# Follow the Money: Bill Tracker — See where your bills travel

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

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/follow-the-money-bill-tracker/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 4 App Store ratings · 4 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 14 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-05-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/follow-the-money-bill-tracker/id6767236102/reviews.md

## What is Follow the Money?

Have you ever wondered where the dollar in your wallet has been — or where it'll end up next? Follow the Money turns every bill in your pocket into a little messenger.
Snap a photo of any US paper bill. The app reads the serial number, denomination, and series year automatically. Then it logs the bill with the date and your approximate location and shares it (anonymously) with everyone else using the app. The moment any other user photographs that same bill — across the city, across the country, years later — you get a notification. You see exactly where it went and how long it took to get there.
It's a real-time view of how cash moves through the economy, one bill at a time. Think of it as a treasure hunt that never ends.
KEY FEATURES

Smart Camera: Auto-detects the serial number, denomination, and series year of any US bill in seconds. No typing required.
Real-Time Cross-User Matching: Get a push notification the instant another user logs a bill you've previously logged.
Personal Bill History: Browse every bill you've ever logged, search by serial, and see the full travel history of each one.
Live Analytics: Community-wide stats — total bills tracked, unique bills in circulation, today's count, and a friendly leaderboard.
Map View: Watch your bills travel on a map as other users log them.
Privacy First: Your photos stay on your device. Only the bill metadata (denomination, serial, year, date, ZIP) is shared. Your name, email, and exact location are never shown to other users.

WHO IT'S FOR

Currency hobbyists curious about how money flows
Friends or groups who want to mark bills and see who finds them
Anyone who's ever wished they could follow a single dollar's journey
Bill stampers who want to see who sees their message

ABOUT THIS BETA
This is a brand-new app and we're building it in the open. Some features are still rough around the edges, and we love feedback — there's a "Send feedback" button in the About tab that goes straight to the developer. If something breaks or feels off, please tell us.
Follow the Money is an independent project. It is not affiliated with Where's George or any other currency-tracking service.
NOT A FINANCIAL APP
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 built around the bills already in your wallet.
LEGAL HEADS-UP
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

## Recent user reviews (4 of 4)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/follow-the-money-bill-tracker/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.

### 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 Follow the Money

### 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)

### 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.

### 2.5 — 2026-05-30

A big update! Here's what's new in 2.5:

• Live bill journey maps — every sighting plotted on a map with arrows showing where each bill is heading next.

• Follow other users, send messages, and add specific serial numbers to your chase list.

• Custom username stamps available in the in-app shop — water-soluble ink, totally legal.

• Valuable-bill detection — vintage notes, fancy serials, star notes, and pre-1928 paper get flagged automatically.

• Sharper bill scanner — camera auto-rotates to landscape with a bigger framing window for cleaner reads.

• Full dark mode, in-app match celebrations, a refreshed Map tab, and a lot of polish all around.

### 2.0 — 2026-05-19

What's new in 2.0
• Follow other users, build a chase list of bills you're hunting, and DM users directly — all in the new Social tab
• Address picker now remembers your last-used location and lets you favorite spots for instant access
• Smarter OCR — better at reading worn or stylized serials
• New "Defend & attack" rubber stamp for sale — order one with the in-app store
• Launch contest: first 5 users to log 100 bills win a free FtM stamp
• In-app account deletion, faster Sign in with Apple
• Vintage bill detection (pre-1928, large-size notes), fancy serial value estimates, and a brand-new world map view

### 1.0.1 — 2026-05-13

No release notes.

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*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 2026-08-20.*
