We built it for
our own kitchen table.
Sidecar started as two people trying to run a household budget without fighting the software first.
Why Sidecar exists
My wife and I tried a lot of budgeting apps. Most of them were bloated with features and unwanted third-party ads that simply got in the way. The ones that weren't had the opposite problem — we had to bend our budget around how the app wanted to work, instead of the app fitting how we actually ran our money.
What we wanted was smaller than any of it, and simpler. Somewhere to put each dollar before we spent it. A number we could both look at. The ability to log a shopping trip from the checkout line and have it show up on the other person's phone before we could say, "Honey, I'm home!"
That's the mission of Sidecar. It isn't trying to be your bank, your accountant, or your financial advisor. It keeps the arithmetic straight for two people sharing one budget, and then it gets out of the way. We hope it serves you and your family well.
Sidecar is a response to a need couples everywhere have — a simple, unbloated budget you can both keep, from your phones, in real time.
What we built,
and what we didn't.
Simple for a reason
Just five tabs, that's it – Home, Envelopes, Activity & Reports. Each one relevant to the fundamentals of running a simple budget, and keeping it simple.
Respect for your privacy
Manual entry isn't a limitation we haven't got round to fixing — it's the whole point. No bank credentials required and no third-party integration holding your financial history.
Two people, one shared budget
Money in a household is a shared responsibility. Sidecar assumes there are two of you from the start rather than treating sharing as an upgrade.
Nothing to sell
No ads, no analytics, no trackers. It's just a simple budgeting app. We like it that way, and we thought you would too.
Made with ❤ by Regent Media Group.
Questions, bug reports, or feature requests go straight to us at sidecar@regentmediagroup.com.
