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The Dashboard: every card explained

Every card on the Dashboard explained: the big net-worth number, the monthly-change chip, the passive-income card, the total-cash liquid opt-in, and the tablet-landscape asset-allocation donut.
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Quick start

The Dashboard is FirePath's at-a-glance financial picture. Open the app, and this is the first screen you see.

  • The big number at the top is your net worth — assets minus liabilities.
  • The small amber chip next to it shows how much that number has moved in the last month.
  • Cards below summarise passive income, total cash, a mini FIRE progress bar, and (on premium) asset allocation.
  • Tap a card to jump to the screen where that data lives — the 12mo history chip on the net-worth card drops you straight onto the Net Worth History tab pre-filtered to 1 year.

That's all you need to start. The rest of this page is for users who want to tune what shows up and how.


The rest of this guide is for users who want to tune the screen. If you're happy with the defaults, you can stop here — everything below is optional customisation.

Going deeper

The monthly-change chip

Dashboard hero with net-worth number and monthly-change chip
① Net-worth number. ② Monthly-change chip. ③ 12mo history chip. ④ Total vs Investment NW toggle.

The small amber chip on the right of the big number shows the delta between your latest monthly snapshot and the one before. It's colour-coded: green with an up arrow for positive movement, red with a down arrow for negative.

Snapshots are created automatically on the 1st of each month the first time you open the app that month, so the chip always reflects the last full month versus the current running total. If you're new to FirePath and only have one snapshot, the chip stays hidden until you have two to compare.

The 12mo history chip

Below the big number sits a small "12mo history" chip. Tap it to jump straight to the Net Worth screen's History tab, pre-filtered to the 1-year range. Quicker than navigating via the bottom bar and manually picking the range.

Investment vs Total Net Worth

Investment NW only counts assets flagged Include in Investment NW. A primary residence, a car, personal-use collectibles — these typically aren't counted because they don't fund retirement. Debts tied to those assets (e.g. the mortgage on your home) also drop out of the Investment NW calculation when their Is Investment flag is off.

Switch between the two via Settings → Display → Show Total Net Worth. Or enable Track Both Net Worths to have the app store both figures on every snapshot so you can flip freely without losing history.

The Passive Income card

Dashboard cards row: Passive Income and Monthly Cash Flow
① Passive Income. ② Monthly Cash Flow.

Sums every income item where Passive is ticked. Rental income, dividends, distributions — tick them as passive and they show up here. Everything else is classed as active income. The card makes it trivial to see what percentage of your income arrives whether you work or not — one of the most useful FIRE metrics.

The Total Cash card

Super-held cash ticked into Total Cash via Liquid Cash toggle
① Cash asset inside Super. ② Include in Liquid Cash toggle — on for retirees, off for younger users.

Shows the liquid cash you could access tomorrow. By default this includes bank accounts and any asset with type CASH. But the real magic is the per-asset Include in Liquid Cash toggle, which lets you opt in cash-type assets held inside a Super fund. For retirees or those approaching preservation age, Super cash is liquid; for younger users it isn't. The toggle respects that distinction without forcing a global rule.

Asset Allocation (tablet landscape)

Asset-allocation donut chart in tablet landscape layout
① Allocation donut showing your asset mix (Stocks / Super / Cash / Property / Crypto / Bullion).

On tablet-landscape layouts, the hero pairs with a donut chart showing your investment allocation by asset type. Free users see a preview with an upgrade button; premium users get the full breakdown. The donut respects the same Investment vs Total toggle as the hero card.

Hiding cards you don't use

Settings → App Lists → Dashboard Cards shows every Dashboard card with a visibility toggle and a drag handle. Drag to reorder, toggle off to hide. Changes take effect immediately; no restart needed. Cards that are hidden don't run their underlying calculations, so hiding unused cards also saves a tiny bit of battery on every app open.

Make it yours — Settings that affect this screen

  • Show Total Net Worth — toggle between Investment NW (excludes your primary residence, car, personal-use assets) and Total NW (every asset minus every liability). Investment NW is the default because it reflects the wealth that can actually fund retirement.
  • Track Both Net Worths — when on, manual history entries capture both figures so the Progress chart can show both series.
  • Dashboard cards — Settings → App Lists → Dashboard Cards lets you hide cards you don't care about and drag-reorder the rest. The card list is fully user-defined.
  • Collapse top cards — auto-collapses the hero to save vertical space on phones; pull down to re-expand.

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