# Cliff Journal — Using double-entry accounting

> Using double-entry accounting (iPhone/iPad app by 林淮 刘.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cliff-journal/id6461309137 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [林淮 刘](https://appshunter.io/developer/1702440560)
- Category: Finance, Utilities
- Price: $9.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.6 · 9 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish and 2 more
- Released: 2023-08-14
- Data updated: 2026-06-23
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cliff-journal/id6461309137/reviews.md

## What is Cliff Journal?

Journal helps you to record and analyze personal daily financial transactions and events using double-entry accounting like most companies do. 

It also provides financial statements, including Trial Balances, Income Statements, Statements of Owner's Equity, Balance Sheets, and Statements of Cash Flows. It can provide daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial statements. And you can create as many owners as you need. Each owner has separate accounts, entries, ledgers, and financial statements.

Buy once and enjoy a lifetime of use. No ads, no network access required – use it anywhere, anytime.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.2 — 2026-05-25

- Fixed reminders set to repeat every two weeks sometimes firing every week.
- Fixed custom weekly reminders occasionally landing on the wrong day.
- Fixed Home Screen widget totals that sometimes didn't match the app.
- Fixed entry dates appearing off by a day in some time zones.
- Fixed a red error message that briefly flashed when opening the new entry screen.

### 1.6.1 — 2026-02-26

- Improved validation messages for entries and accounts

### 1.6 — 2026-02-01

Home Screen Widgets
- View expenses, income, and cash flow at a glance
- Small, Medium, and Large widget sizes
- Large widget shows daily expense breakdown for the last 7 days
- Account Balance widget with configurable data types
- Customizable widget settings per size

Reminder Improvements
- Export and import reminders with CSV backup
- Fixed notification scheduling for daily and quarterly repeat modes
- Improved reliability for recurring reminder notifications

Discard Confirmation
- Unsaved changes prompt when navigating back from reminder editor

Haptic Feedback
- Tactile feedback throughout the app for a more responsive experience

Bug Fixes
- Improved data decoding reliability for reminders

### 1.5 — 2026-01-15

Template Reminders
- Schedule notifications to remind you to create entries from templates
- Set one-time or recurring reminders with flexible repeat options
- Supports daily, weekly, monthly, and custom intervals

Quick Fill Accounts
- Quickly balance entries with preset payment accounts
- Add frequently used accounts as quick fill candidates
- Tap to instantly add a balancing credit item

Improved Template Workflow
- Access templates directly from the entry list menu
- Create templates from entry details with immediate access to reminder settings
- Removed auto-fill and auto-calculate toggles, replaced by Quick Fill

Background Refresh
- App automatically refreshes when the date changes

Simplified Settings
- Removed default accounting cycle setting
- Your cycle selection now persists across views

Security
- Fixed authentication bypass when canceling Face ID/Touch ID

Bug Fixes
- Improved translations for Chinese and Korean

### 1.4 — 2026-01-02

Export & Import
- Export your data to CSV files for backup or migration
- Choose between Snapshot (point-in-time) or Periodic (date range) exports
- Import data from Snapshot exports to restore or transfer between devices
- Preview export contents before saving

Privacy Protection
- App content is now hidden in the app switcher for enhanced privacy

Copy Entry
- Quickly duplicate any entry with the new Copy option in the entry details menu

Improved Search
- Native iOS search experience - pull down on the entries list to search

Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where authentication was requested even when disabled

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All apps by 林淮 刘: https://appshunter.io/developer/1702440560

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