Budget Bear

Inspiration

We all have different financial goals, different starting points, and different things we're trying to do to get there. None of us are completely sure we're doing the right thing. Overwhelming people with a large plan just ensures that they do nothing out of fear of doing the wrong thing. Enter Budget Bear.

What it does

Budget Bear uses a straight-forward questionnaire that starts with what you want to do, takes some basic financial information, runs that through its decision engine, and ends with a single focus to advance your financial well-being.

How we built it

Budget Bear is built entirely in HTML and JavaScript, no logic runs on the server. Our engine runs on the user's browser, meaning that the user's information never leaves the browser, keeping their information safe.

Challenges we ran into

We need to ask a fair number of questions to get to a decent recommendation. We had to do a fair amount of work to keep the questions short, clear, and easy to answer.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're very happy with the input controls we built around our numeric entry areas. This improved the touch interactions greatly. When we had some bystanders try out website, they were very positive of not having a keyboard pop up and having to type numbers throughout the process. It made everything flow better, even if it looked a little overwhelming at first.