How Forecast Commander works
Every screen in the app, and what each control does. If you know which page you're on, find it below under the same heading the app files it under.
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Activity
- TransactionsThe full ledger: filtering it, editing in bulk, and reading what is real against what is still expected.
- RecurringThe bills and paychecks that repeat, and how one rule fills in every future date.
- BNPL PlansBuy now, pay later plans, every installment on the forecast, and paying one off early.
- ReportsWhere the money went and where it is going, across seven views.
- Year WallA year of projected cushion on one screen, ranked against your own account, with four zoom spans, a 3D view and a purchase slider.
Planning
- BudgetsBudget periods, category budgets, rollover, and categories you only want to watch.
- GoalsHolding money back for something without moving it, and deciding what happens when the date arrives.
- ScenariosTry a decision before you make it, compare two, and write one into your real forecast.
- Debt PayoffAvalanche, snowball, and what an extra payment buys you.
Setup
- AccountsAdding accounts, starting balances, safety thresholds, and archiving versus deleting.
- CategoriesThe category tree, colors, and tags.
- PayeesEvery name you've paid, renaming one everywhere, and merging two spellings.
- SettingsTwo-factor, billing, alerts, timezone, the statement reader, backups and starting over.
How it works
- The transaction formEvery field in the Add and Edit form, which opens from five different places.
- The balance equationCleared, true, available, ready to budget, unassigned: five balances and what separates them.
- Budget periodsThe four cadences, and what changes when you change one.
- Scheduled and settlingScheduled or cleared, how the date decides, and what settling does.
- The forecast and runwayHow far ahead it looks, what the low point means, and the safety floor.
- Rules and occurrencesOne rule, many dates, and changing one date or every date.
- Money set asideGoals and budget rollover reserve money without moving it.
- Why you type it inWhat you type, and what fills itself in.
- On your phonePut the app on your phone's home screen so it opens full screen, and what to expect the first time you open it there.
- Your trial and your accessA 35-day trial with no card, the one email before it ends, and what read-only means.