Is MoneyTurtle free?
Yes. MoneyTurtle is free on the App Store and Google Play, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and there are no MoneyTurtle servers. Your data lives on your phone, and only if you turn it on, in your own private iCloud (iPhone) or your own Google Drive (Android).
Does it connect to my bank?
No. You add expenses yourself in a couple of taps. MoneyTurtle never asks for bank logins and never sees your bank.
Does it use AI?
No. Insights such as your savings rate or a net-worth streak are worked out on your phone with plain arithmetic, so the same data always gives the same sentences and nothing leaves your device.
How do sync and backup work?
On iPhone, MoneyTurtle can sync between your devices through your own private iCloud. On Android, it can keep a daily backup in the hidden app-data folder of your own Google Drive — it can't see any other file — and restore it on a new phone. Both are optional.
Which currencies are supported?
Euro (EUR), US dollar (USD), British pound (GBP), Japanese yen (JPY), Chinese yuan (CNY) and UAE dirham (AED).
What is a hot category?
A category that is one of the month's top spending categories and is running ahead of what you usually spend on it by this day of the month — 20% by default. MoneyTurtle compares against your own last six months, so it stays quiet until something is unusual. You can change the threshold and how many top categories to watch, or turn it off.
What is safe to spend?
A daily amount on the Expenses tab — this month's income, minus what you've spent and this month's subscriptions, divided by the days left in the month. Today's spending fills a bar against it. Whatever you don't spend today moves to tomorrow, and going over lowers tomorrow's amount. You can turn it off in Settings.
What is the Turtle Journey?
A path on the Wealth tab that measures your nest egg (savings, stocks and crypto) in years of spending it covers: Starting, Building at 1 year, Growing at 5, Compounding at 12 and Financial Independence at 25 years — the 4% rule. Thirteen milestones reward building wealth along the way. Find your stage.
Can I export my data?
Yes. Everything exports to open JSON at any time, in the same format on iPhone and Android.