
Expense balance score
From 0 to 100, blending two factors: how many categories are active, and how dominant the largest one is. Zero categories scores zero. Ten categories with none above 40% pushes into the high 80s. Above 60 is healthy. Below 40 is urgent.
- 0–100, higher is more flexible
- Above 80 — highly balanced
- Feeds the overall Wallet Score
You have a good mix of expense categories. Consider trimming your largest one for better flexibility.
Our expense story
Real families plan in the kitchen, not on spreadsheets. Meera and Rahul live in Mumbai, both work full-time, and track every rupee. Their numbers are live — the story is wired to the same data model you’re using.
- Dual income, ten expense heads
- Uses Expense Wallet monthly
- Read: Plan your monthly salary
Meera & Rahul · Mumbai, India
Real‑time spending snapshotHi, we’re Meera (29, marketing manager) and Rahul (31, software engineer). We use the sliders to understand where our money goes and build a more intentional spending plan.
Right now our monthly expenses are — across — categories. Top category: — contributing —. Balance is — — —. Track income in the Income Wallet and investments in the Investment Wallet.
Expense best practices
Nine rules we wish every earner knew. They’re not exotic — most show up in every personal-finance book. But they’re also the ones that get skipped. The list adapts to your sliders: high concentration lights up, too few categories nudges you.
- 3–5 categories, top below 60%
- Discretionary 10–30% of total
- Tax check via Tax Simulator
- Diversify: Aim for 5+ categories. You have 10 active.
- Largest category: Rent/EMI (41%) — keep below 60%.
- Discretionary: ₹9,000 — aim for 10‑30% of total.
- Balance score: 72/100 — Moderate.
- Emergency buffer: 6× expenses — track in Wealth Wallet.
- Review monthly: Adjust sliders as spending changes.
- Trim opportunity: Food/Take-out and OTT.
- Automate savings: Auto-debit SIPs after salary credit.
- Use cash envelopes: For groceries and dining to stay within budget.
You’ve read the playbook. Ready to turn these rules into one action? Open the Decision Engine →
Budgeting & spending articles
Six guides covering what shows up most in our inbox: how to build a monthly budget, how to control expenses without sacrificing lifestyle, why EMIs destroy finances, and how to track spending in India.
- Six India-first guides
- Covers budgeting, EMIs, tracking
- Includes the wallet-system explainer
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Manual vs automated – what works for Indians.
Read → BudgetingBudgeting for Families in India
Manage kids’ expenses, EMIs, and groceries together.
Read →Take your wallets with you
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Frequently asked questions
How can I stick to a monthly budget without giving up my lifestyle?
What is the 50/30/20 rule and how do I apply it in India?
What is an ideal rent‑to‑income ratio for Indian metro cities?
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