Simple, logical family money organizing for everyday families

Reserves for taxes, insurance, and Christmas — so no bill ambushes you.

The Getting Ahead Guidebook helps everyday families organize income, bills, and spending, set aside reserves for what’s coming — like taxes, insurance, and Christmas — and see your whole financial picture in one place.

Income, reserves, direct debits, what’s left in checking — built around the envelope-and-reserves system that pulled one family out of debt forty years ago, and now lives on your phone.

Coming from a spreadsheet, YNAB, or Quicken? Bring your budget, bills, and planning together in one place.

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The Getting Ahead Guidebook app — Dashboard showing the Groceries budget on track, 49% used with money left for the month

Now available on iPhone, iPad, and Android

A note from the creator

“I built this app mainly — and especially — to give others a tool like the one we needed at one time, and to bring some clarity and an outline to a fundamental and sincere part of our everyday existence. There’s a saying that ‘money isn’t everything,’ but understanding it ranks right next to understanding how to chew our food.”

Randy Hess · creator of The Getting Ahead Guidebook

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