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All your money,
finally in one place.

Budget by hand, or connect your accounts and let balances, spending, and net worth update themselves. Free to start — no card required.

Manual budgeting is free forever. Try automation and the full toolkit free for 14 days.

See everything at once

Every account, every bank, one place, updated automatically. No more bouncing between apps just to check.

Budget your way

Ledger-style monthly planning, category breakdowns, and spending trends — as hands-on or automated as you want it.

Bank-level security

Read-only by default. Your credentials are never stored. Every connection is encrypted end to end.

How it works


  1. 01

    Start free

    Manual budgeting, a full ledger, and dashboard tracking — no bank connection required, ever.

  2. 02

    Connect your accounts

    When you're ready, securely link banks and brokerages in a couple of minutes, through the same technology major banking apps use.

  3. 03

    See the full picture

    Balances, spending, investments, and net worth — unified and updated automatically, with as much detail as you want.

Getting set up

From signup to your first synced balance, in a few minutes.

  1. 1

    Create your account

    No card required. You're on the free Manual tier the moment you sign up, with a 14-day trial of everything else included automatically.

  2. 2

    Start however you want

    Log a few transactions by hand to get a feel for it, or jump straight to Connections and link a bank or brokerage — both work from day one.

  3. 3

    Connect an account (optional)

    Search your institution, log in through Plaid's secure flow, and pick which accounts to share. Takes about two minutes; nothing is stored on our end beyond what's needed to run the app.

  4. 4

    Let it settle in

    Detected transactions show up for your review, balances start updating on their own, and your budget fills in from there. Adjust categories and set-asides any time.

Common questions

Is Arko actually free?

Yes — manual budgeting, the full ledger, and dashboard tracking are free forever, no card required and no time limit. You only pay if you want connected accounts and the automated features on top.

What happens when my trial ends?

Every new account gets a 14-day trial of full access. If you don't upgrade before it ends, your account drops to the free Manual tier automatically — any connected accounts are disconnected (fully, at Plaid's end too), but nothing you entered manually is ever touched.

Do I have to connect a bank account?

No. Manual tracking works completely on its own — connecting accounts is there for when you want balances and transactions to update themselves instead of typing them in.

Is my financial data safe?

Account connections go through Plaid, the same infrastructure most banking apps use — your bank login is never seen or stored by Arko. Read-only access by default, encrypted connections throughout, and you can disconnect any account at any time.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Monthly plans cancel from Settings whenever you want — you keep access through the end of what you already paid for, and you're never charged again after that. Lifetime plans are a one-time payment with nothing to cancel.

What's the difference between the paid tiers?

Automation adds bank and card connections with auto-syncing balances, up to 6 accounts. Full adds investment and debt account linking, up to 15 accounts, spending trends, visual savings goals, and the investment portfolio view.

Pick your level

Start free. Add automation when you want it. Go all in whenever that makes sense.

Manual

Tier 1

Everything you need to budget by hand — free forever.

Free

 

  • Manual add/subtract/transfer entries
  • Budget planner (ledger-style monthly budgeting)
  • Dashboard overview cards, cash flow summary
  • Budget allocation & expense breakdown charts
  • No Plaid connection required
Automation

Tier 2

Connect your real accounts and let balances update themselves.

$8/mo

or $95 once, lifetime

  • Everything in Manual
  • Plaid bank account linking with auto-sync
  • Up to 6 connected accounts
  • Auto-updating balances tied to real accounts

14-day free trial of Tier 3 on signup — no card required. Cancel monthly plans anytime; lifetime is a one-time payment, never recurring.