You can balance your basic checkbook using Excel if life is simple. It’s just you. It works.
But if you want to share the process with others (spouse or business partners for example) Google Forms is the way to go. Just set the fields you want, whether data are required to be entered in each field, and you’ll get consistent results.
Just bookmark the link to access it easily.
And what about security? It’s safe if you don’t put the account number or other personal information in there, you can share it without security concerns. Even if others saw it, so what? And if you want to be a little more cautious, require a login to access it.
Google Forms is also useful for other ordered logs such as car maintenance records, and mileage logs (for work/business purposes).