A budget app for the long climb

Forward,
through every
up and down.

Ridge is for people who are climbing — building wealth, working toward goals, walking the steady ups and downs of real life. Every dollar gets a foothold. Every cycle, you keep moving forward.

No install, no fuss Your data, your Drive Built for the long climb
Six principles, one calmer climb

We didn't build another budget app.
We built one that walks the trail with you.

i.

Abundance, not scarcity

Surplus is the centrepiece. Most apps make you stare at the cliff edge; we show you the open valley below.

ii.

Clarity → confidence

Every number answers a real question. Can I afford this? Am I on pace? No dashboards for the sake of dashboards.

iii.

Every dollar, a foothold

Spend, save, or build wealth. Each dollar gets a place to plant — nothing drifts, nothing leaks down the slope.

iv.

Net worth as a ridgeline

Cycles rise and fall, but the ridge keeps climbing. Mortgage repayments are savings; redraw and clearance answer the question that matters — am I building something?

v.

Projections from real terrain

Rates inferred from your actual capitalised interest. No imaginary sliders. No fairy-tale forecasts of a summit you'll never reach.

vi.

Invisible machinery

Auto-classify. Dedup. Rate inference. The plumbing runs underground, so the path stays clear above.

The cycle isn't a circle. It's a ridgeline — peaks and valleys, always moving forward. Your money deserves a budget designed for the climb.

— The Ridge manifesto
A few things you'll fall for on the trail

Built for the budget-conscious
and the quietly wealth-building.

Free to spend · the stream

The single number for the next step.

Forget reading nine widgets to know if you can buy the boots. Free to spend is the stream — incoming pay, planned outgoings, surplus carried in from past cycles — pooled into one trustworthy figure that flows in real time.

  • Updates in real time as transactions arrive
  • Transparently shows the maths if you want it
  • Pace indicator tells you whether you're on track or coasting
Free to spend · Cycle 14
$1,284.40
of $1,920 budget · 9 days left · pace healthy
Pay arriving Wed+$3,420.00
Planned: rent, power−$1,840.00
Float carried in+$612.18
Cycle view · the ridgeline

A single fortnight, walked end to end.

The cycle is one section of the ridge. See every envelope's progress, the day-by-day spend heatmap, what's settled and what's pending. Zoom out across cycles to see the long ridgeline you've actually been walking.

  • Pay-cycle aware (weekly, fortnightly, monthly)
  • 6-cycle heatmap for spotting patterns
  • Pending vs settled — never get surprised by a delayed transaction again
Spend heatmap · last 6 cycles
M T W T F S S under · over · normal
This cycle vs avg−$214 ↓
Net worth · the climb

The summit, drawn in topographic ink.

Cash. Property. Super. Debts. Equities. Every piece, in one place — with a clearance date for the mortgage drawn from your real interest history, not a slider you guessed at.

  • Mortgage clearance projected from capitalised interest
  • Redraw / offset surfaced as a single working balance
  • Equity prices synced from a Google Sheet you control
Net worth · 12 month trajectory
$214,180
+$38,420 YoY · cleared 4y 7m early at current pace
Mortgage redraw available$18,420.00
Step onto the trail

Stop counting pennies.
Start walking the ridge.

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