Money Diary: Expense Tracker
Shuyi Zhao Finance iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Money Diary: Expense Tracker is a free Finance app for iPhone and iPad by Shuyi Zhao. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated October 19, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 7 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 19
- 2026 · v1.1.2
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About Money Diary: Expense Tracker
Most expense trackers start you with a blank form and expect you to remember everything. Money Diary starts with what you already know: what kind of day it is. Set up daily templates — Workday, Weekend, Travel, or your own — and Money Diary shows you the categories you typically spend on for that kind of day. Logging becomes recognition, not recall: see "Lunch", tap +, enter the amount, done. Most entries take three taps. LOG WITHOUT FRICTION • Daily templates surface your usual categories automatically — assign them to dates on a calendar, or set rules like "every weekday → Workday" • Built-in calculator keypad: type 12.5+8.9 directly in the amount field • Note suggestions: recent notes from the same category appear as tappable chips • Income and expenses share one fast flow RECURRING ENTRIES, ON AUTOPILOT • Rent, subscriptions, salary, dividends — set a recurring rule once and each entry logs itself on schedule, weekly, monthly, or yearly • A monthly view gathers your fixed expenses, utilities, and income in one place UNDERSTAND YOUR SPENDING • History with a calendar heatmap — spot your heaviest spending days at a glance • Powerful search across category, note, theme, currency, amount, and date • Analysis for any range: income vs. expense trends, category pie chart with sub-category drill-down, top transactions • Day type comparison: do you actually spend more on weekends? Now you'll know • Category trends: track one category (like Electricity) over time MULTI-CURRENCY, DONE RIGHT • Log each transaction in its own currency — perfect for travel • Totals convert automatically to your main currency • Rates update when online and are cached for offline use THEMES: A SECOND DIMENSION Tag transactions with themes like Everyday, Travel, or a project name — independent of category. Filter any screen by theme to see what that trip or project really cost. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no tracking • Everything stays on your device (or in your own iCloud, if you enable sync) • Works fully offline; the only network request fetches exchange rates MONEY DIARY PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Unlimited templates and recurring payments • iCloud sync across your devices • Full backup export & import (JSON), spreadsheet export (CSV) • Restore from automatic backups Everything else — tracking, analysis, themes, multi-currency — is free forever. Start logging in seconds! Download Money Diary and see where your money really goes.
What’s new
Version 1.1.2 · Updated October 19, 2026
• Now compatible with iPhone Duo and iPad, with a two-pane layout on the larger screen. • A refreshed look across the whole app. • Bug fixes and improvements.
App privacy
The developer, Shuyi Zhao, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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