Expense Tracker When To Use
Expense Tracker is worth opening when you want a running total without installing anything or signing in. This page covers when that fits and when it does not.
When it fits
Expense Tracker fits when you need to track daily spending, split a trip's costs, or keep a running tally of a project's expenses on the spot, without an account. Each entry is just a description and an amount, so it takes seconds to log one.
What to expect
What to expect from Expense Tracker: there is no category picker, no chart, and no currency conversion - just a description, an amount, a checkbox to mark an entry reviewed, and a running total of everything currently in the list.
Entries are saved in this browser via local storage, so they survive a page reload; export a JSON backup before clearing your browser data, since nothing syncs to an account or another device.
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