# Cash Trail Tycoon — Serial numbers & bill value

> Community-powered game to track the journey of US paper bills. (iPhone/iPad app by MATTHEW ALEXANDER GREEN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cash-trail-tycoon/id6767236102 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MATTHEW ALEXANDER GREEN](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896436572)
- Category: Entertainment, Education
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 4 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-31
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cash-trail-tycoon/id6767236102/reviews.md

## What is Cash Trail Tycoon?

Every dollar in your wallet has been somewhere. Cash Trail Tycoon turns finding out into a game.

Snap a photo of any US bill. The app reads the serial number, denomination and series year for you, logs it at the place you choose, and adds its face value to your play-money wallet. When another player photographs the same bill — across town or across the country — you both see its journey on the map, and you both earn a bounty for every mile it travelled.

BUILD YOUR EMPIRE
Every bill you log is play money to put to work:
• Businesses — buy and upgrade them, and they earn for you while you're away
• Hit Your Goal — set yourself a real bill-logging target and back yourself to reach it before the deadline
• Prestige — once a week, trade your businesses for permanent Business Acumen that multiplies everything you earn afterwards. Your Golden Dollars — the bills you've logged plus the bounty you've earned — are the floor you always come back to.
• Net Worth leaderboard — see how you stack up against every other player

It's all play money. There is nothing to buy, nothing to cash out and no prizes. The only way to earn more is to find more bills.

THE HUNT
• Smart camera: reads the serial number, denomination and series year in seconds — no typing
• Journey map: watch the bills you've logged travel as other players find them
• Bounty: a cent per mile, paid to everyone who logged the bill before, and to whoever found it
• Chase list: name a serial you're hunting and get notified if it ever turns up
• Rare-bill spotting: star notes, fancy serial numbers and vintage series are flagged automatically
• Works offline: log without signal, and it syncs when you're back online

THE COMMUNITY
Follow other players, message them, join Community Chat, and compete on the Most Bills Logged and Net Worth leaderboards.

PRIVACY
Your bill photos never leave your phone. Other players see your username, not your name or email. The place you tag a bill with and any note you add are visible to other players, so don't tag your home. No ads, no in-app purchases.

NOT A FINANCIAL APP
Cash Trail Tycoon does not move, hold or transact real money, and nothing in it can be exchanged for money. It's a game built around the bills already in your wallet.

FEEDBACK
There's a Send feedback option in Settings that goes straight to the developer. If something breaks or feels off, please say so.

Cash Trail Tycoon is an independent project and is not affiliated with Where's George or any other currency-tracking service.

The app does not endorse, recommend or facilitate writing on, stamping or otherwise defacing US currency. Please handle physical money in accordance with applicable law.

## Key features

- Photograph US paper bills
- Automatic serial number detection
- Real-time cross-user bill matching
- Personal bill history and search
- Live community analytics
- Map view of bill movements
- Privacy-focused metadata sharing

## Is Cash Trail Tycoon safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Cash Trail Tycoon.

## Is Cash Trail Tycoon legit?

Cash Trail Tycoon has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cash Trail Tycoon is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (4 of 4)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cash-trail-tycoon/id6767236102/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Fun times

*2026-06-10*

It’s definitely improving.

### 5/5 — Amazing app

*2026-05-26*

This app is amazing. It gives you something fun to do with your cash, and it actually showed me some of my bills were worth more than their denomination. Amazing for everyone!

### 5/5 — Easy to use

*2026-05-19*

Works great! You should be able to save your location so you don’t have to type it in every time.

**Developer response:** Done! Thanks for the feedback!

### 5/5 — Fun App!

*2026-05-19*

This is my app and I’ll be updating it frequently and eventually, will link it to a free to play game where you earn currency by logging new bills. 

Appreciate any feedback!

## Frequently asked questions about Cash Trail Tycoon

### How does Follow the Money work?

You photograph US paper bills, and the app logs their serial numbers. When another user photographs a bill you've previously logged, you receive a notification showing its journey and travel time.

