Glossary

A plain-language reference for the words you'll see around Steer.

#Account

A place your money sits — like a current or savings account. Each one has a balance that anchors your net-worth projection, and every income and expense belongs to an account. Read more →

#Baseline

Your real financial plan as it stands today — everything in your Finance area. Simulations are built on top of it without changing it. Read more →

#Brief

The short, plain-language summary on your home screen: what's on track, what's coming up, and what needs attention, across goals, habits and finance. Read more →

#Cadence (recurrence)

How often something repeats — once, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly. Used the same way for goals, habits and finance items. Read more →

#Confidence score

How sure Steer is about a habit prediction. It rises as you log more occurrences. Read more →

#Connection

A link between Steer and another app — your calendar or a fitness tracker — that lets Steer update itself. Read more →

#Metric goal

A goal that builds toward a number, like "Read 50 books". It has a unit and a target, and can update itself from a tracker. Read more →

#Milestone goal

A yes/no goal you either complete or don't, like "File my taxes". No number to count — just done or missed. Read more →

#Net worth

What you're worth over time — your account balances plus investments, minus what you owe on loans — projected into the future. Read more →

#Override

A change inside a scenario that sits on top of your baseline — a higher salary, a new loan — without altering your real data. Read more →

#Pace forecast

Steer's read on whether you'll reach a goal in time: ahead, on track, behind or at risk. Read more →

#Projection

Steer drawing your finances forward in time, month by month, from what you've entered. Read more →

#Recipe

A ready-made starting point for a goal, habit or expense — tap to add it with sensible defaults already filled in. Read more →

#Scenario (simulation)

A "what if" laid on top of your baseline so you can see the effect of a decision before making it. Read more →

#Time goal

A metric goal whose target is a time to beat, where lower is better — like "Run a half-marathon under 1:45". You log each attempt and Steer keeps your fastest. Read more →

#Variance (budget vs actual)

The gap between what you planned (your budget) and what really happened (your logged actuals). Read more →

#Write-back

When Steer adds things — like reminders or confirmed habits — back to your connected calendar. You control whether it's on. Read more →

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