Your bank balance is not your safe-to-spend balance. Clariqo subtracts your bills, subscriptions, recurring costs, and tracked card spending — so you know what you can actually afford right now.
Clariqo is not one of them. We built it this way deliberately — not as a selling point, but because it is the only honest way to build a budgeting app.
"Most budgeting apps make money twice. Once when you pay. Again when they sell what they learn about you. Clariqo makes money once. That's the deal."
"We can't see your data. Not because we're nice. Because we deliberately built it that way."
"Your spending habits are worth a lot of money to a lot of companies. Clariqo isn't one of them."
Seeing money in your account feels reassuring — until the direct debits hit, the subscriptions roll in, and the card spending catches up. Clariqo gives you a clearer answer by separating what looks available from what is actually safe to spend.
Enter your monthly bills, subscriptions, and other core expenses once so Clariqo can account for them before they catch you out.
Log variable spending and choose which card paid for it, so hidden liabilities stay visible instead of sneaking up later.
Clariqo subtracts what is already spoken for and leaves you with the number that matters most: what you can genuinely afford to spend now.
Clariqo is for people who keep seeing a healthy bank balance, spending from it, and then getting hit by the reality of bills, subscriptions, or card balances later.
The headline figure is the one that matters: what's actually left after recurring costs and tracked liabilities are accounted for.
Bills and subscriptions are not an afterthought. Clariqo keeps them in the picture so your balance stops lying to you.
Log variable purchases and assign them to the right card, so money already spent but not yet gone stays visible.
Separate shared money from personal money so both sides stay understandable instead of becoming one blurred total.
Track named savings goals without losing sight of your day-to-day spending position. Save with purpose, not guesswork.
Everything stays local on your machine. No cloud account, no bank access, no dependence on a third party staying online.
Start free. Upgrade once for the full experience. No monthly fee, no cloud lock-in, no subscription pressure.
Clariqo sits in the gap between "I'll just check my balance" and "I need to build a whole system in Excel."
| Feature | Clariqo | Spreadsheet | Bank / Big Finance Apps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safe-to-spend number at a glance | ✓ Core feature | ✗ Manual formulas | ✗ Usually hidden |
| Recurring bills built into the balance | ✓ | ✗ DIY setup | Sometimes partial |
| Credit card spending awareness | ✓ | ✗ Manual upkeep | ✗ Often fragmented |
| Local data — your machine only | ✓ Always | Depends on file location | ✗ Cloud-first |
| No bank sync required | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ Usually dependent |
| No data sold to third parties | ✓ Structurally impossible | ✓ | ✗ Common practice |
| Joint & personal split | ✓ Built in | ✗ DIY formulas | ✗ Often limited |
| No subscription required | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ Common monthly fee |
No sign-up. No cloud account. No bank sync. Just install, set up your recurring costs, and get a clearer answer to what you can actually afford.
Windows desktop app · Local storage only · Auto-updates via GitHub Releases
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