Notes from the workshop
How our apps and calculators work, why they are built the way they are, and how to get more from them.
· Expense Diary, Personal finance
What is safe to spend? The one number Expense Diary shows you every morning
Budgets tell you what you planned. Safe to spend tells you what you can actually afford today, worked out from your accounts, your bills and your payday.
· Expense Diary, Personal finance, Privacy
How to import a bank statement into a budget app from a photo, with no bank login
Photograph a bank or card statement and every row is read into a list you check before anything is added. On the phone, with no bank connection.
· Expense Diary, Privacy, Personal finance
A budget app without a bank connection: why Expense Diary never asks for your login
Most budgeting apps want to connect to your bank. Expense Diary does not, on purpose. What you give up, what you gain, and how scanning and a five-second entry fill the gap.
· Expense Diary, Personal finance
Savings goals that tell you if you're on track: the maths behind Expense Diary's jars
A savings goal needs three numbers: how much, by when, and what that means each month. How the jars in Expense Diary work them out, and why the jar fills the way it does.
· Expense Diary, Personal finance
How to scan a receipt into an expense tracker without typing a thing
Point the camera at a receipt and the shop, date and total are filled in for you. How Expense Diary reads a receipt on the phone, and what to do when it gets one wrong.
· Expense Diary, Personal finance
How much do your subscriptions really cost a year? A subscription tracker that shows you
Monthly prices hide the true cost. Added up over a year, five ordinary subscriptions surprise most people. How Expense Diary tracks them and their renewals.