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
Use it 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
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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