Gem Help Guide

Create a repeating expense

For expenses that happen regularly—like subscriptions, rent, or bills—you can set up a repeating entry so it’s tracked automatically each cycle.

  1. When creating an expense, enter the amount and category
  2. Tap Show more > repeat this
  3. Choose when this expense should repeat
Tip

Gem creates repeating expenses whenever you open the app. You can force it by switching months in Journal screen

Edit repeating expenses

Need to change the amount, due date, or frequency? You can edit repeating expenses to keep them accurate.

Notice

You can't edit a future expense (which hasn't repeated yet). However changing the most recently repeated expense will apply to the next one once it's created.

  1. Go to Settings > Repeating payments
  2. Under Recently paid, tap the expense
  3. Make the changes you want
  4. Tap Update

Stop repeating expenses

You can stop an expense from repeating.

  1. Go to Settings > Repeating payments
  2. Under Recently paid, tap the expense
  3. Tap Edit > repeat this
  4. Choose Never, then tap Update

Trends & due payments

Repeating items show you long-term patterns, so you can see how much of your monthly spending goes to fixed costs.

  1. Go to Settings > Repeating payments
  2. Tap Report on the bottom-right corner
  3. You'll see
    • Total paid: Total sum of expenses already paid this month
    • Paid and due: Breakdown of paid expenses and upcoming ones (due)

Upcoming payments

Keep track of which repeating items you’ve already paid and which are still due. Widgets make this even easier by showing upcoming payments at a glance.

Future expenses

If you can't see future expenses in your Journal, please update your app to 3.8