Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
Method Budget: film budgets that show their work
A free, open-source budgeting app for film and TV productions, with a Mac desktop version and a browser tryout.
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$Paid
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✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Film and TV production budgeters
- Worth noticing
- The app can explain a total step by step, including fringe amounts and the cutoff that applies to a fringe.
Field notes
The budget workflow includes version comparison by category, showing both monetary and percentage differences, and a cost report that places actual spending beside the budget. The site says budgets remain as files on the user's computer and lists JSON, XML, Excel, and tab-delimited among the formats it exports. The screenshots use invented titles, people, and figures.
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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