EveryDollar Premium?

NOT REALLYA prototype of the interface is possible, but the durable product depends on difficult systems beyond the UI. Build a safer adjacent workflow instead.

BUILD FIRST

A non-sensitive or read-only version of the core experience
A manual review step wherever correctness or trust matters
A narrow companion tool that removes a real piece of work

LEAVE FOR LATER

Regulated decisions, payments, or irreversible actions
Claims of correctness, compliance, or uptime that the MVP cannot support
Sensitive integrations until security, support, and auditability are ready

RESEARCH NOTES

What this tool actually does.

Checked 2026-09-06

EveryDollar is a zero-based budgeting app from Ramsey Solutions (Dave Ramsey). Free version: manual transaction entry, unlimited custom categories/lines, split transactions, sinking funds, bill due dates, cross-device access, and live human support. Premium (14-day free trial for new users; $17.99/month or $79.99/year after) adds bank connect for automatic transaction streaming, margin finder (recommendations to free up money, average $3,015 in 15 min), debt snowball payoff tracker with projected debt-free date, custom reports with spending comparison, CSV export, financial roadmap with long-term goals and projected net worth, payday/bill-due-date-based spending plans, plus human group/one-on-one coaching, live Q&As, and weekly trainings. A January 2026 relaunch highlighted human coaches, streaks and daily lessons, and personalized plans. Couples can share one budget via the Household fe

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RESEARCHED BUILD PROMPT

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Build "Zero-Based Budget App," a replacement inspired by the EveryDollar Premium workflow: before each month starts, the user assigns every dollar of expected income to expense categories so planned income minus planned spending equals zero. Core workflow: (1) set monthly income and payday dates; (2) create, edit, and delete unlimited custom categories/line items with planned amounts; (3) enter transactions manually with date, payee, amount, memo, category, and split-across-categories support; (4) a reconciliation view showing each category's planned vs actual and remaining; (5) sinking funds (monthly-funded savings goals with progress bars); (6) a debt snowball tracker that orders debts smallest-to-largest by balance, records payments, and projects a debt-free date; (7) a margin-finder-style report flagging overspent categories and suggesting adjustments; (8) CSV export of budget data. User-facing requirements: responsive web app for desktop and mobile, simple multi-user "Household" so two accounts manage one shared budget, month-to-month budget copy, and optional streak/daily-lesson gamification. Technical requirements: pick and justify a stack (e.g., React/Next.js + Node/Express + PostgreSQL or Django + SQLite), implement bank sync as a clearly-labeled mock/demo adapter since real Plaid requires credentials, store all data locally, and seed demo data. Use a transaction/reconciliation service and derived reporting rather than duplicating stored totals. Do NOT copy EveryDollar, Ramsey, or Ramsey Solutions branding, logo, copy, colors, or UI layout — build an original interface. Out of scope: real bank aggregation, payments, coaching, billing/subscriptions, native mobile apps, production auth. Deliver a README covering setup, architecture, demo accounts, and important limitations (mock bank sync, educational only, no financial advice).

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