Bucket Budget Studio · Google Sheets budget template
You get paid every other Friday. Rent, insurance and subscriptions come out monthly, quarterly or once a year. The Bucket Budget Planner turns all of it into a clear amount per week and per paycheck, so you see what belongs in each bucket before the money moves.
Get the Bucket Budget Planner$17 · one payment · instant access
Most budgets fail for the same boring reason: the money comes in on one schedule and the bills leave on another.
Your bills, sorted into buckets, each one with its own weekly amount.
Same paycheck. Same bills. The only difference is that this time every bill has a bucket, and every bucket has a number.
Show me my numbers$17 · instant access · 365-day guaranteeNo course to watch and nothing to install. Grab your last paystub and a few bills, and start typing.
Right after checkout you download the planner and open it in Google Sheets (File → Import, takes a minute) or Excel. The web app is already waiting in your members area.
On the Setup tab you add your pay schedule (up to 10 income sources, with a mode for variable or low income). On the Buckets tab you list each bill and how often it is due. Up to 40 rows.
The Dashboard shows each bucket per week, per paycheck, per month and per year, with a chart. The Monthly Tracker is there when you want to log what you actually spend.
That is the whole idea behind bucket budgeting: stop thinking in “monthly” and “yearly” and start thinking in the same unit as your paycheck.
| Bill | Per week | Per paycheck |
|---|---|---|
| Rent$1,450 · monthly | $334.62 | $669.23 |
| Internet$65 · monthly | $15.00 | $30.00 |
| Car insurance$640 · quarterly | $49.23 | $98.46 |
| Holiday gifts$480 · yearly | $9.23 | $18.46 |
Once you see the yearly bills as a small weekly amount, they stop being surprises. You are not guessing. You are looking at a number the sheet already calculated, bucket by bucket, paycheck by paycheck.
A free template, one more Etsy sheet, another app. Here is where each one stops.
| Free template | Single Etsy sheet | Bucket Budget Planner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | about $5–$15 each | $17 once |
| Weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly and annual bills converted for you | ⚠ | ⚠ | ✓ |
| Amount per paycheck for every bucket | ✗ | ⚠ | ✓ |
| Variable and low-income mode | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Quick-Start Guide and bonus checklist | ✗ | ⚠ | ✓ |
| Web app for your phone | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| One payment, no subscription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 365-day guarantee | ✗ | ⚠ | ✓ |
⚠ = depends on the seller. Prices are typical, not a quote of any one shop.
Four things, all digital, all yours to keep. No shipping, no waiting.
The Google Sheets / Excel template. Five tabs, formulas already built:
Up to 10 income sources and a low-income mode. 40 bucket rows with six frequencies, converted to a weekly amount and an amount per paycheck. A Dashboard with a chart, and a Monthly Tracker.
Your plan on your phone, no spreadsheet app needed. Seven tools in one place: Bucket Budget (with a donut chart), Sinking Funds, an Annual Bills calendar, a Paycheck Splitter, Savings Goals, curated Research and Community links.
It runs in your browser and keeps your numbers on your own device.
A short, plain-English walkthrough: what to type in each tab, in what order. Made for people who say “I am not a spreadsheet person”. Print it or keep it open next to the sheet.
A printable checklist for your first sit-down: what to gather, what to enter first and what to look at on the Dashboard. A good page to repeat every few months.
Want to go further? Two optional add-ons are offered at checkout, in the same file style:
These are the actual tabs, with example numbers. Yours will show your own bills.
If you can type numbers into a table, you can use this.
The planner, the web app, the guide and the free checklist. Nothing to add to receive the full set.
Digital files only. Your link arrives right after payment. Nothing is shipped.
Secure checkout. Your card details are handled by Stripe.
Try it properly. Set it up, enter your bills, look at the Dashboard through a few paychecks. If it is not for you, send one email to hello@mastermodules.com within 365 days and we refund your payment in full.
You keep your files either way. No forms, no calls, no hoops.
Try it risk-free$17 · 365-day guaranteeFair question. Here is the honest answer.
You do not need to be. The formulas are built, and the Quick-Start Guide tells you what goes in each tab. You type numbers, the sheet does the rest. Prefer your phone? The web app does the same conversion without a spreadsheet app.
The Setup tab has a variable and low-income mode, so you can plan with the smaller number and treat anything extra as a bonus.
Most budgets stop at the first annual bill or the first mismatch between payday and rent. This one starts there: every bill, at every frequency, in the same weekly unit.
No. One payment, and the files are yours. Nothing to cancel, nothing that expires.
Right after payment you download the planner from your members area and open it in Google Sheets (File → Import) or Excel. The Quick-Start Guide shows each click. Your web app and guide are in the same members area.
To edit the template in Google Sheets, yes: a free Google account and a basic comfort with Google Sheets. If you prefer Excel, use the Excel file. The web app needs neither.
Yes. Pick weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly or monthly pay on the Setup tab and every bucket is shown per paycheck. You can enter up to 10 income sources, and there is a mode for variable or low income.
Yes. The template works in the Google Sheets app, and the included web app is designed for phones.
No. It is a single $17 payment. The two add-ons offered at checkout are optional and one-time as well.
No. It is an organizing tool: it does arithmetic on the numbers you enter. We are not financial advisors, and what you do with your money is your decision.
You have 365 days. Send one email to hello@mastermodules.com and we refund your payment in full. You keep your files.
You can keep guessing where the paycheck goes, or you can open a sheet where every bill already has a number.
Your download link arrives right after payment.
Not financial advice. The Bucket Budget Planner is a digital organizing tool provided for informational and personal-use purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional financial, tax, legal or accounting advice, and we are not financial advisors. Example numbers on this page are illustrative. Your results depend on your own income, expenses and choices. Digital product: no physical item is shipped. Google Sheets is a trademark of Google LLC and Excel of Microsoft; we are not affiliated with either.