The guide

How Pocketwatch works.

A field guide to the app — what every piece does, and the thinking behind it. Read straight through, or jump to whatever's confusing.

Getting started

From sign-up to first transaction in under five minutes.

Pockets

Why your finances live in pockets, and when to spin up a second one.

Budgeting

Zero-based budgeting in plain English. What ready-to-assign actually is.

More topics rolling in — accounts, the ledger, net worth, investments, recurring, tags, security, pricing. If there's something you can't find, tell us and we'll write it next.