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Household Budget Sharing. Manage Money Together.

Money is easier when you manage it as a team. Savly lets you share your budget dashboard with your partner, family, or housemates — so everyone stays on the same page. Track shared expenses, set joint savings goals, and keep your individual transactions private. All from one dashboard, on any device.

How It Works: Four Steps to Shared Budgeting

1

Create a Household

Set up your household in Savly with a name and optional description. This becomes the shared space for your budget.

2

Invite Members

Send an invite link to your partner, family, or housemates. They join with their own account and keep their own login.

3

Share Transactions

Choose which accounts to share. Shared transactions appear on the household dashboard for everyone to see.

4

Track Goals Together

Create shared savings goals and budgets. Every household member sees progress and contributes toward shared targets.

Why Budget Together?

Money is one of the most common sources of stress in relationships and households. When everyone is working from their own mental picture of the finances, misunderstandings happen. Bills get missed, spending priorities clash, and savings goals stall.

A shared budget fixes this by putting everyone on the same page. When both partners can see the household spending, there are no surprises. When the family can track progress toward a shared goal, everyone feels invested. When housemates can split expenses transparently, there are no awkward conversations about who owes what.

Savly makes this possible without forcing you to merge everything. You choose what to share and what to keep private. It is shared budgeting on your terms.

What Household Sharing Includes

  • Shared dashboard — all household members see the same overview of shared accounts, budgets, and goals
  • Individual privacy — personal accounts stay private; only you can see your own transactions in those accounts
  • Joint savings goals — create goals that the whole household contributes to, with progress visible to everyone
  • Real-time sync — changes made by any member appear immediately for everyone else
  • Multi-device access — phone, tablet, laptop — each member uses their own device, their own login
  • Multi-currency support — each member can set their own display currency while sharing the same household

Designed for Every Kind of Household

Household sharing is not just for married couples with a joint bank account. Savly's approach works for any group of people who share financial responsibilities.

  • Couples — share a household budget while keeping personal spending private. Track joint expenses like rent, groceries, and utilities alongside individual discretionary spending.
  • Families — give older children visibility into family finances to build financial literacy, or simply keep both parents aligned on household spending.
  • Housemates — split shared costs like rent, bills, and household supplies without complicated spreadsheets or IOUs.
  • Long-distance partners — manage shared finances across time zones and devices, staying aligned on goals even when you are apart.

Household Sharing Features

Shared Dashboard

Every household member sees the same financial overview — shared accounts, budgets, spending categories, and trends. No more guessing what the other person spent.

Individual Privacy

Not everything needs to be shared. Keep personal accounts private so only you can see your own transactions. Share what you want, keep what you do not.

Joint Goals

Save for a holiday, a home deposit, or an emergency fund together. Shared savings goals show progress from all contributors so everyone stays motivated.

Multi-Device Access

Savly works on any device with a browser. Each household member logs in from their own phone, tablet, or laptop — changes sync instantly across all devices.

Better together. Budget as a team.

Stop managing money in silos. Savly brings your household's finances together on one shared dashboard — while keeping personal spending private. Invite your first member in under a minute.

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Privacy by Design

One of the biggest concerns with shared budgeting is losing your financial privacy. Savly addresses this head on. When you join or create a household, you decide which accounts are shared and which stay personal.

Personal accounts are completely invisible to other household members. Your individual transactions, balances, and spending patterns remain private. Only accounts you explicitly mark as shared appear on the household dashboard.

This means you can track a surprise birthday gift, manage personal subscriptions, or keep your own savings separate — all without it showing up on the shared view. Transparency where it matters, privacy where it counts.

Shared Savings Goals That Actually Work

Setting a savings goal is easy. Reaching it is the hard part — especially when multiple people are involved. Savly makes joint goals visible and accountable.

Create a goal with a target amount and optional deadline. Every household member can add contributions, and the progress bar updates in real time. Whether you are saving for a new sofa, a family holiday, or a three-month emergency fund, everyone can see how close you are and what is left to go.

Goals work with any currency, so international households can save together regardless of which currency each person earns in.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I invite someone to my Savly household?

Create a household in Savly, then send an invite link to your partner, family member, or housemate. They sign up with their own account and join your household. Each person keeps their own login and privacy settings while sharing a unified dashboard.

Can household members see all my transactions?

Only transactions in shared accounts are visible to all household members. You can keep personal accounts private — only you can see those transactions. This gives you full control over what is shared and what stays private.

Is household sharing available on the free plan?

Household sharing is available on Savly's premium plan. The free plan supports a single user with full budgeting features. Upgrading unlocks household invitations, shared dashboards, joint savings goals, and multi-member access.

Can we set shared savings goals as a household?

Yes. Household members can create shared savings goals that everyone contributes to. Progress is visible to all members, making it easy to track joint targets like a holiday fund, home deposit, or emergency savings.

Does household sharing work across different devices?

Yes. Savly is a web-based app that works on any device with a browser — phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. All household members can access the shared dashboard from their own devices, and changes sync in real time.

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