THE COMPARISON

A timetable.
Not a rear-view mirror.

Most budgeting apps collect what has already been charged and draw a picture of yesterday. That is useful. It just doesn’t answer the one question you started counting for: will it last until December?

Ten questions, two answers

The question The usual way FINA
Direction of time UsualLast month, analysed. What’s coming is left to you. FINATwelve months ahead. December is already there on the first of January.
Bank connection UsualAccess to your account so transactions arrive by themselves. FINANone. FINA never sees your account — and so never needs a password for it.
Where your numbers live UsualOn a server that comes with an account. FINAIn one file on your machine. On your desktop, in your own cloud folder, on a stick — your call.
What it costs UsualAn account on a server. Leave, and you usually take nothing with you. FINAIn the pilot: nothing, everything open. And your numbers live in your file — you take it with you always, with or without FINA.
Contracts and loans UsualAn expense like any other, month after month. FINAWith a countdown. A traffic light says how much longer a contract runs — and when you’ll breathe easier.
Everyday money UsualEvery coffee on its own, sorted into categories. FINAOne amount per category and month. Enough to plan with — and you won’t quit after three weeks.
Certain or estimated UsualA number is a number. You can’t tell where it came from. FINAEvery number says so. Ticked, estimated or still open — and an estimate never turns into a fact by accident.
Balance in December UsualNo answer. The chart ends today. FINAIt’s in the forecast. Together with the way there, month by month, as a number and as a picture.
Without the internet UsualMostly nothing — without a connection there is no server. FINAKeeps working. Load the page once and everything happens in your browser — even without a connection; the fonts are included. Your book never goes online.
Getting started UsualCreate an account, connect the bank, confirm categories. FINAOpen the page — look at the demo data or go straight to “Create your new FINA database”. No sign-up, no credit card, saving included.

Who FINA is for

For everyone whose money mostly goes into fixed things: rent, subscriptions, insurance, instalments — plus an amount for everyday life. If you want to know which month gets expensive, when a loan runs out and what is left at the end of the year, this is for you.

You like recording every single purchase in your current app? Keep doing it — FINA reads its CSV export and counts forward with your numbers. Together that is the whole picture: exact behind you, planned ahead of you.

What FINA is not

  • Not a bank connection. Amounts come from you — or from a CSV import. Nothing is fetched automatically.
  • Not a receipt scanner. No photos, no automatic categorising, no shopping lists.
  • On a phone, for looking things up. The view adapts to the small screen — entering and saving is done at the computer. There is no separate phone app.
  • No desktop app yet. Mac and Windows are in the works; today FINA runs in the browser.
  • One book is one year. Next year is the next file — in exchange, every year stays exactly as you closed it.
  • No tax, no portfolio. FINA keeps a household book. Shares, depreciation and tax returns are not its job.
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