# Budget Notebook: Expense Log — Ad-free, offline spending log

> Ad-free, offline spending log (iPhone/iPad app by Youngju Lee.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budget-notebook-expense-log/id6811481053 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Youngju Lee](https://appshunter.io/developer/6801704189)
- Category: Finance, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English, Korean
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Budget Notebook?

A budget app you fill in yourself. Record what you earn and spend, and each month is laid out in charts. No bank linking, no sign-up and no ads. What you enter stays on your devices; the developer cannot see it.

The app is available in English and Korean. New books start in your device's currency.

■ Recording
· Income, expenses and transfers between accounts, with date, amount, description, payment method, category and memo
· Browse by month and filter by type, category, payment method or keyword
· Register money that leaves on the same day every month as a recurring payment, and it is added on that day. You can also show recurring payments in your device's calendar
· Add entries with Shortcuts and Siri

■ Your month in charts
· This month's income, spending and savings at the top
· Fixed and variable costs, and money you marked as "Didn’t Need It"
· A six-month bar chart for the trend
· Spending by category as a donut, and as a race that replays how each category added up over the month
· A recurring calendar showing what goes out on which day

■ Savings and debts
· Net worth is the total of all account balances minus debts
· Balances are not stored; they are calculated from the starting balance and transactions, so fixing a transaction fixes the balance
· Moving money from a spending account to a savings account counts as saving, and moving it back counts as spending your savings

■ Budgets
· Set a monthly budget per category and see how much you've used as a bar
· See the whole year at once, with every month's budget and spending added up
· "Copy Last Month" saves re-entering every month

■ Three ways to start
· Start with samples: twenty example entries to look around first, removable in one step
· Import a backup: read a JSON file exported from the app
· Start empty: basic categories and a "Cash" account, ready to use

■ Across devices
· Signed in to iCloud, your iPhone, iPad and Mac share the same book
· Without iCloud, everything stays on this device and works the same way
· Export everything to one file at any time, and read it back the same way
· On the Mac, switch tabs at the top of the window, with a sidebar for each tab, menus, keyboard shortcuts and multiple windows

■ If you use Claude (optional)
Turn on Claude Link in Settings and an inbox appears. Claude on your Mac can read your book and put transactions into the "Budget Notebook" folder in iCloud Drive, and the app shows them line by line. Likely duplicates are flagged, and you add only what you choose.
This needs a Mac and the Claude desktop app. The connector tool and setup guide: github.com/impro0126-pixel/bueong-claude
The switch is off by default. While it is off, the app does not look at any files.

■ What's not here
· No account. No sign-up or login
· No connection to banks or card companies. No financial credentials are asked for
· No ads, no analytics, no third-party SDKs
· No in-app purchases

## Is Budget Notebook safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Budget Notebook.

## Is Budget Notebook legit?

Budget Notebook: Expense Log appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Budget Notebook is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.12 — 2026-11-02

• New books get a First Steps card on the first screen that walks through your first entry and removing the samples.
• Currency and decimal settings now stay the same across your iPhone and Mac.
• Two identical payments on the same day from Claude now both come through.
• The button next to the amount now shows a − and is easier to tap.
• Similar colors no longer overlap in the Spending by Category chart.
• If saving fails, the app now tells you what to check.

### 1.0.11 — 2026-10-31

• New ± button next to the amount. Record refunds and resold items as negative expenses.
• The Recurring Calendar now highlights today, and its list opens when you tap a date.
• Renaming a recurring payment no longer changes how past payments appear.
• Fixed recurring payments showing "No record" on dates before they were created.

### 1.0.10 — 2026-10-31

• Now in English. If your device's first language isn't Korean, the app shows English, and you can choose the language in Settings.
• New Mac app built for the Mac. Switch between Write, Dashboard, Budget, Assets and Settings at the top of the window, with a sidebar that fits each tab. Menus, keyboard shortcuts and multiple windows work too.
• Tap "View as Race" under Spending by Category to see how your top categories add up over the month.
• Fixed & Variable on the Dashboard. Mark any transaction as "Didn’t Need It" to see what you could have saved.
• Show recurring payments in your device's calendar. Turn on Show in Calendar at the top of Settings → Recurring.
• In the Recurring Calendar, tap a date to see only what goes out that day.
• Starting with samples now adds budgets for both last month and this month.

### 1.0.9 — 2026-10-20

• 투자 계좌의 평가수익률을 볼 수 있습니다. 증권사 앱의 총평가금액·평가금액·매입금액을 「평가금액 기록」으로 적으면 계좌마다 평가손익과 평가수익률이 보입니다
• 설정 → 표시 → 「수익률 보기」로 수익률 기능을 켜고 끌 수 있습니다
• 설정 → 정보의 「문의하기」로 바로 메일을 보낼 수 있습니다
• 예산 화면에서 「한 해」를 고르면 1년 동안의 예산과 쓴 돈을 합쳐 볼 수 있습니다. 항목을 누르면 달마다 남은 돈과 넘친 돈이 보입니다
• 예산·대시보드 내역에서 거래를 누르면 바로 고칠 수 있습니다
• 거래를 넣을 때 「나눠 보기」 칸에서 연납·선결제를 몇 달에 나눠 볼지 정할 수 있습니다
• 저축 통장에서 낸 카드값은 저축에서 빼고, 저축 통장으로 들어온 수입·환불은 저축에 더합니다

### 1.0.8 — 2026-10-16

• 앱 이름이 「가계부 쓸게요」로 바뀌었습니다. 적어 두신 장부와 설정은 그대로입니다
• 아이콘을 새로 그렸습니다. 다크 모드와 틴트 아이콘도 함께 들어 있습니다
• 단축어에 보이는 동작 이름이 「가계부에 기록하기」처럼 「가계부 …」로 바뀌었습니다
• 아이폰 받은편지함이 비어 있을 때, 클로드가 거래를 놓는 자리(맥의 아이클라우드 드라이브 「부엉」 폴더)를 알려 드립니다

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