How Clearly Works
A budgeting system built to replace impulse with intention
1. Protect Your Savings First
Clearly takes your take-home pay, subtracts what has to get paid and what you want to protect, then shows you what's left. That's your flex budget.
2. Spend. Feel the Ripple.
Traditional budgets hit you with the full cost immediately. A $140 grocery run wipes out your budget for days. Clearly spreads costs over time based on how long items actually last.
Different categories have different ripple periods: groceries (7 days), gas (10 days), shopping (14 days), and more.
3. Decide What You're Buying
Your flex budget splits between immediate spending and planned purchases. Set goals, assign priorities, and watch them fund from your Sidecar.
- •Set custom priorities for each goal
- •Priority 1 goals get funded first
- •Track progress with automatic completion dates
- •Multiple Priority 1 goals split funding equally
4. Your Sidecar Turns Surplus into Decisions
When you underspend, the extra money accumulates in your Sidecar. You choose how to direct it with two flexible modes.
Keep it available
Surplus stays liquid. You decide how to use it, with planned purchase trade-offs visible.
Put it toward a goal
Surplus is allocated toward your planned purchases in priority order.
Bonus: When you have no active Priority 1 goals, your daily allocation goes to the Sidecar!
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