Recurring Schedules
Your bills, handled automatically.
Set up a schedule for any recurring expense or income and FreeBudget creates the transaction for you on each due date.
Stop entering the same transactions every month
Predictable expenses shouldn't require manual work.
Rent is due the first of every month. Netflix renews every 30 days. Your car payment never misses. These aren't surprises — so why enter them by hand every time?
Recurring schedules let you define the transaction once: the account, amount, category, and how often it repeats. From that point on, FreeBudget creates the transaction automatically on each due date. Your budget stays accurate without any extra effort on your part.
Schedules can be paused if an expense is temporarily on hold, or given an end date if it has a known finish. Every generated transaction is fully editable, so if the real amount differs from your estimate, you can adjust it after the fact. You can even attach a split template to automatically divide the transaction across multiple categories the moment it's created.
Less manual entry, more accuracy
Automatic Transaction Generation
Set it up once and FreeBudget creates the transaction for you on each due date. Rent, subscriptions, loan payments — no manual entry required.
Flexible Frequency
Set schedules to repeat weekly, biweekly, monthly, or yearly — with an optional end date when the expense has a known finish.
Pause Without Losing History
Taking a break from a subscription? Pause the schedule and your past transactions stay intact. Resume any time.
Split Template Support
Attach a split template to a recurring schedule so each generated transaction is automatically divided across multiple categories.
Full Edit Control
Every generated transaction is fully editable after it's created. Adjust the amount, category, or description whenever the real charge differs from the estimate.
Shows Up Everywhere
Recurring transactions feed into your dashboards, charts, budget totals, and reports just like any other transaction.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of expenses work well with recurring schedules?
Any predictable, repeating expense: rent or mortgage, subscriptions, loan payments, utility bills, and recurring income like a salary or freelance retainer. If it happens on a regular schedule, FreeBudget can generate it automatically.
Can I skip a single occurrence without deleting the schedule?
Yes. You can manually adjust the Next Due date to shift an occurrence forward, effectively skipping it. The schedule continues normally from the new date.
Will recurring schedules create duplicates if I also have bank syncing?
Potentially, since bank-synced transactions and schedule-generated transactions are separate. Many users keep these distinct by using recurring schedules only for accounts they don't sync, or they delete the manually generated transaction when the real one arrives from the bank.
Does a schedule automatically stop when it reaches the end date?
Yes. If you set an end date, the schedule moves to a Completed status after the final occurrence is generated and won't create any more transactions.
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