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Schedule repeat and amount options

What each Repeats choice does, how month ends and Twice a month work, and how Exact, About and Between amounts match.

Updated November 10, 2026

The Repeats list sets how the Next date moves after you post or skip an occurrence. The amount type sets how closely a real transaction must match the schedule's amount.

Repeats

OptionAfter each occurrence, the Next date moves
Daily1 day
Weekly7 days
Biweekly14 days
Twice a monthTo the next of two dates in the month. See below.
Monthly1 month, to the same day of the month
Every 2 months2 months, to the same day of the month
Quarterly3 months, to the same day of the month
Every 6 months6 months, to the same day of the month
Yearly12 months, to the same day of the month
One-timeIt does not move. Posting it completes the schedule, and there is no Skip.

Restarting a completed One-time schedule sets the Next date to today if its date has passed. Otherwise the date stays.

Days that a month does not have

The month-based options use the day of the month of the Next date you add or save. When a month is shorter, the date moves to that month's last day. The next month returns to your day.

Example: a Monthly schedule with a Next date of January 31, 2027 moves to February 28, 2027, then March 31, 2027, then April 30, 2027.

Saving a schedule in the Edit schedule dialog sets the day again from the Next date you save.

Twice a month

The two dates in each month are the day of the Next date you add or save, and that day plus 14. A date past the end of the month becomes the month's last day. After the second date, the Next date moves to the first date of the next month.

Next date you enterDates that follow
October 1, 2026October 1, October 15, November 1, November 15
October 16, 2026October 16, October 30, November 16, November 30, December 16, December 30
October 20, 2026October 20, October 31, November 20, November 30, December 20, December 31

When both dates fall on the same day, that month has one occurrence.

The two dates are 14 days apart unless the month ends first, so this option cannot follow the 15th and the last day of every month. For those dates, use two Monthly schedules, one dated the 15th and one dated the 31st.

Amount types

TypeA transaction matches when it isThe table showsPost writes
ExactExactly the amountThe amountThe amount
AboutWithin 7.5% of the amount, rounded to the centThe amount with a ~ before itThe amount
BetweenFrom the lowest to the highest amount, both includedThe two amounts joined by a dash, such as $90.00–$110.00. An Expense has a minus sign at the start.The midpoint of the two amounts
  • Amounts are always positive numbers. Expense or Income sets the direction, and a matching transaction must go the same way.
  • About with $100.00 matches transactions from $92.50 to $107.50.
  • Between takes the amounts in either order. $90.00 and $110.00 give a midpoint of $100.00. The midpoint is the schedule's amount on Home, in the ledger's Scheduled section and in the Looking ahead report.
  • The amount type decides which transactions the app offers to link to the schedule. See See what's coming up.

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