Trove — Household Finances

Welcome to your Trove.

Trove is built for household finances — a simple way to track where your money goes without handing your data to a third party. Your transactions live in your browser and sync to your own Google Drive, never to us. Need help getting started? Click the ? button in the top bar.

🔒 Private by architecture 📄 Your data in your Drive 💒 Built for households

This period

Spending overview

Total Spent

$0.00

Import a CSV or PDF to get started

0 txns · $0 daily avg · Largest — —

Income

$0

0 entries

Net

$0

income − expenses

Savings

$0

across accounts

Needs

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committed

Wants

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flexible

Savings rate

—

of income

Expenses by category

What's locked in

Monthly commitments

Recurring merchants detected from the last 6 months — your spending floor.

Looking ahead

Cash flow forecast

Projected balance from your historical income and spending. Adjust the avg-from window or exclude categories to refine.

From To

Start balance

Avg from

Trends

Needs vs wants over time

How committed-versus-flexible spending shifts month over month. Toggle to per-category breakdown if needed.

From To

Drilldown

Where it's going

Top Categories

Recent

Date ↓	Merchant	Category	Person	Card	Note	Amount ↕

Drop your file here

Export from your bank's online banking
then drop the file here or click to browse

CSV or PDF · Columns mapped automatically

Import History

No files imported yet

All time

$0.00

Income Entries

Date	Type	Description	Category	Person	Card	Note	Amount

No income entries yet

Account Balances

Contribution History

All time: $0.00

Date	Account	Type	Person	Note	Amount

No contributions logged yet

Deleted transactions are kept for 30 days.

Deleted	Date	Merchant	Category	Card	Amount

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Appearance

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People

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Rename or add people to track spending per person or card.

Show "Joint" option

Adds a shared "Joint" option to all person dropdowns

Expense Categories

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Income Types

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Savings Account Types

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Cloud Sync (Google Drive)

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Connect your Google Drive so your data syncs across devices. Trove stores a single JSON file in your own Drive — we never see it.

🔒 Sign up to enable cloud sync →

Data Tools

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Load sample data replaces local data with a pre-filled demo dataset so you can explore the app.
Clear local data wipes this device only — your Drive file is unaffected.

Help & FAQ

Everything you need to get Trove running.

Quick start

Add your first transaction. Click the ＋ Add button on Transactions, or hit Upload Data to bring in a CSV or PDF statement.
Review the preview. If you upload a statement, Trove shows the parsed rows and a total so you can confirm it matches before importing.
Categorise. Trove auto-categorises using keyword rules. You can edit categories inline — it learns from your corrections.
Set up sync (optional). Connect Google Drive to back up and sync across devices. See the sync section below.

Features at a glance

Dashboard — monthly, 3-month, year-to-date and full-year views with category tiles, spending pace, and trend arrows.
Transactions — searchable, filterable, bulk-edit. Multi-select to re-categorise or delete in one go.
Income — log salary, transfers from friends, or any offset against a category.
Savings — track multiple accounts. Balances are always derived from your contribution log (never edited directly).
Debt — amortisation schedule, voluntary payments, balance history.
Budget targets — set a monthly target per category; tiles show a progress bar.
Recurring detection — Monthly Commitments card auto-surfaces subscriptions and regulars.
Duplicate checker — scans for suspiciously similar transactions before they clutter your history.
Dark mode — toggle in the topbar. Works everywhere.

Google Drive sync

Trove does not store your transactions. If you want data to survive browser clears or sync across devices, connect Google Drive — Trove saves a single JSON file into your own Drive.

How to connect (one click):

Open Manage My Trove → Cloud Sync (Google Drive).
Click Connect Google Drive and authorise Trove on the Google consent screen.
Use Push to save your current data to Drive, and Pull on another device to load it.

Who can see your data: Trove only requests access to files it creates in your Drive — it cannot read the rest of your Drive. The access token never leaves your browser. If you share the file with someone else from Drive, they'll be able to see it — otherwise only you can.

FAQ

Where is my data stored?

Everything lives in your browser's localStorage. If you connect Google Drive, a copy also lives there as a JSON file in your own Drive. Trove's creator never sees any of it.

What happens if I clear my browser or switch devices?

If you haven't connected Drive, data is lost. With Drive connected, pull from Drive on the new device and everything is restored.

My CSV or PDF import looks wrong — what do I do?

Use the preview in the import modal to spot bad rows before committing. The total at the bottom should match your statement. If it doesn't, try remapping the columns (for CSV) or switching between bank/credit statement type (for PDF).

Can I edit a category after the fact?

Yes. Click the category badge on any transaction row to change it. Trove learns from repeated corrections of the same merchant.

Why can't I edit a savings balance directly?

Balances are always derived from your contribution log. This prevents drift. Add a contribution (positive or negative) if you need to adjust.

How do I handle shared expenses with a partner?

Log the transaction once, then log an offsetting income entry under Income → Transfer with the partner as the person and the original category as the offset. The net effect: you only see your share.

Can I export my data?

Yes. Connect Google Drive — the JSON file that syncs is your permanent export by design. You can download it from Drive any time.

Does Trove work offline?

Yes for all local features. Google Drive sync requires a connection.

What does "Clear demo data" do?

It wipes everything local so you can start with a blank slate. It does not touch any Google Drive file you may have connected.

Still stuck?

Email the maintainer directly. Include a screenshot of the import preview or the error message — it's almost always enough context.

The creator can never see your financial data, so specifics from you are what make support work.

Review the extracted text below. If it looks correct, click Parse Transactions.

Whose card is this?

Card name

Import mode

Add new only
Skip transactions already in the app Replace this period
Remove existing transactions for months in this file, then import fresh