Pudget

Most budgeting apps ask for too much. Your bank login. A subscription. An hour of setup before they tell you anything useful. Pudget asks for about ninety seconds. Pick a few things you spend money on. Give each one a monthly number. That's your budget. From then on, logging a purchase takes three taps — tap add, tap the category, type the amount. No forms. No receipts to photograph. No categories to reconcile on a Sunday evening. ONE NUMBER, EVERY DAY The home screen shows what's left this month across everything, in a big ring you can read at a glance. It shifts from green to amber to coral as you get close to your limit, so most days you don't need to read anything at all. Add the Home Screen or Lock Screen widget and you won't even open the app. BUILT TO BE KIND Pudget never scolds you. Go over budget and it says so plainly, then moves on — "Past the plan for July, fresh start…