Carissa Helms

Carissa Helms

Founder of LumaFlow

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I’m the founder of LumaFlow, a budgeting app I built to make managing money feel simpler and more realistic. I wanted something that worked around real life — bills, changing expenses, savings goals, debt, and everything that doesn’t always fit neatly into a budget. I’m building LumaFlow from the ground up while continuing to learn, test, and improve it based on real feedback. My goal is to create useful, affordable tools that help everyday people understand where their money is going and feel more in control of what comes next. And LumaFlow is only the beginning. I love turning ideas into real products and learning everything that comes with building a business from scratch.

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How much control do you want from a budgeting app?

One thing I ve thought about a lot while building LumaFlow is how much control a financial app should give the user.

Some apps try to automate almost everything for you. Others make you manually manage every category, transaction, and budget decision.

What do you actually want from a budgeting app?

I m building LumaFlow, and one of the biggest things I want to avoid is adding features just because they sound good on paper.

I d rather know what people actually want and use.

30-Day Premium Trial — Early Access Testers Wanted

LumaFlow is currently in Android Early Access through Google Play closed testing, and new users receive a 30-day Premium trial.

During the trial, you can explore the full LumaFlow experience, including budgeting, bills, savings goals, debt tracking, spending insights, monthly reviews, forecasting, and Premium bank-sync features.

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