# Bow

> Help for Bow, the envelope budgeting app for iPhone.

- [Welcome to Bow](https://bowbudget.com/docs/index.md): Bow is an envelope budgeting app for iPhone. Learn how it works, set up your first budget, connect your bank or import from YNAB, and find answers.
- [Set up your first budget](https://bowbudget.com/docs/quickstart.md): Set up your first Bow budget step by step: what setup asks for, how to start if you're coming from YNAB, and what you can change later.
- [How envelope budgeting works in Bow](https://bowbudget.com/docs/how-bow-works.md): How envelope budgeting works in Bow: give your money to envelopes before you spend it, spend from them, and move money when plans change.
- [Bow on iPhone Duo](https://bowbudget.com/docs/iphone-duo.md): How Bow uses iPhone Duo's open display, the buttons along the side and the outer display, starting with Bow 2.1.
- [Assign money to envelopes](https://bowbudget.com/docs/assign-money.md): Assign Ready to Assign to your envelopes in Bow, move money between envelopes, fix being over budget and plan future months.
- [Set envelope targets](https://bowbudget.com/docs/targets.md): Tell Bow how much each envelope needs and when, for bills, monthly spending and savings goals. See progress, snooze a month and use suggestions.
- [Cover overspending](https://bowbudget.com/docs/overspending.md): What to do when an envelope goes below zero in Bow: cover it with money from another envelope, and how cash and credit card overspending differ.
- [Log a transaction](https://bowbudget.com/docs/log-a-transaction.md): Add spending, income, transfers and credit card payments in Bow by hand, with Siri, from a receipt or from a bank notification.
- [Track Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay plans](https://bowbudget.com/docs/payment-plans.md): Turn a Klarna, Affirm or Afterpay plan into scheduled payments in Bow from a screenshot, and set any repeating transaction to end after a number of payments.
- [Apple Intelligence](https://bowbudget.com/docs/apple-intelligence.md): Use Apple Intelligence in Bow to fill in transactions from receipts, photos, your voice or a description, and ask questions about your spending.
- [Siri and Shortcuts](https://bowbudget.com/docs/siri-and-shortcuts.md): Log spending, check your envelopes and ask questions about your budget with Siri and Shortcuts, without opening Bow.
- [Credit cards in an envelope budget](https://bowbudget.com/docs/credit-cards.md): How credit cards work in Bow: card spending, paying the card, debt from before Bow, overspending, interest and fees, and cards in credit.
- [Verify an account's balance](https://bowbudget.com/docs/verify-balance.md): Check that an account in Bow matches your bank: posted, unposted and pending transactions, verifying a balance and finding a difference.
- [Connect your bank with SimpleFIN](https://bowbudget.com/docs/connect-your-bank.md): Bring bank transactions into Bow automatically with SimpleFIN Bridge: how to connect, keep your accounts up to date and fix sync if it stops.
- [Approve bank transactions](https://bowbudget.com/docs/approve-bank-transactions.md): Review the transactions your bank sends to Bow before they're final: approve them one at a time or faster, spot duplicates and skip ones that aren't real purchases.
- [Log purchases from bank notifications](https://bowbudget.com/docs/bank-notifications.md): Send purchase, deposit and refund alerts from your bank or card app to Bow with a Shortcuts automation, then review them in Shared to Bow.
- [Import your YNAB budget into Bow](https://bowbudget.com/docs/move-from-ynab.md): Move from YNAB to Bow: export your plan from YNAB on the web, import the zip on your iPhone, and start where you left off or bring your full history.
- [Plans, free trial and read-only](https://bowbudget.com/docs/subscriptions.md): Bow's monthly, annual and Lifetime plans, the free trial, managing your subscription, and what read-only means if you don't have a plan.
- [iCloud sync and backups](https://bowbudget.com/docs/icloud-and-backups.md): Bow keeps your budget on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, with no Bow account. How sync works, moving to a new iPhone, and backing up and restoring.
- [Face ID lock and privacy](https://bowbudget.com/docs/app-lock.md): Lock Bow with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode, choose when it locks, and hide amounts when other people can see your screen.
- [Notifications](https://bowbudget.com/docs/notifications.md): Choose the reminders Bow sends for bills, check-ins and things waiting for review, and see how the trial reminder and notification privacy work.
- [Delete your budget and start over](https://bowbudget.com/docs/start-over.md): Delete your Bow budget on all your devices and start fresh, saving a backup first if you might want it back. Your subscription isn't affected.
- [Glossary](https://bowbudget.com/docs/glossary.md): Every word Bow uses on screen, in plain language: Ready to Assign, envelopes, targets, accounts, transactions, bank sync and verifying a balance.
- [Frequently asked questions](https://bowbudget.com/docs/faq.md): Answers to common questions about Bow: envelope budgeting, connecting your bank, the free trial, where your data is stored, Apple Intelligence and YNAB.


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