Roadmap

Roadmap updated 21st November 2023

The alpha

During the alpha we developed the core features of Budget Pro and started working on some of the features that differentiate Budget Pro from Budget. Listed below are the features we added during the alpha, the alpha period ran from the 1st June 2023 to the 21st July 2023

Done Development progress page, so you can track what we are doing
Done Add controls to the Budget item list
Done Add ability to fetch the next instance of a budget item
Done Initial work on support section
Done Initial work on budget selection
Done Rename a Budget and change description
Done Add the ability to reset your account
Done Add the ability to delete Budget Pro account
Done Add the ability to delete Costs to Expect account
Done Add a requests section showing all API requests
Done Import Budget into Budget Pro from Budget
Done Create a Budget from a list of budget items
Done ...and many more features

The beta

During the beta we continued to add the features which differentiate Budget Pro from Budget.

Done Improve initial UX
Done Add support for marking multiple budget items as paid
Done Progress bar (expense value) settings
Done Copy a budget item
Done Restore a budget item
Done Implement expired and deleted statuses
Done Add a target for savings accounts
Done Calculate savings target date based on current savings rate
Done Adjust the design for the savings account projections
Done Fully populate the budget item history list
Done Show upcoming instances of budget items on the detail page
Done Support multiple Budgets
Done Create a Budget from a Q and A wizard
Done Add support for four weekly budget items on a Monthly Budget
Done Delete a Budget

The public beta

During the public beta we are adding the quarterly view and will respond to public feedback.

Done BUG: Account nickname not consistent on all "account" form
Done BUG: Minor fixes for Q and A process
Done TWEAK: Budget item type defaults to expense, not income
Done TWEAK: Show occurrence date/day on Budget overview
Done TWEAK: Show original value on Budget overview
Done FEATURE: Added support for account transfers
In Progress Minor tweaks and bug fixes
Add a quarterly view of the Budget overview
User feedback
...any other issues

The official release

As soon as we consider it ready we will officially release Budget Pro. This doesn't mean we are done, there are several features which we plan to implement post release, details of some are listed below. Budget Pro will continue to get new features and updates, these are just to give you an idea about what we have planned.

Our post-release plan is not fixed, we will continually review user feedback and adjust our plan as necessary. There are several big ticket tasks, like Open Banking that aren't listed. We will respond to feedback and features requested by the community will take precedence over our own plans.

Post release - Update 1

In Update 1 we plan to add support for background tasks, a prerequisite for sharing and additional budget item management tools.

Add support for budget item increases, for example, increase a budget item by 5% every 12 months
Add support for savings growth.
Implement a system to support background tasks and Budget/feature locking, prerequisite to sharing.
Add a live play mode so you can tweak you Budget and see the effects live.
Add support for daily budget items on a Monthly Budget
Add support for weekly and bi-weekly budget items on a Monthly Budget
Additional options management.
...and other features

Post release - Update 2

In Update 2 we plan to focus on collaboration and additional import and export options.

Collaboration tools (Budget sharing).
Additional import and export options.
Add support for budget item ranges, rather than a fixed amount a cost could be £150-200.
Add support for additional budget item adjustments.
...and other features

Post release - Update 3

In Update 3 we plan to focus on adding support for weekly Budgets.

Add support for weekly Budgets.
Add a 12-month view for monthly Budgets.
Add support for inter account transfers.
Add additional expense categories, for example "Business expenses".
...and other features