Spend Buffer

Know which kind of month you're in.

Freelance income doesn't arrive on a schedule. It's easy to overspend in a good month and panic in a slow one. Spend Buffer turns that into one clear number, so you always know what's safe to spend and what's already set aside for taxes.

Spend Buffer dashboard showing a smoothed safe-to-spend number, average monthly income, tax reserve, and an income trend chart

Welcome back

Free to start. No bank connection, ever. Built from real threads on r/freelance and r/selfemployed, not guesswork.

How it works

1

Log income as it lands

Add each payment as it comes in. No bank connection, no sync to wait on.

2

See your real number

We smooth your lumpy income into one clear "safe to spend this month" figure.

3

Your taxes are already set aside

A running reserve, calculated automatically, so tax season is never a surprise.

Without a buffer

  • A big payment lands and it feels safe to spend. Then next month is dry
  • No idea how much of what you have is actually yours to keep
  • Tax season turns into a scramble to find money you already spent

With Spend Buffer

  • One clear number tells you what's safe to spend, every month
  • A running tax reserve that builds itself every time you get paid
  • No blindsides. You always know which kind of month you're in

No bank-switching required, unlike the "freelancer banking" apps that lock your tax savings behind a whole new account.