Migration guide
Switching from Goodbudget to Budgey
About 20 minutes, most of it automated. Here's the exact path from Goodbudget to a working Budgey budget.
Part 1 — Get your data out of Goodbudget
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In Goodbudget on the web, go to your transaction history and export it as CSV.
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Note your envelope names and fill amounts — these become Budgey categories with per-period amounts.
Part 2 — Set up Budgey
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Create your Budgey account
Sign up at budgeyapp.com or in the iOS or Android app. Onboarding takes about two minutes. BaoBot suggests a starter set of categories, and you can rename them to match the ones you had before.
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Set your pay period
Tell Budgey how you get paid — weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Your budget periods will follow your actual paychecks, which is probably an upgrade over the calendar months your old app forced.
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Upload your export to BaoBot
Open BaoBot and upload your CSV, Excel, or PDF file. File uploads are on Plus. It reads each transaction's description, amount, and date, matches categories by name, and imports the lot. Any import can be undone with one message.
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Connect your banks (optional, recommended)
Core includes live bank sync for 1 bank or card. Plus covers 2 or more banks. From then on, new transactions land in your Review Inbox with suggested categories. You approve each one, and your budget stays current without typing.
Switching from Goodbudget: your questions
Is Budgey an envelope budgeting app like Goodbudget?+
Yes, if you run it that way. You give each category an amount per pay period and spend it down. On Plus, Carry balances over rolls a category balance into the next period. Core adds live bank sync for 1 bank, with a Review Inbox you approve, and Auto from real money. Goodbudget is manual by design.
Does Goodbudget sync with my bank?+
No. Goodbudget is deliberately manual. It supports importing bank files by hand. Budgey Core includes live bank sync for 1 bank or card and routes new transactions through a Review Inbox. Plus covers 2 or more banks.
How do Budgey and Goodbudget prices compare?+
Goodbudget is $10/mo or $80/yr. Budgey Core is $5/mo or $20/yr. Budgey Plus is $10/mo or $100/yr. Yearly, Goodbudget is less than Plus. Core includes live bank sync for 1 bank and Auto from real money. Budgey does not have a free plan. Goodbudget does.
Bring your budget home
Core is $5/mo or $20/yr. Import when you're ready. BaoBot does the heavy lifting.
Core $5/mo or $20/yr · Plus $10/mo or $100/yr · iOS, Android, and Web