Our Story Started with Spreadsheet Frustration

Back in 2019, our founder was sitting at her kitchen table, surrounded by receipts and wrestling with yet another complicated budgeting app. She thought there had to be a better way – something that actually made sense for regular people with irregular incomes and unexpected expenses.

That frustration sparked an idea. What if budgeting could be simple, flexible, and actually work for real Australian families? Not the perfect theoretical families you see in finance textbooks, but people with kids who get sick, cars that break down, and incomes that vary month to month.

We started small, working with friends and neighbours in Canberra. Word spread quickly because our approach actually worked. Instead of rigid categories and shame-based tracking, we focused on building sustainable habits that fit real life.