Own-money jars
One jar per full member, visible to both of you. A spend lands in it only when someone marks it.
Where to find it
Budgets, then the Own money tab. The dashboard also shows the jars once they exist, or a Set up own money button.
Own money is one jar per full household member. Your partner can see it. It can be an amount each pay, or a pot.
- Open Budgets → Own money, or press Set up own money on the dashboard. That creates the jars. Nothing is assigned for you.
- On each person, choose Each pay or A pot, type the amount, and press Save. Each pay follows the household’s pay rhythm (this week, this pay fortnight, or this month). A pot is the whole pot, not just this pay.
- Open a spending transaction. Under Own money, press This is mine, or This is [name]’s. Until someone does that, the spend stays in the household budget.
- Put back in the household takes it out of the jar again.
The page says it in one line: a jar each, for personal spending, and both of you can see them. This is a budget, not a split of a bank account.
What this does not do
It does not move money. It is a budget jar, not a split of a bank account. Card spend stays in the household budget until someone marks it. A view-only person cannot set this up or mark a transaction.
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Jarful is a budgeting tool, not a financial adviser. Nothing on this page is financial advice.