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Know what’s safe to spend before payday

RandTracker is a budget built around the South African payday. See your debit orders coming, plan every rand, pay down debt and share a budget with your household.

Free for now. No bank login needed.

RandTracker dashboard on a phone

Screens on this page are from the real app, using a made-up demo account.

For your own money

Stop finding out at month-end. Plan from one payday to the next, and see the debit orders before they leave your account.

  • A clear Safe to spend figure until payday
  • A debt-free date you can move with extra payments
  • Goals, investments and stokvels in one place

For the people you share it with

Run the groceries, rent and school fees together, without opening up everything else.

  • A shared set of accounts and budgets
  • Everyone works from the same figures
  • Personal finances stay private to each person

Every screen, explained

Follow the same menu you’ll use in the app, then the setup that gets you started. Nothing here is a mock-up.

Everyday

The screens you open most: what is safe to spend, what went out, and what is about to.

One answer before you buy anything

Safe to spend takes your cheque and cash balances, removes the bills still due before payday and what you have planned in your budgets, and shows what is really left.

  • Warns you if an account could run short, and names the bill that causes it
  • Shows upcoming debit orders, cash flow, net worth, your debt-free date and TFSA room
  • Arrange the widgets to suit how you work
Dashboard
Dashboard leading with R 8,860.49 safe to spend until payday on 25 November, a runway of the pay cycle with seven bills still to come, and this cycle’s income and spending

Every rand in one searchable list

Add a transaction in a few taps, or import a statement from your bank and review it before anything is saved.

  • Import PDF, CSV, OFX, QFX or QIF statements, with repeats skipped automatically
  • Split one payment across categories, and record transfers and refunds properly
  • Filter, save your filters, edit in bulk and undo a delete
Transactions
Transaction list with categories, accounts and amounts

A budget month that starts on payday

Paid on the 25th? Your budget runs from the 25th. If that falls on a weekend or public holiday, the month starts on the working day before, when the money actually arrives.

  • Give every rand a job and see what is available in each category
  • Overspending comes out of next month, and unused money can carry over
  • Fill empty categories repeats last month in one click, and history shows how you did
Budgets
Budget month from 23 October to 24 November with amounts assigned, spent and available per category

Debit orders, seen coming

Salary, rent, insurance and subscriptions are listed before they happen, so month-end holds fewer surprises.

  • Dates move around weekends and South African public holidays
  • Each schedule can post itself or ask you first
  • Find schedules spots regular payments in your history and totals your subscriptions
Schedules
Schedules page listing debit orders due in the next 30 days and total monthly subscriptions

Money

Everything you own and owe, and where it should go next.

Everything you own and owe

Cheque, savings, cash, credit cards, store cards, loans and investments come together into one net worth figure.

  • See how much of each credit limit you are using
  • Reconcile an account against your bank statement balance
  • Balances update themselves as transactions change
Accounts
Accounts page listing cheque, savings, cash, credit card and car loan balances with net worth

A date you can aim for

Add your cards, store cards and loans, then see exactly when you would be debt-free and what it would cost in interest.

  • Compare the avalanche and snowball methods, or set your own order
  • Slide an extra monthly payment and watch the debt-free date move
  • Each payment is split into interest and capital
Debts
Payoff planner comparing strategies, with a debt-free projection

Saving for something specific

Set a target and a date for the emergency fund, December holiday or next big purchase.

  • Progress and amount remaining at a glance
  • Link a goal to the account holding the money
  • See how many days are left
Goals
Savings goals with progress bars for a December holiday and an emergency fund

Your TFSA limits, watched for you

Track tax-free savings, unit trusts, ETFs, shares, fixed deposits and retirement annuities next to the rest of your money.

  • Follows the R36,000 yearly and R500,000 lifetime TFSA limits
  • Record contributions, withdrawals, dividends, interest and fees
  • Gains and returns per holding, included in your net worth
Investments
Investments page with portfolio value, a TFSA and a unit trust

Together

Money you share with the people you live with, or save with.

Shared money, private money

A household is a separate set of accounts and budgets for the people in it. Nothing from your personal finances is copied in.

  • Invite someone with a single-use code
  • Switch between your own books and the shared ones
  • Everyone in the household works from the same figures
Household
Household page for Naledi & Sipho, showing its two members and their paydays, the day its budget month starts, an invite button and the option to start or join another household

Your stokvel, on the books

Rotating, savings, grocery and burial stokvels each get a record of what you have paid in and what is due back.

  • Log contributions and payouts as they happen
  • See your next payout date and roughly how much to expect
  • Keep several groups side by side
Stokvels
Stokvels page showing contributions and the next expected payout for two groups

Insights

What the last few months actually looked like.

Where the money went

See money in and out by month, your net worth over time, and a diagram that follows your income into each spending category.

  • A calendar view of what happened on which day
  • A tax-year summary running March to February
  • Compare this cycle with the last and with your average
Reports
Reports page with a monthly cash flow chart, net worth trend and a diagram of where money went

The patterns behind the totals

Spending trends, category breakdowns and your savings rate for the period you choose.

  • See which payees you spend the most with
  • Check how each budget is holding up
  • Income broken down by source
Analytics
Analytics page with income, expenses, savings rate and spending trend

Set up once

Less typing from the start, and less every month after.

Set up in seven steps

The wizard walks you through your main account, other accounts, income, bills, debts and a first budget, then lets you review it all.

  • Your salary sets your payday
  • Bills and debt repayments fill in your budget for you
  • Stop at any point and carry on later
Setup wizard
First step of the setup wizard asking for your main account

Categorise once

Tell RandTracker what a bank description means, and it applies that to future imports.

  • Start from a set of South African merchant rules
  • It learns from the categories you correct
  • Run a rule across your existing transactions
Rules
Rules page listing automatic categorisation rules

Built for how money works here

Payday, not the 1st
Budget months follow your payday and shift for weekends and public holidays.
Debit orders
See each one coming, and whether the account can cover it.
Stokvels
Contributions and payouts for rotating, savings, grocery and burial groups.
TFSA limits
Yearly and lifetime allowances tracked as you contribute.
March to February
A tax-year summary that matches the South African tax year.
Local categories
Groceries, Petrol, Airtime & Data, Medical Aid, School Fees and more, ready from day one.

Your finances stay yours

No bank logins
You never give RandTracker your banking password. Transactions come from what you enter or import.
Two-factor sign-in
Protect your account with an authenticator app, with one-time recovery codes as a backup.
Access enforced by the database
Every row is tied to its owner, and the database refuses requests for anyone else’s data.
Encrypted nightly backups
Backups are encrypted before they leave the server.
Your data is yours
Export it whenever you like, or delete your account and everything in it.

What it doesn’t do

Better you know now.

  • It doesn’t connect to your bank automatically. You add transactions yourself or import statements.
  • It needs an internet connection, including when installed on your phone.
  • It helps you see and plan your money, but it isn’t financial advice.

Questions

Is RandTracker free?

Yes, for now. Paid plans may be added later.

Do I need to link my bank account?

No. You add transactions yourself or import a statement downloaded from your bank, in PDF, CSV, OFX, QFX or QIF format.

Can my partner and I share a budget?

Yes. Create a household and invite them with a code. It has its own accounts and budgets, and each person’s personal finances stay private.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. It runs in your phone’s browser and can be installed to your home screen like an app. It needs an internet connection.

Who can see my information?

Only you, plus the people in any household you choose to join, and only for that household’s books.

Can I take my data with me?

Yes. Settings lets you export your data, and you can permanently delete your account at any time.

Start with your next payday

The setup wizard takes you from your first account to your first budget.

Create a free account