How Saveet works

Learn how to use Saveet and understand the rules for a better experience.

The money model

Current balance is spendable cash

Rule

Current balance = Credit − Debit − Saving to goals.

That number on Dashboard is what you can still spend. Money moved into goals is still yours, but it left the free pot.

Three transaction types, three jobs

Rule

Debit: spending. Lowers Current balance.
Credit: income. Raises the free pot (unless you allocate part to goals).
Saving: money set aside for a goal. It is not an expense. Dashboard tooltips call this Savings to goals.

Month result ≠ spendable balance

Gotcha

The month (or week) result is Income − Expenses before goal savings. You can have a healthy month and a low Current balance if you parked a lot into Goals.

Dashboard & first moves

Log with the real labels

Open Add Transaction. Pick Debit or Credit, a Category, Amount, and Date (Today / Yesterday / Other Date). Optional Note helps Fast search later.

Read Dashboard like a pilot panel

Current balance, Today's Spending, and the overview cards update after you save. Pull down to refresh. The bell opens Notifications.

Guest mode stays on one device

Gotcha

Guest mode works offline-ish for trying Saveet, but it does not sync across phones. Use Sign in (or link account) when you want cloud backup.

Transactions (power tools)

Find anything with Fast search

Open My transactions. Fast search matches notes, categories, amounts, and dates while you type. Combine it with period chips instead of scrolling forever.

Period chips drive the insight box

All, This week, This month, Last week, Last month change which rows count. The insight strip under them shows income, expenses, and Net for that filter only.

Type chips: All / Debit / Credit / Saving

Under the periods, filter by type. Tap the same type again to clear. This is the fastest way to audit only Saving moves into goals.

Swipe to edit or delete

On My transactions, swipe a row left or right to edit or delete. Delete asks for confirmation, then a short success toast.

Duplicate needs a press and hold

Rule

To Duplicate a transaction, press and hold the transaction card until the duplicate prompt appears. A normal tap opens details; a swipe only shows edit/delete. A short tap will not duplicate.

Saving rows cannot be duplicated

Gotcha

You cannot duplicate a Saving transaction. Create a new allocation from a Credit or from a goal’s allocate flow instead.

Hard edit rule: Debit never becomes Saving

Rule

When editing, only a Credit can be turned into Saving allocations. A Debit cannot become a goal transfer. Plan income → allocate, don’t try to “fix” a spend into a goal.

Deleting a Credit undoes only the free part

Gotcha

Delete a Debit: full amount returns to Current balance.
Delete a Credit: only the unallocated slice is removed from the free pot. Goal allocations tied to that income stay until you edit those Saving rows.

Goals & allocations

Create a goal with a real target

Open Goals, create one with a name, target amount, and optional date. Progress only moves when money is allocated, not when you wish harder.

Allocate from a Credit

Rule

After Add Transaction → Credit, Saveet can open Allocate this income to goals. Split across goals; total allocated cannot exceed the credit. Only the leftover raises Current balance.

Or move From balance

From a goal, use allocate From balance (up to what is available) or Log income to allocate. You cannot allocate more than the goal still needs, or more than free balance.

You cannot lower saved amount on the goal card

Gotcha

Saveet blocks decreasing a goal’s saved total directly. To take money back, open My transactions, find the Saving entry, and edit or delete it. That is intentional: history stays honest.

Events (separate wallets)

Event spend does not hit your month the same way

Rule

Open Events, create dates + overall budget, then categories and spendings inside the event. Event money is tracked in that event’s wallet so a wedding or trip doesn’t silently destroy your personal month view.

Invites are email-exact

Gotcha

Send invitations by email from the event. Guests must sign in with exactly the address that received the invite. A different email = no access, even if it’s “the same person”.

Browse public budgets

From the drawer, Public events opens shared event pages you can study or clone ideas from. Your private events stay private unless you publish/share them.

Financial Brain AI

Unlock after 20 transactions

Rule

Open Financial Brain AI. Free unlock needs exactly 20 logged transactions (progress shows current / 20). After unlock, free chat is capped at 3 messages per month.

3 free messages per month

Above the composer you see remaining free AI messages for the month. The free monthly limit is 3. When the counter hits 0, free chat pauses until next month.

Clear conversation ≠ reset quota

Gotcha

Clear conversation only hides the thread from history. It does not restore free AI messages. Quota is monthly usage, not “messages visible on screen”.

Notifications & alerts

Phone notification permission is essential

Rule

Good budget alerts need the system permission on. If Saveet cannot notify you, goal reminders, spending alerts, recurring posts, and monthly/weekly recaps stay silent even when preferences are on. Open Notifications Settings, tap Enable notifications, and allow Saveet. If you denied it earlier, tap Open settings and turn notifications on for Saveet in the phone settings.

Inbox lives on the bell

Open Notifications from the Dashboard bell. Unread stays until you open items. That inbox is where alerts land after permission is on.

Then pick which alerts you want

Still in Notifications Settings, enable the preferences you care about: monthly/weekly spending summary, daily log reminder, recurring posted, goal due soon, goal reached, goal behind schedule, and Large transaction alert (set a Threshold amount). Permission alone is not enough: turn on each alert type you want to receive.

Optional big-spend threshold

With Large transaction alert on, a single Debit above your Threshold amount creates an in-app notification (and a short top banner after save).

Categories

Spending and income stay separate

Rule

Open My categories. Debit categories are for spending; Credit categories are for income. Mixing them makes reports and filters harder to read.

Create and edit your own

Add custom categories with a name, icon, and color. They show up everywhere you pick a Category chip, including Add Transaction.

Defaults you chose at setup

Tip

Categories you picked in first setup stay available. You can still add, rename, or recolor them later from My categories.

Zakat

A simulator, not a bank transfer

Rule

Drawer → Zakat walks Nisab, Hawl, assets, and liabilities with your numbers. It does not deduct anything from Current balance automatically.

Swipe through the explanation

Each page explains a piece (Nisab, Hawl, your inputs, the result). Use it to estimate liability, then pay Zakat your own way outside Saveet.

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