CLUSTER WITHOUT-MOBILE-SPENDING · 33 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2013-05-29
Local-first budgeting apps
This cluster comprises mobile budgeting and expense tracking applications that prioritize local data storage, manual entry, and privacy by avoiding bank account linking, cloud sync, and mandatory accounts. The dated entry timeline spans from 2013 to July 2026, showing a sparse presence in earlier years with a concentration of 13 of 24 dated entries in the first half of 2026. Traction is led by moji-android with 5 stars, while Tappel — Private Expense Log and midas-money-management each have 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 3 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 2 indie · 1 commercial · 1 open source · 8 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21Baseline Finance0★27 daysliveindieSubscription budgeting app that links bank accounts to categorize spending, forecast cash flow, and flag budget risks without ads.
- 22Budgii: Budget Planner0★1 yrabandonedliveMobile budgeting app that tracks income and expenses, sets weekly spending limits, and stores all financial data locally without requiring an account.
- 23BUDGT Personal Finance Tracker0★4 moliveBudgeting app that calculates a daily spending limit from monthly income and expenses, rolls over unspent money, and tracks spending privately without accounts.
- 24Budget - Easy Money Saving App0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedMobile app that logs daily expenses and savings without linking bank accounts, helping users stay within budget and export transaction history.
- 25SPENT1★6 mostale—ai-builthobbyMinimalist mobile widget that tracks a daily spending limit, resetting each day without keeping expense history for casual budget awareness.
- 26Daily Allowance: Budget App0★5 moliveMobile app that calculates how much money a user can spend today based on their monthly budget, without accounts or subscriptions.
- 27Budget Boost0★4 moliveMobile budgeting app that tracks income and expenses, forecasts monthly finances, and keeps all data on the user's device without linking bank accounts.
- 28Pennies: Budget & Bill Tracker0★1 molivecommercialMobile app that calculates a daily spending allowance from flexible budgets and syncs budget data across devices via cloud storage.
- 29Daily Budget - Simple Planner0★8 mostaleliveBudgeting app that gives a single daily spending number, updated from past expenses, so the user doesn't run out of money before month-end.
- 30Wonder Budget - Money Planner0★1 yrabandonedlivePrivacy-focused budgeting app that visualizes spending through multiple charts, requires no account creation, and supports budgets for months or specific trips or projects.
- 31DebtCalc0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDebt calculator app that computes repayment amounts while storing no data locally or remotely, and shows no ads.
- 32ideely: Simple Budget0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedindieMobile budgeting app that lets users log expenses quickly via voice commands or fast tap entry without linking bank accounts.
- 33Budget App: Mini Money Manager0★1 yrabandonedliveBudget app that tracks monthly expenses and income with calendar views, widgets, and no bank connections.
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