In the app
Swipe to the Monthly Budget tab and it shows as a dashboard: a card per category, a progress bar, what you've spent and what's left — with a clear “Over by” when you've gone past it.
Budget dashboard
See what's left this month — before your bank does.
Voice Sheet is an iPhone and Android app that logs expenses into Google Sheets as you speak them. Its Personal Finances template adds a monthly budget dashboard: spending against budget for every category, updated with every entry.
Monthly OverviewOctober 2026
Income this month$3,200.00
Spent$2,084.00
Remaining$1,116.00
FoodSpent: $412.00 (82%)
Remaining
$88.00
$88.00
TransportSpent: $180.00 (72%)
Remaining
$70.00
$70.00
UtilitiesSpent: $138.00 (92%)
Remaining
$12.00
$12.00
RentSpent: $1,200.00 (100%)
Remaining
$0.00
$0.00
EntertainmentSpent: $96.00 (80%)
Remaining
$24.00
$24.00
HealthSpent: $18.00 (23%)
Remaining
$62.00
$62.00
OtherSpent: $40.00 (40%)
Remaining
$60.00
$60.00
Try it — log an expenseEach tap adds a row to the Expenses sheet. Watch the dashboard react.
How the numbers work
One simple sum per category, done by your spreadsheet.
The dashboard isn't a black box. It reads the Monthly Budget tab of your Google Sheet, where each row is a plain formula you can open and check.
Budget
The amount you set for the category, once. Change it any time.
Spent this month
Every Expenses row with this category, dated this month, added up.
Remaining
Positive: what's left. Negative: shown as “Over by”.
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The Total row works the same way at the top level: this month's income from the Income sheet, minus everything spent this month.
Hands-off
It starts fresh on the 1st. By itself.
A small Settings tab works out today's year and month, and the first day of this month and the next. Every budget formula points at those two dates, so on the 1st the dashboard rolls over to the new month — no ranges to edit, no copying the sheet.
Last month's expenses stay in your Expenses sheet, untouched, for whenever you want to look back.
SettingFormula
2Year
=YEAR(TODAY())3Month
=MONTH(TODAY())4Month start
=DATE($B$2,$B$3,1)5Month end
=DATE($B$2,$B$3+1,1)The hard part, made easy
A budget is only as good as what you log.
Most budgets fail because entries get skipped. Voice Sheet gives you four quick ways in — and every one of them updates the dashboard.
Phone and computer
The same numbers, wherever you look.
In Google Sheets
On your computer it's the Monthly Budget tab of a normal spreadsheet. Chart it, add conditional formatting, or share it with a partner so you both budget from the same numbers.
Categories out of the box: Food, Transport, Utilities, Rent, Entertainment, Health and Other. Currency follows your spreadsheet's currency setting.
New to Voice Sheet?
Budgeting, minus the bookkeeping.
Voice Sheet is a mobile app that adds rows to Google Sheets by voice, by pasting a list or from a home screen widget. The budget dashboard is part of its free Personal Finances template, alongside Expenses and Income sheets — or connect a spreadsheet you already use.
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Budget questions
How do I make a monthly budget in Google Sheets?
Create the Personal Finances template in Voice Sheet. It sets up Expenses, Income and Monthly Budget tabs with the formulas already written — you only enter a budget per category.
Does the budget reset every month?
Yes. The formulas use the current month automatically, so the dashboard starts fresh on the 1st while your past expenses stay in the sheet.
How is “remaining” calculated?
Your category budget minus every expense in that category dated this month. If it goes below zero, the dashboard shows how much you're over by.
Can I share the budget with my partner?
Yes — it's a normal Google Sheet, so share it from Google Drive. Both of you can log expenses from your own phones.
Can I change the categories?
Edit the budgets any time in the app or in Google Sheets. The template comes with Food, Transport, Utilities, Rent, Entertainment, Health and Other.
Is the budget dashboard free?
Yes. It comes with the Personal Finances template in the free version of Voice Sheet.
Know your number every day.