ExpenseAI Support

Contact

Email: hswillg@gmail.com

App Overview

ExpenseAI logs an expense the moment it happens: say it out loud, type one line, or snap a receipt. The AI reads the amount, merchant, category, and date; you glance at the draft and hit save. Everything is stored on your device; there is no account and no sync, and by default nothing you log ever leaves your iPhone.

Key Features

• Three ways in: hold the input bar and speak, type a line, or add from camera / photo library / manual form
• AI parsing into a draft — amount, merchant, category, date — with a confirm screen before anything is saved
• Receipts use on-device OCR by default; each cloud provider also offers an optional, separately authorized receipt-image mode
• One sentence can split into several entries (multi-entry mode, off by default)
• Pay-cycle timeline: your ledger runs from payday to payday (monthly / semi-monthly / biweekly / weekly), not calendar months
• Optional per-cycle budget: the home ratio bar turns into a budget strip once a payday is configured
• Statistics per cycle or per year with charts: totals, month-over-month, category share, trend bars, spending pace
• Expenses and income tracked separately — stats count spending only, income gets its own view
• Default AI runs on-device with Apple Intelligence; cloud providers (OpenAI, Qwen) optional with your own API key
• CSV export and import — files open directly in Numbers, Excel, or Google Sheets
• Currency is a display setting (defaults to USD); no exchange-rate conversion
• Light / dark / system theme
• Works without an account; your data stays on your device

Requirements

• iOS 17 or later
• On-device AI parsing needs Apple Intelligence support; on other devices ExpenseAI falls back to an on-device rough read (amount by pattern, title from the first words) that you correct by hand
• Cloud providers (OpenAI, Qwen) require your own API key and explicit permission before text is sent; sending receipt images requires a second, separate permission
• Voice input needs microphone and speech recognition permissions; receipts need camera or photo access

Troubleshooting

• Voice input doesn't transcribe: Check Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone and › Speech Recognition, and make sure both are on for ExpenseAI. Recognition runs on the device — airplane mode is fine on supported devices.
• A receipt reads wrong: Shoot the receipt flat, fill the frame, and avoid glare. In the default on-device OCR mode, recognized text is kept in the entry's note so you can compare it with the photo. Cloud image mode reads the selected image directly.
• The AI got the amount or category wrong: Drafts are never auto-saved — fix it on the confirm screen before saving, or open the entry later to edit. A wrong date is a one-tap fix.
• Stats look off: Statistics count expenses only; income has its own view at the top of the stats page. Also check your pay-cycle rule in Settings — a cycle like "25th of each month" shifts which entries belong to the current period.
• Cloud parsing returns an auth error: The API key you entered was rejected by the provider. Re-enter it in Settings, and remember it is stored only on this device — a new phone means re-entering it.
• Moving to a new phone: Export a CSV in Settings, transfer it, and import it on the new device. Receipt photos are not part of CSV; they are only in a full device backup.
• I deleted an entry by mistake: Deletion is immediate and there is no server copy to recover from. A device backup (or a recent CSV) is the only fallback.

Privacy & Data

ExpenseAI stores all your entries, receipt photos, and settings locally on your device. There is no account, no cloud sync, and no third-party analytics. By default, parsing and receipt OCR run on-device. Cloud parsing only happens if you enable it with your own API key; optional receipt-image sharing requires an additional consent step. For full details, see the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.