# Expensly: Auto Budget Tracker — Auto-log Bank SMS & Card Taps > Auto-log Bank SMS & Card Taps (iPhone/iPad app by Farhan Fazil.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/expensly-auto-budget-tracker/id6780650179 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Farhan Fazil](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780650181) - Category: Finance, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 77 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-03 - Data updated: 2026-10-27 ## What is Expensly? Save for what you love, with even less effort. NEW: SEE WHAT WAS LOGGED FOR YOU • Home now has three views: Simple, Full and Auto-log. • Auto-log shows how many purchases were logged for you this month, how much typing you saved, and bars for each day or month. • Every purchase shows how it got logged: bank SMS, Apple Pay, Action button, Double tap or Siri. EASIER AUTOMATIC LOGGING • A new, shorter setup: pick how you pay (bank SMS, bank app notification or Apple Pay) and try it right away. • Screen capture reads every purchase on the screen and never logs the same one twice. • The Action button and Double tap now show "Working" as soon as they run. • Shopping alert now has a short video guide with voice. YOUR MONTH AT A GLANCE • New calendar page: see each day's spending, filter by category and tap a day for details. • Forecast is clearer: one answer for the month and one simple chart. • Days with no spending now show on Home. MORE TO ENJOY • Choose your app icon: Wink or Peek. Notifications use the one you pick. • Swipe your category rings on Home, add or remove categories in a tap. • Settings has a fresh new look, with backgrounds shown as big previews. • "Can I buy it?" is simpler and fits on one screen. • Teal Sunflower is now the default theme for everyone. PREMIUM • Try Premium free for 7 days on Monthly or Yearly. • A clearer Premium page that shows everything you get, with Yearly and Monthly easy to compare. • Make your own categories, as many as you like. FIXES • Your budgets stay safe when you edit your plan. • The app icon shows its true colours on iOS 26. • Many small fixes and speed improvements. Terms of Use (EULA): https://expensly.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://expensly.app/privacy.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Expensly Premium — Monthly | $7.99 | per month | | Expensly Premium - Annual | $49.99 | per year | | Family plan | $12.99 | per month | ## Is Expensly safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Expensly. ## Is Expensly legit? Expensly: Auto Budget Tracker has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Expensly is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.2.3 — 2026-10-25 Double-tap logging is fixed Double-tap the back of your iPhone (or press the Action Button) and your bank purchase logs itself, every time. No more "Expensly quit unexpectedly". A clearer Premium page See exactly what Premium does for you, starting with your own purchases that logged themselves. Smaller fixes and speed improvements. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-10-22 Log purchases with one press. EASIER AUTOMATIC LOGGING • Press the Action Button (or double-tap the back of your iPhone) after you pay, and Expensly logs it. Works with any bank. • Faster, more accurate reading of your bank notifications, including Arabic alerts and several notifications at once. • Missed the banner? Expensly tells you how to bring it back and try again. FREE TRIAL, NO SURPRISES • Start Premium free for 7 days. We'll remind you 2 days before your trial ends. QUICK VIEW • Lunch, fuel, rent and more are filed in the right category as you type. • Tap a category in the chat to see or change the purchase. Plus smoother swiping between views and many small fixes. ### 1.2.1 — 2026-10-14 Save for what you love, with even less effort. NEW: SEE WHAT WAS LOGGED FOR YOU • Home now has three views: Simple, Full, and Auto-log. • Auto-log shows how many purchases were logged for you this month, how much typing you saved, and bars for each day or month. • Every purchase shows how it got logged: bank SMS, Apple Pay, Action button, Double tap or Siri. EASIER AUTOMATIC LOGGING • A new, shorter setup: pick how you pay (bank SMS, bank app notification or Apple Pay) and try it right away. • Screen capture reads every purchase on the screen and never logs the same one twice. • The Action button and Double tap now show "Working" as soon as they run. • Shopping alert now has a short video guide with voice. YOUR MONTH AT A GLANCE • New calendar page: see each day's spending, filter by category and tap a day for details. • Forecast is clearer: one answer for the month and one simple chart. • Days with no spending now show on Home. MORE TO ENJOY • Choose your app icon: Wink or Peek. Notifications use the one you pick. • Swipe your category rings on Home, add or remove categories in a tap. • Settings has a fresh new look, with backgrounds shown as big previews. • "Can I buy it?" is simpler and fits on one screen. • Teal Sunflower is now the default theme for everyone. PREMIUM • Try Premium free for 7 days on Monthly or Yearly. • A clearer Premium page that shows everything you get, with Yearly and Monthly easy to compare. • Make your own categories, as many as you like. FIXES • Your budgets stay safe when you edit your plan. • The app icon shows its true colours on iOS 26. • Many small fixes and speed improvements. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-10 Save for what you love, and get a gift for it. Sail to the harbour, win a reward Keep your savings goal for the month and your boat reaches the harbour, where a gift waits: 50% off Premium. Already on yearly Premium? You get a free month instead. Tap the boat on Home to follow your voyage. New: Journey • See your day, your week and your month at a glance. Your week is a sea of calm and rough days, your month a route to the harbour. • Goals are islands on your route. Add any goal, and Expensly shows how much to put aside each month and what it means for today. What else is new: • Simple view. One tap gives you a calmer Home with just today's limit, your calendar and your savings. • A quicker start. Set up your plan with three questions: what you earn, your rent and bills, and how much to save. • A cleaner Settings page, with themes you can see and try in one tap. • Your wealth is now a climb. See what each month adds, and watch your hiker climb as you save. • Money sent to family or friends? Expensly now asks if it was an expense, so nothing is missed. • Payday, subscriptions and the rent planner are simpler. • One notification per bank purchase, with the shop and amount. • Text is easier to read in every theme, and the app is lighter and smoother. ### 1.1.2 — 2026-10-07 Expensly now logs your purchases for you, free, in every country. NOW IN EVERY COUNTRY • Choose your country and currency, with your local number style. • Bank messages from banks around the world are understood, in many languages. • A shorter, friendlier setup that still builds a budget around your life. • Expensly learns from you: change a category once and it remembers. NEW • Meet your AI Coach, Wallet Buddy. Each month it shows you 3 things it noticed about your spending, what to do about them, and a challenge for next month. Ask it anything about your money in the chat. • Automatic logging is free: 20 purchases a month log themselves. Premium logs every purchase, with no limit. • Four ways to set it up, pick the one that suits your bank: Bank SMS, Apple Pay reminder, double-tap the back of your iPhone, or the Action Button. Prefer your voice? Just say "Hey Siri, run Expensly". • One shortcut, added once. Every setup then ends with a single tap. • Short video tutorials and Wallet Buddy's story to guide you, step by step. • Try any Premium theme or wallpaper live for 30 seconds. • A welcome gift: Teal Sunflower, free for 7 days. SMARTER • Bank transfers are now asked about before they count, so your spending stays accurate. • Your weekly plant follows your own budget cycle. • A fresh look for adding debts. PRIVACY • Expensly can't read your messages. Only the purchase texts your own Shortcut passes on ever reach the app. • No bank login, no card numbers. Your expenses stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. FASTER • Smoother and more responsive, especially when you come back to the app. • Lots of small fixes and polish. Something not right? Tell us from Settings and we'll fix it as soon as we can. ## More apps by Farhan Fazil - [Daily Twin](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-twin/id6787547629) - [HAQQ - UAE AI Agent Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haqq-uae-ai-agent-guide/id6798817362) All apps by Farhan Fazil: https://appshunter.io/developer/6780650181 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-27.*