Spend controls

Your budget, enforced at the swipe.

Every other budgeting app is descriptive — it tells you what you already spent. Rein is enforcing: your budget is the card's spending power, so the plan and reality can never drift apart.

Available to spend
$3,327.00
Secured by your deposit · assign before you spend
Checking · securedSavings · 4% APYCredit · limit $23,574.00
Essentials$1,875.00
Groceries$85.00
of $600.00 monthlyspeed bump
Gas$140.00
of $160.00 monthlygrace
Rent$1,650.00
of $1,650.00 monthlyhard
Lifestyle$132.00
Dining$12.00
of $400.00 monthlyhard
Fun Money$120.00
of $150.00 monthlyhard
Buffers$120.00
Everything Else$60.00
of $80.00 monthlyspeed bump
Cash$60.00
of $100.00 monthlygrace
Savings & Goals$1,200.00
Emergency Fund$600.00
of $0.00 monthlyhard
Vacation$400.00
of $0.00 monthlyhard
New Car$200.00
of $0.00 monthlyhard
The loop

Decline, then recover in one tap.

When an envelope runs dry, the swipe declines — on Rein's own rails, in real time. A push notification offers to cover the gap from another envelope. Approve it and re-tap; it's usually done before the cashier looks up. You decide, up front, which envelopes are even allowed to decline.

Card declined · Dining
Sushi Ren
$28.40

Dining is $8.40 short. Cover it from Fun and try again?

Move $8.40 & approve
Usually done before the cashier looks up.
Strictness

Firm where it matters. Flexible where it doesn't.

Not every envelope deserves the same rule. Set each one to the level of discipline it needs — a hard wall around dining, a gentle nudge on groceries, and automatic cover for essentials like gas.

You choose how firm each envelope is
Dining
Declines when empty — one you defend
hard
Groceries
Warns, never blocks a real need
bump
Gas
Always goes through
grace
More than limits

Controls that keep the plan honest.

The envelope is just the start. Rein routes, re-files, and watches spending so your plan stays accurate without babysitting.

Vendor coding

Point a merchant at an envelope once and every future charge routes there automatically.

Recategorize & split

Move a transaction to the right envelope after the fact, or split one purchase across several.

Subscription caps

“Rein caught this.” Caps hold the line when a subscription hikes its price or a trial converts.

Real-time routing

Every swipe resolves to an envelope by card binding, merchant rule, or category — instantly.

Instant awareness

A notification on every transaction, with the envelope and remaining balance right there.

Month-end reconcile

Speed-bump spending is squared away at month-end, so nothing quietly slips the budget.

A budget that can actually say no.

Join early access, or open the prototype to feel the decline-and-recover loop yourself.