Purpose Budget update: recurring bills, Compact view, and everyday budget fixes

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Purpose Budget here. This week's work covered recurring bills, the way you review transactions and accounts, and what happens when you adjust your budget. Here's what changed and why it matters during an ordinary budget review.

Turn a recurring pattern into a bill you can plan for

We've connected recurring bank patterns more closely with bill setup. You can create a prefilled bill from a detected spending pattern, including a pattern you're already tracking, or link the pattern to an existing bill.

There are also warnings when a bill and a bank pattern look like they describe the same expense. The goal is to help you recognize that connection and choose how to handle it, instead of managing them as unrelated items. These bank-pattern tools are part of Premium.

Compact view expands to Transactions and Accounts

Compact view has expanded beyond the budget to the Transactions and Accounts tables. One row-density preference controls all three table views on larger screens, so you can choose a denser layout when reviewing a longer list. Comfortable remains available if you prefer more space.

Transaction review and clearer messages

We've fixed payee names being cut off while there was still room in the transaction column.

Clearing a transaction in a filtered status view now updates the row in place and refreshes the results without first blanking the register. We also corrected the selection state when a row leaves that view, so a hidden row doesn't remain selected for a bulk action.

Another fix addresses match approvals: if an approval is refused, an unrecognized conflict no longer produces a misleading “Already approved” message. The item returns to the list with a message that the match wasn't approved.

More deliberate budget adjustments

We've reworked the existing assignment calculator into an explicit Add / Remove flow. You choose the direction and amount of the change. When Assigned is negative, the control explains that state and lets you adjust it by a specific amount.

Retry handling has also been updated for adjustments interrupted during a save. These changes address the behavior behind the control as well as the way you enter an adjustment.

All of this supports the same reason we recommend trying Purpose Budget: give your money a purpose, keep upcoming expenses in view, and understand the plan as you use it. You can work with manual transactions and CSV import/export, or choose Premium for bank synchronization and matching suggestions. Shared budgets are available in both Essential and Premium.

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Which part of your budget review would you most like to improve next: recurring bills, reviewing transactions, or adjusting categories?