Add a commitment or an expense

A commitment is a payment that comes back: rent, a premium, an EMI, a subscription, a salary you pay. An expense is a payment you already made once. Both live in the same list.

Add one by hand

Tap Add on iPhone, or Add commitment on Mac. The form asks for:

• a name
• One-time or a repeat: monthly, yearly or every few days
• the amount, with its currency
• the first charge and how far ahead to plan it
• a category, an account and a person, all optional
• notes

Extra fields sit under More details on Mac.

Other ways in

• Import a bank statement.
• Let your AI find bills in your email.
• Ask Siri: "Add an expense in my longbook".

Everything an AI or Siri adds waits in Proposals.

Keep it accurate

• Mark paid on a charge once it is paid.
• Pause a commitment, or set the day it stops.
• A new price applies to Only this charge or to This and later charges. Charges already paid keep their amount.

Questions

Does longbook cancel a subscription for me?

No. longbook records the cancellation: a commitment can be paused, cancelled or set to stop on a date, and its history stays. The cancelling happens with the provider.

Can I add something that already happened?

Yes. Add it as One-time and mark it paid.

Does longbook set a budget?

No. It records and totals what goes out.