Household Setup

Connect Firebase

One Firebase project. One shared workspace.

Same on every device.
Needs Firestore and sign-in.
Shared Login

Sign In Together

Use the shared household login.

Google has to use the exact shared household Google account that owns this workspace.
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Checkstain

Pay date

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Device: Tucker
Safe to Spend

$0.00

Cycle

Pending

Activity

Planned

Spent

Spending insights for any time period.

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Summary

By Category

Tap a category to view transactions in History.

Top Merchants

Tap a merchant to view transactions in History.

Trend

Spending
Income

Review

Review spending plus checking-account deposits, compare against the bank, and move transactions through lanes.

Checkstain Says

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Difference

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Compares against the cleared checking balance only.

Result

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History

Household Account

Savings Balances

Opening balances for the savings buckets.

Savings Accounts

Live balances and transaction history.

Device Defaults

Pay Thursdays

One date per line.

Categories

One category per line.

Merchant Rules

One rule per line. Format: merchant text = category. Matches are case-insensitive contains checks.

Data Tools

Backup the workspace, restore a backup, or import activity from your bank CSV.

Backup restore merges by document ID. Bank CSV import skips rows that already exist in Checkstain.

Scenario Checks

Run the core balance and recurring-date checks before trusting the math.

Recently Deleted

Restore something if it was removed by mistake.

History

Open filters, CSV export, and the audit log.

Setup

Connected