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Account Visibility & Privacy

Managing Money as a Couple3 min readUpdated March 2026Plus

Overview

Not every account needs to be fully transparent. With the Plus plan Plus, JoinFunds gives you three visibility levels per account so each partner can control exactly how much the other person sees. This is set independently for each account.

The three visibility levels

Understand your options

Each account can be set to one of three visibility levels:

Visibility Options
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Shared

Balance and transactions visible to partner

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Balance Only

Partner sees balance but not transactions

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Private

Completely hidden from partner

  • Shared — Your partner can see the account balance, all transactions, and the account appears in household summaries. This is the default for joint accounts.
  • Balance Only — Your partner can see the account balance in the net worth view, but cannot access individual transactions. Useful for personal savings where you want transparency on totals.
  • Private — The account is completely hidden from your partner. It does not appear in their account list, dashboard, or any summaries.

Change visibility

Open account settings

Go to Accounts in the sidebar. Click on the account you want to adjust. In the account edit view, you will see the Visibility selector.

Select a visibility level

Choose Shared, Balance Only, or Private. The change takes effect immediately — your partner's view updates in real time.

A common setup for couples: set joint accounts (bills, household spending) to Shared, personal savings to Balance Only, and personal spending accounts to Private. This balances transparency with individual privacy.

How visibility affects features

Impact on household features

Visibility affects what your partner sees across the entire app:

  • Dashboard — Private accounts are excluded from your partner's net worth and spending summaries
  • Budgets — Transactions from private accounts are not visible to your partner in budget progress
  • Review — Only transactions from shared accounts appear in the monthly review
  • Import — Both partners can import into shared accounts

The account owner always sees everything regardless of the visibility setting.

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