BeancountRecord double-entry accounts in plain-text files and generate financial reports.
Everything (plain-text double-entry)
Business & marketing
Money Manager Ex
Free optionOpen sourceLocal
Track income, expenses and budgets without a finance subscription.
What you can use it for
Track income, expenses and budgets without a finance subscription.
- Accounts, categories, scheduled transactions and budget reports in local files.
- Separate Android app supports personal expense entry.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Local personal income, expense and budget tracking. Not business invoicing, guaranteed automatic bank feeds, hosted household collaboration or identical envelope budgeting.
Before you switch
Manual entry and supported file imports rather than guaranteed live bank aggregation. Import formats and investment handling need checking against your bank. Mobile database synchronisation requires care; it is not seamless household cloud collaboration or YNAB’s exact envelope workflow.
Alternatives to these paid apps
Each comparison covers the workflow described above, rather than every paid feature.
