A Purchase Project is how you track a build — something with multiple components you buy over several weeks or months. Gaming PC. Photography kit. Kitchen renovation. Home office setup. Baby nursery. No other personal finance app has this.

Create a project

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Go to Projects in the sidebar
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Tap 'New project'
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Name the project
'Gaming PC Build', 'Photography Kit', 'Home Office Setup', 'Baby Nursery'. Pick something descriptive.
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Pick an icon and color
The CPU icon for the PC. The camera icon for photography. Makes it easy to recognise.
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Enter a total budget (optional)
How much are you planning to spend in total? This lets CiviQ show you if you're going over budget.
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Add planned items
List every component you need, with an estimated cost. RTX 4070 GPU — ₹52,000. Ryzen 7 CPU — ₹18,000. 32GB RAM — ₹8,500. You can add more later.
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Tap 'Create project'
Project is live. The component checklist shows all planned items as unchecked.

Tag purchases to the project

When you actually buy a component, log it as a regular expense — then link it to the project. Two ways to do this:

  • At log time: When adding the expense, select the project from the 'Part of a project?' field. Then select which planned item this is for.
  • Retroactively: Find the expense in Transactions, open the three-dot menu, tap 'Add to project', select the project and item.
Example
Hari's Gaming PC Project:

Planned items:
✓ RTX 4070 GPU — est. ₹52,000 → actual ₹51,500 (bought June 12, Amazon)
✓ Ryzen 7 7700X CPU — est. ₹18,000 → actual ₹17,200 (bought June 3, MDComputers)
✓ 32GB DDR5 RAM — est. ₹8,500 → actual ₹8,400 (bought June 18, Amazon)
⬜ B650 Motherboard — est. ₹15,000 → not bought yet
⬜ 2TB NVMe SSD — est. ₹7,500 → not bought yet
⬜ 27-inch 165Hz Monitor — est. ₹22,000 → not bought yet

Total spent: ₹77,100 of ₹1,23,000 budget (63%)
Remaining: 3 items, ₹44,500 estimated
💡 When all planned items are marked purchased, CiviQ automatically marks the project as 'Complete' with the date. 🎉