Spending Tracker for Google Sheets and Excel, Expense Spreadsheet and Daily Spending Log with Categories and Monthly Charts

EXPENSE TRACKER FOR GOOGLE SHEETS AND EXCEL

A simple expense tracker for anyone who wants to know where their money goes. Add one line per purchase: date, amount and category. It shows what you spent this month, how that compares with the same days last month, and your biggest category.

📊 WHAT IT DOES

✓ Expenses: log each purchase on one line with the date, amount, category, how you paid and an optional note.
✓ Fifteen common categories are already filled in. Rename them or add your own, up to twenty.
✓ Give any category an optional monthly budget and see what remains.
✓ Expenses: four cards show Spent this month, Vs last month (the same days), Daily average and Top category.
✓ Set an optional monthly budget, and the first card shows what remains.
✓ Expenses: a chart of this month by category, and a chart of every day this month.
✓ Want to see an old month again? Type a date in Pick month on Expenses.
✓ Year: every category, month by month, for twelve months, with totals and a chart.
✓ A new month starts on its own. Nothing to copy or reset.

📂 WHAT'S INSIDE: 3 TABS AND 3 CHARTS

✓ Start here: an optional monthly budget and four short steps
✓ Expenses: your categories, the purchase log, four cards and two charts
✓ Year: twelve months by category, with totals and one chart

📝 HOW IT WORKS

1. Open the PDF and click the link to make your own copy in Google Sheets. Or open the Excel file.
2. On Start here, type a monthly budget if you want one. It is optional, and so is your name.
3. On Expenses, check the category list. Then add one line to the log every time you spend.
4. Everything else fills in by itself. The cards and charts show this month, and Year shows every month.

📥 WHAT YOU GET

✓ Google Sheets version (the link is in the PDF)
✓ Excel version (.xlsx) for desktop Excel on Windows or Mac
✓ A filled example to look around, and a blank copy for your own data
✓ A PDF guide with screenshots, the links and the first steps
✓ A video guide for this planner (the link is in the PDF)

💻 GOOD TO KNOW

✓ Works with a free Google account. No add-ons, no subscription, no bank connection.
✓ You type your own purchases. Nothing is imported from your bank or receipts.
✓ Type only in the lighter input cells. Formulas are protected: Google Sheets warns you before you change one.
✓ Best on a computer. The Google Sheets app works for quick entries on your phone.
✓ Amounts show in dollars. The formulas work the same in any currency.
✓ The Excel version may look slightly different from the photos (fonts, colors, charts). The photos show Google Sheets.
✓ English only. Not made for Apple Numbers.
✓ Free updates for life.

➕ WANT MORE?
✓ Dark Mode Expense Tracker: the full version, with spending by merchant, needs against wants and no-spend days. 39 tabs.
https://growlylabstudio.com/products/expense-tracker-spreadsheet-for-google-sheets-and-excel
✓ Beginner Budget Bundle: four planners for a first budget, including an expense tracker and a bill tracker.
https://growlylabstudio.com/products/beginner-budget-bundle-50-30-20-budget-expense-tracker-bill-tracker-and-savings-tracker-spreadsheets

This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped. Because it is a digital file, it can't be returned, but if anything is unclear, message me and I will help you set it up.
This planner is a tool for your own records, not financial advice.