My last bank used to have this feature included in their online banking and changed it, so it didn’t work the same and I have been looking for a replacement ever since. I really didn’t want to pay a subscription fee or have an online based application, so I both purchased apps and did many free trials before I found CalendarBudget. I was very disappointed and frustrated by this time and decided to give the free trial a shot. This turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made regarding my finances. I used the free trial for the maximum amount of time available and was so impressed that I paid for the year. The app is really easy to set up and maintain and has made it so easy to keep track of my finances and keep me on budget. I can quickly and see months ahead if I need to watch my spending to stay on track or how much I can put in savings and still stay within budget. This is truly a great app and I very highly recommend it to anyone looking to keep track of their finances easily and accurately. They are frequently improving features and adding new ways to make it more efficient and user friendly, I just cannot say enough how impressed I am in the last few months of using this app.
Carmela Martinez
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About the Author: Eric Poulin
Eric Poulin is the Co-Founder of CalendarBudget and co-author of Power Spending: Getting More For Less, a practical guide to making every dollar work harder. With over 25 years of software development experience and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Eric brings rare dual authority to personal finance: the technical depth to build world-class budgeting tools and the lived experience to know exactly what families need from them.
Eric founded CalendarBudget in 2009 after recognizing, as a newlywed, that most budgeting tools focused on the past rather than the future. His solution — a visual, calendar-based cash flow planner — has since helped thousands of families forecast spending, eliminate financial surprises, and make confident money decisions. He has been using CalendarBudget to manage his own household finances for over 15 years, making him one of the product's most seasoned real-world users.
As a serial entrepreneur who has founded two successful businesses and raised five adult daughters, Eric has navigated virtually every family budgeting scenario firsthand — from managing day-to-day household expenses and college planning to teaching financial literacy across different life stages. That personal experience shapes everything he writes and builds.
His work has been recognized in print through Power Spending: Getting More For Less, cementing his standing as a trusted voice in practical personal finance. Whether he's writing about cash flow strategy, family budgeting, or the psychology of spending, Eric's advice is grounded in decades of both technical expertise and real-life application.
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