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Budgets in DueZen are forecast-based. Progress includes both what you have paid and what is still due this month, so the bars show where the month is heading rather than only where it has been.

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Set budget goals

Go to Settings → Budget Goals. You can set two kinds of limit, tracked independently.

Overall budget

One monthly number for total spending across everything.

Per-category budgets

Individual limits per category, for finer control.
For example, an overall budget of $3,000 a month plus a $150 limit on Streaming keeps subscription creep visible on its own terms. Leave a category budget empty to exclude it from tracking.

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The spending pace card

The spending pace card on your dashboard compares how much of your budget you have used against how far through the month you are. At 60% through the month having spent 45% of your budget, the card reads On Track. The card updates in real time as you add and pay items.
The value of the pace card is that it fires mid-month, while you can still change the outcome. A month-end total only tells you what already happened.

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Budget progress bars

Progress bars appear in Fund Flow category cards, the dashboard status section, and the Budget Goals screen.
A budget alert notification fires when spending reaches 80% of a limit. Turn it off in Settings → Push Notifications if you would rather check the bars yourself. See Reminders and notifications.