Documentation
How the app thinks, and how to use it. Start with the model if Duration is new to you, then dip into the guides for the everyday flows. The glossary defines every term the app uses.
Concept
Guides
- Record income and allocate in progress Bring money in, then give every unit of money a job.
- Working with credit cards How a credit card fits Duration — as an account you owe on — and how spending, imports, drift, and paying the bill all fit together.
- Sweep to close drift in progress Move cash so what each horizon holds matches what you allocated.
- Import and reconcile in progress Bring in a statement and match it against your journal.
- Set and track goals in progress Put a target on a bucket and follow progress without spending reading as backsliding.
- Can I afford it? Planning a purchase Weigh a new commitment against what's free to commit each month — expected income, commitments, and the what-if lens.
- Correct mistakes in progress Edit, re-categorise or remove entries without losing your history.
- Starting over, fixing a broken budget, and changing course How to restructure, re-think, and correct in Duration without a reset button — and why there isn't one.
- Moving from YNAB What carries over, what you rebuild, and the handful of places Duration deliberately thinks differently — a practical guide for people arriving from zero-based budgeting.
- Tracking split expenses Two tools for shared money — a Household Book for a joint account you both fund, and a receivable for the costs you front and settle up later.