### What information does Follow the Money share?

Only bill metadata like denomination, serial number, series year, date, and ZIP code is shared anonymously. Your personal information, name, and exact location are never shown to other users.

### Can I see where my bills have been?

Yes, the app provides a personal bill history where you can browse every bill you've logged and see its full travel history. You can also view bill movements on a map.

### Is Follow the Money a financial app?

No, Follow the Money is not a banking, payment, or financial app. It does not move, hold, or transact money; it's a community-powered geography game.

### What devices does Follow the Money support?

Follow the Money is available on iPhone and iPad devices.

### How often is Follow the Money updated?

The app was last updated on June 12, 2026, with version 2.6. As a new beta app, it is actively being developed with user feedback.

### What is the age rating for Follow the Money?

Follow the Money has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide audience.

### Does Follow the Money have ads?

No, Follow the Money does not contain advertisements. It is a completely free application.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.1 — 2026-10-17

New in 3.1:

• HELP on Log a Bill and Empire — tap the big HELP button for a quick step-by-step walkthrough.

• One big Take Photo button, and the camera's shutter now sits on the right edge, right under your thumb.

• The map now opens over the whole US, and has a new Heat Map view showing where the most bills are being logged.

• Tap any bill on the map to see who logged it, and tap their name to visit their profile.

• "Bills entered today" on Analytics now opens a list of every bill logged today — tap one to see it on a map.

• Prestige shows a countdown while you wait for your next one.

• More privacy: other players now only see the city, state and ZIP of where you logged a bill — never your street address. You still see your own in full.

• Community Chat is now on the website too, and strong language is automatically masked.

### 3.0 — 2026-10-09

New in 3.0:

• Build an empire from the bills you find. Every bill you log deposits its face value into a play-money wallet. Buy businesses that earn while you're away, and prestige once a week to multiply everything you earn afterwards.

• Hit Your Goal — set yourself a real bill-logging target, back yourself to reach it before the deadline, and collect if you do.

• Bounty — when a bill you logged turns up in someone else's hands, you now earn a cent for every mile it travelled on that leg, and so does the person who found it. You'll get a notification saying so.

• Logging a bill now tells you the truth. The app used to say "Bill logged!" in situations where nothing had been saved. It now waits for the save and tells you what really happened — saved, saved on this phone and syncing later, or failed with your details still filled in and a Try again button.

• Log bills with no signal. Offline, the bill is kept on your phone and syncs by itself when you're back online.

• Camera fixed. The viewfinder was rotated 90° — tilting the phone up and down slid the picture sideways. That's gone, along with the old "rotate your phone" popup.

• Chase alerts now reach you when the app is closed, and turning notifications back on after saying no actually works.

• Fixed a signup problem that could leave an account only half created — invisible in search, missing from leaderboards, unable to log bills. Affected accounts repair themselves the next time a bill is logged.

### 2.8 — 2026-09-02

New in 2.8:

- All-new map: see every bill logged around the world and its flight paths. Filter between all bills, your friends, and just your own, and tap a hot spot to see how many bills were logged there.

- Community Chat: a new public chat in the Social tab where everyone using the app can talk, with report and block controls to keep it friendly.

- Star notes: mark star serial numbers right from the keyboard, and the scanner now detects the star automatically.

- Your Net Worth: your stats now show the total value of every bill you've tracked, plus a new community "Highest Net Worth" leaderboard.

- Richer analytics: Most Tracked Bill and Longest Journey now show who logged the bill and its full trip between sightings.

- Fixes and polish, including better validation of older bills and smoother navigation.

### 2.7 — 2026-07-05

• Improved bill scanning accuracy
• Quality-of-life improvements when logging bills
• Bug fixes and performance enhancements

### 2.6 — 2026-06-12

What's new in 2.6:

- Streaks: log bills to build a streak. It's a relaxed one - just average about a bill a day and you're covered.
- Friends: add friends, follow their finds, and message them in the app.
- Events: a new tab for community events and challenges.
- Notifications: get notified about new messages and friend requests.
- Tidier layout: My Bills now lives under Analytics, plus a cleaner tab bar.
- Bug fixes and polish.

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