Categories
Organize your expenses into categories and groups for clearer tracking.
How Categories Work
Categories organize your expenses — things like Groceries, Rent, Restaurants. Each category belongs to a category group (e.g., Food & Dining, Housing). Tabello comes with 60+ pre-built categories across 15 groups, and you can customize them or add your own.
Categories are account-level — they're shared across all your trackers. Any category you create or modify applies everywhere, not just to one tracker.
Creating and Editing
Tap Add Category to create a new one. Enter a name, pick an emoji icon, and assign it to a category group.
To edit an existing category, tap it from the categories list. You can rename it, change its emoji, or move it to a different group.
Categories cannot be deleted. If you no longer need a category, disable it instead — see below. This ensures that expenses already tagged with that category remain intact.
Enabling and Disabling
Toggle Available for use when creating or editing a category. When disabled, the category won't appear for new expenses but will remain on existing ones.
Category Groups
Groups organize related categories together — for example, all food-related categories under "Food & Dining." You can create custom groups with Add Group or use the built-in ones.
Using Categories with Trackers
When you add an expense, Tabello suggests a category based on the expense name. You can accept the suggestion, pick a different one, or leave it uncategorized.
Categories also enable additional splitting features:
- Category Splits — custom percentage splits per category (regular trackers only)
- Category Opt-Outs — exclude participants from specific expense categories (available on both regular and prorated trackers)