Expense Tracker Used AI
What is Budget Buddy?
Budget Buddy is a smart, easy-to-use web app that helps you track your spending, set monthly budgets, and stay in control of your money.
Whether you're a student, freelancer, or just someone trying to manage finances better, Budget Buddy makes it simple and stress-free.
🧾 What Can It Do?
✅ Log Expenses: Quickly add how much you spent, what you spent it on, and when.
🎙️ Use Your Voice: Just say things like “I spent 3000 on food yesterday” and it fills the form for you!
📊 See Your Spending: Get clear charts showing how your money is being used.
💡 Set Monthly Budgets: Stay on track by setting a limit and getting alerts when you're about to overspend.
🌗 Dark Mode: Switch between light and dark theme based on your vibe.
📁 Export Your Data: Download your expense history as a CSV file.
🤖 Smart Assistant (Optional): Get suggestions and summaries from AI like:
“You spent the most on transport last week.”
👩🏽💻 Who Is It For?
Students trying to budget their allowance
Freelancers tracking daily income & expenses
Anyone tired of guessing where their money goes!
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Timeline
The Budget Buddy app now has full backend support — all expenses are stored securely in a PostgreSQL database and future user authentication .makes it easy to manage data, handle file storage, and scale the app without managing servers.
Finished building the Add Expense page for Budget Buddy 🧾✨
✅ Features:
Input fields for Amount, Category, Description, and Date.
Simple dropdown menu for selecting common categories (like Food, Transport, etc.).
Basic validation to make sure fields aren’t empty or invalid.
Fixed a bug where selecting a date didn’t register properly.
Added speech-to-text support 🎤 for the Add Expense page!
I polished the Budget Buddy dashboard to make expense tracking more intuitive and visually organized.
Added summary cards for This Week and This Month to display total spending and transaction count.
Included a Recent Expenses section showing category, date, and amount.
Introduced a Set Monthly Budget feature to help users manage limits.
Users can now export expenses to CSV with one click.
Improved the dark mode UI for better readability and contrast.
Built a clean login screen with:
- Email + password inputs
- Sign-in button
- Demo account link
- Sign-up redirect
Focused on simplicity, warmth, and making users feel welcome. Backend secured with plus demo access and email verification. Fully tested for smooth UX across devices.
