# an ai money coach that keeps your spending on track

> Folk is a personal AI money coach you text. Log spending in a message (or connect your bank), and folk tracks your budget, flags overspending, and keeps you accountable. $20/mo.

Budgeting apps die in the data entry. Folk is a personal AI money coach that lives in your texts - tell it what you spent in plain words, or connect your bank, and it keeps your budget, tells you where you stand, warns you before you blow a category, and keeps you accountable to it. No spreadsheet, no app you stop opening.

## How folk does it

### log spending in a text (or connect your bank)

Say "$80 dinner" and folk logs it against your budget. Connect your bank securely and folk can categorize transactions automatically, so tracking takes zero effort.

### know where you stand, anytime

Ask "how much can I spend this week?" and folk answers against your budget, by category, so you decide in the moment instead of guessing.

### stay accountable

Folk flags when a category is running hot, checks in on your spending, and reminds you of the budget you set - the accountability that keeps a budget from quietly slipping. It remembers your habits, so the coaching gets more personal.

## Example conversation

**You:** just spent $130 at the grocery store

**folk:** Logged to Groceries - you're at $410 of your $500 budget with 11 days left (~$8/day remaining there). Still under budget for the month. Want a few cheaper dinner ideas to stay under?

**You:** yeah

**folk:** On it - I'll text 3 ideas under $12 tonight and check in Sunday on where the budget landed.

## FAQ

### Do I have to connect my bank account?

No. You can just text folk what you spend and it tracks it. For automatic tracking, folk connects to your bank securely through Plaid - your credentials are never shared with folk, and folk never trains on your data.

### How is this different from a budgeting app?

A budgeting app makes you open it and do the work. Folk lives in your texts, logs spending in a message, answers "can I afford this?" instantly, and actively coaches you toward your goals.

### Is my financial data private?

Yes. Folk runs in your own isolated sandbox, uses secure bank connections, and never trains AI models on your data. Folk Pro is $20/month, with a free tier to start.

## Related use cases

- [an ai accountability partner that keeps you on track](https://www.folk.com/use-cases/ai-accountability-partner)
- [an ai that runs tasks on autopilot](https://www.folk.com/use-cases/ai-that-runs-tasks-on-autopilot)
- [an ai that remembers everything about your life](https://www.folk.com/use-cases/ai-that-remembers-everything)

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folk is a personal AI that lives in your texts (iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp). Pro $20/mo, Max $100/mo. Made by Nozomio Labs. Sign up: https://www.folk.com/