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Set up your first budget
Create a budget, choose category types, import transactions, and establish a simple weekly routine.
Open the getting-started guideSupport
Mac budgeting help for Escape The Paper.
Start with the setup guide or jump to the task you need. These guides cover the complete workflow from a new budget to reports and backups. Please remove or redact financial information before attaching screenshots or sample files to a support message.
Import a bank CSV
Use the Home screen, a keyboard shortcut, or drag and drop to bring in a bank export.
Open the import guideReview and split transactions
Add transactions manually, find uncategorised entries, split purchases, and copy table rows.
Open the transactions guideCategories, goals, and targets
Structure spending, income, and savings correctly, then plan weekly limits and future expenses.
Open the planning guideTags and suggestions
Teach the suggestion engine with tags, rebuild its matches, and choose the right assignment action.
Open the suggestions guideTrack business expenses
Flag business transactions, select a reporting period, review profit and loss, and export a report.
Open the business guideBack up budget files
Protect local .etpb budgets and use archive export
and import for portable copies.
Keyboard shortcuts
Keep navigation, importing, category work, reports, and privacy controls close at hand.
View all shortcutsPrivacy and local data
See what the app processes, where data is stored, and which platform services may be involved.
Read the privacy policyWhat changed recently
Review the latest release notes and current macOS compatibility information.
Read the changelogCompare
Private budgeting app for Mac
Understand the local-first approach, one-time purchase model, and private budgeting workflow.
Read the private budgeting guideCSV-first budgeting
Learn how a CSV import routine keeps budgeting deliberate.
Read the bank-sync guideCSV budgeting on Mac
See when a bank export workflow is a better fit than automatic feeds.
Read the CSV budgeting guideOffline Mac budgeting
Review the benefits and responsibilities of keeping budget files local.
Read the offline budgeting guideContact support
Email etp@flyingpenguins.co.nz with the app version, macOS version, what you expected, and what happened. Never send bank credentials or an unredacted transaction file.
Compatibility and purchase
- Requires macOS 15.6 or later.
- US price: $14.99 as a one-time purchase; regional prices may vary.
- Purchases, downloads, and refunds are handled through Apple and the Mac App Store.
- The app is actively maintained; the current public version is listed in the changelog.
