SIDE HUSTLE - EVERY GIG - ONE NUMBER
Side Hustle Income Tracker: Track Side Income From Every Gig on One Board
A side hustle is rarely one thing. It is an Etsy shop, a few freelance invoices, some Twitch subs, and a YouTube check, each paying on its own clock while your day job pays like clockwork. Earnly is a side hustle income tracker that puts every gig on one board with gross, fees, and take-home, so your extra income is one clear number instead of five half-answers.
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In short
A side hustle income tracker collects the money you earn outside your main job, across every gig and platform, into one place that shows gross, fees, and what you actually keep. Most side hustlers run several income streams at once: a marketplace shop, freelance clients, a creator platform or two, and the occasional one-off sale. Each pays on a different schedule and takes a different cut, so the real question, "how much is my side hustle actually making," has no single answer inside any one app. Earnly tracks up to twelve sources, YouTube, Twitch, Etsy, Gumroad, Patreon, Stripe, PayPal, Ko-fi, Substack, Amazon, Shopify, and Teachable, plus off-platform invoices, and keeps each on its own line with the fee gap made visible. The payout calendar lines up every expected pay date, and the next-month forecast band, always labeled an estimate, gives uneven side income a number you can plan around. Earnly is an informational analytics tool, not a bank, a processor, or a lender, and it does not give tax advice; it shows you the numbers and leaves the filing to you and your accountant. Solo is $12 a month billed yearly, which is built for exactly this: one person, several income streams.
Why it matters
What this line of the statement buys you
Know what the side hustle really nets
Every gig rolls into one take-home figure, so you can tell whether the hours are worth it instead of guessing from a scatter of dashboards.
See the fee on every payout
Marketplace cuts and processing fees show on each payment, so a busy sales month that nets thin margin stops being a surprise.
Keep the day job and the hustle separate
Side income sits on its own board with its own history, so at tax time your extra earnings are already organized, not buried in one bank feed.
Plan around irregular gig money
The payout calendar and forecast band turn a lumpy, multi-platform income into dates and a range you can actually budget against.
How you use it
From connected to answered
List every way you earn on the side
Marketplace sales, freelance invoices, creator platforms, tips, and digital products all count as sources.
Connect them to one board
Link each platform once; Earnly pulls payouts in and refreshes them daily so you stop updating a spreadsheet.
Read gross, fees, take-home per gig
Each source shows what it billed, what it kept, and what reached you, so the fee gap is never invisible.
Check it against your statements
Figures are estimates from available data, so a quick monthly reconcile against your platform statements keeps the board honest.
It works the same for every kind of seller: see it in action for freelancers, amazon sellers, youtubers or check the income tracker pricing.
Questions people actually ask
How do I keep track of my side hustle income?
The reliable way is to route every gig into one tracker that records gross, fees, and take-home per source, rather than checking each platform separately. A spreadsheet works until you stop updating it. A tool like Earnly pulls each payout onto one board automatically and keeps the running total current, so your side income is always one number you can trust instead of a weekend of adding up dashboards.
Do I have to report side hustle income on my taxes?
Yes. In the US, side hustle income is taxable whether or not you receive a 1099, and platforms issue 1099-K or 1099-NEC forms once you cross their thresholds. Tracking gross and fees per source all year makes filing far easier because you already have the numbers your accountant needs. Earnly is informational only and does not give tax advice; review your figures with a tax professional.
What is the best app to track multiple side income streams?
The best fit is a tracker built for many small, irregular income sources rather than one salary. Look for per-source lines, a visible fee breakdown, multi-currency support, and a payout calendar, since side hustlers get paid on many different schedules. Earnly was built for exactly this: several platforms and gigs on one board with gross, fees, and take-home per stream.
How much does a side hustle income tracker cost?
Earnly starts at $12 a month on the Solo plan billed yearly, which covers one person tracking multiple income streams. There is no free plan, because the tool is aimed at people earning real side income who want an accurate take-home number, not a stripped-down freebie. Bookkeeping done for you by a service runs $249 to $296 a month by comparison.