Custom budget periods
PiggyPulse lets you create flexible budget periods, so you can track money weekly, fortnightly, monthly, by payday, or with your own custom date ranges.
Free for now. No credit card required.
Create budget periods around the dates that matter to you, not only the first and last day of the month.
Use the rhythm that matches your income, bills, habits, or planning style.
Add transactions yourself so each budget period reflects what actually changed.
Review each period without streaks, badges, guilt loops, or pressure.
Why flexible periods
Traditional budgeting often assumes that every plan starts on the first day of the month and ends on the last. That can work for some people, but it does not match everyone’s life.
Your income might arrive weekly or fortnightly. Your bills might cluster around different dates. You might want to plan around a trip, a school term, a family event, or a personal reset day. A fixed monthly budget can make those situations harder to understand.
PiggyPulse is built around budget periods, so the time window can match the way your money actually moves.
How it works
A budget period in PiggyPulse is a date range for reviewing your money. You decide when it starts, when it ends, and what you want to track inside it.
Create a budget period for a week, two weeks, a month, or any custom date range.
Add income and expenses manually so the period reflects your real activity.
Check what is available, what changed, and how the current period is going.
Example periods
PiggyPulse gives you the flexibility to create budget periods that match how you actually plan.
Use one budget period per week for short planning cycles and frequent check-ins.
Create a two-week period around a fortnightly payday or a two-week spending plan.
Start a period when income arrives and end it before the next payday.
Track spending for a specific trip, event, or short-term financial window.
Start your budget on the date that feels useful to you, even if that is not the first day of the month.
Create a custom period when your income does not follow a predictable schedule.
Who this is for
PiggyPulse is a good fit if a standard monthly budget feels too rigid for the way your money actually works.
Good to know PiggyPulse helps you organise and review budget periods. It does not give financial advice or automatically decide how you should spend your money.
What changes
PiggyPulse gives you practical tools for tracking budget periods while keeping the experience calm and manual.
Feature highlights
PiggyPulse combines custom budget periods with manual transaction tracking, account overviews, and a calm privacy-first design.
Create budget periods around the date ranges that matter to you.
Add spending and income yourself so your budget stays intentional.
See what is available and what changed across the accounts or categories you track.
PiggyPulse has no bank connection, no ads, no tracking, and no guilt-based design.
Related guides
Custom periods are the broad idea. These pages cover adjacent reasons people choose PiggyPulse.
Read the budget-by-paycheck guide
FAQ
Yes. PiggyPulse lets you create budget periods with custom start and end dates.
No. PiggyPulse supports flexible budget periods, so you can budget weekly, fortnightly, monthly, by payday, or with your own custom date ranges.
Yes. You can create weekly or fortnightly budget periods that match your planning rhythm.
Yes. You can create a custom budget period for a specific date range, such as a trip, event, or short-term financial plan.
No. PiggyPulse is manual-first and does not connect directly to your bank or ask for your online banking credentials.
Yes. PiggyPulse is free for now.
Yes. PiggyPulse is available as a web app and an iOS app.
Create flexible budget periods, track transactions manually, and review your money without forcing every plan into a calendar month.
Free for now. No credit card required.
