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Schedule a recurring transaction

Subscription, rent, salary, interest your bank pays daily: set the rhythm once and Piff records the transaction for you on every occurrence.

3 min6 steps

Anything that comes back on a fixed date shouldn't be typed twice. You describe the transaction once, pick its rhythm, and Piff creates it automatically — updating your wallet balance and budget envelopes exactly as if you had entered it yourself.

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    Fill in the transaction as usual

    From home, tap the + at the bottom of the screen, then Expenses (or Income, or Transfer). Enter the amount, the wallet to debit and the category: nothing changes compared with a normal transaction.

    Piff expense form with an amount of 45,000 MGA and the Repeat row set to Never
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    Tap the "Repeat" row

    Right below the date, the Repeat row shows Never by default. Tap it: Piff offers the most common rhythms straight away, with no fiddly setup.

    The row stays out of your way until you use it: a one-off transaction is entered exactly as before.

    Piff Repeat sheet with the options Never, Every day, Monday to Friday, Every week, Every 2 weeks and Every month
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    Pick the rhythm, and the exact day

    Every day, Monday to Friday, every week, every 2 weeks, every month. For rhythms that depend on a day, tap the row: a grid opens so you can pick the exact day of the month.

    Need Monday and Thursday, or every 3 weeks? "Custom…" opens a day-by-day picker. And if you pick the 31st, shorter months use their last day.

    Piff day-of-month picker, from 1 to 31
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    Check the first occurrence

    At the bottom of the sheet, Piff tells you the exact date of the first automatic entry. You can also set an end date — or let the rule run indefinitely. Tap Done.

    Piff Repeat sheet with the monthly rule selected, the end date and a preview of the first occurrence
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    Create the transaction

    Back on the form, the Repeat row sums up the rule in plain words: "On the 5th of every month at 13:34". Tap Create, and it's scheduled.

    Piff expense form showing the recurrence summary: on the 5th of every month
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    Find and steer your rules

    Profile > Recurring transactions lists every rule, with its next occurrence and a switch to pause it. Tap a card to change the amount, the time or the rhythm — or to delete it.

    Deleting a rule doesn't remove the transactions already recorded: only future occurrences stop.

    Piff Recurring transactions screen with an active monthly rule and its next occurrence

Good to know

  • Occurrences missed while your phone is off are caught up automatically: the server creates them, not the app.
  • On the free plan, the 20 transactions per month limit also applies to recurring transactions. Beyond that, the rule pauses and you're notified.
  • If the wallet is disabled, the rule pauses instead of failing silently — you switch it back on once everything is sorted.

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