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PennyWise: SMS Expense Tracker

Liveunderdog20351 app · 4.3K installsFinanceFreeIn-app purchases: $20.99 per itemcom.pennywiseai.tracker

Auto-track UPI & bank SMS. Private expense tracker and budget app, no sign-up.

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Total installs
4,290
exact · Play shows 1,000+
Installs / day
—
measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
3.6★
161 ratings · 3 reviews
Released
20 Aug 2025
1.1y ago
Last update
26 Sept 2026
v2.21.0 · 16d ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Install history

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Installs per day · last 90 days

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Change timeline

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

8 in 3 groups
3 Sensitive2 Notable3 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • See every contact saved on your phone, including names, numbers and emails
  • Read all text and picture messages stored on your phone or SIM card
  • Receive and read incoming text messages, including one-time login codes
ContactsSensitive1

Access to the contacts saved on your phone

  • See every contact saved on your phone, including names, numbers and emailsread your contacts · READ_CONTACTS
SMSSensitive2

Access to read, send, and edit your text messages

  • Read all text and picture messages stored on your phone or SIM cardread your text messages (SMS or MMS) · READ_SMS
  • Receive and read incoming text messages, including one-time login codesreceive text messages (SMS) · RECEIVE_SMS
OtherNotable5

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Your bank already texts you every transaction. PennyWise reads those SMS on your phone and turns them into an automatic expense tracker — no manual entry, no sign-up, nothing uploaded. ★ Why PennyWise asks for SMS permission Reading bank SMS is how the app works — it is the entire product. Everything happens on your device: no server ever receives a message, there is no account to create, and the complete source code is public (AGPL-3.0) so anyone can verify exactly what it does. Would rather not grant it? You can still add transactions by hand or import a PDF statement. ★ Automatic expense tracking • Every UPI payment, card swipe, ATM withdrawal and bank transfer becomes a categorized transaction • 157 banks and payment services across 24 countries, with multi-currency support • Works with any UPI app — it reads your bank's SMS, not the app • A clean, searchable spending timeline that stays up to date on its own ★ Budgets and insights • Set monthly budgets per category and watch progress as you spend • Spending trends, category breakdowns and month-on-month comparisons • Automatic subscription detection — finds the recurring payments you forgot about • Smart rules to auto-categorize transactions your way ★ On-device AI assistant Ask "what did I spend on food last month?" and get a real answer. The AI model (Qwen 2.5) runs locally on your phone — no API calls, no cloud, works offline. ★ Private by design • No account, no login, no email required • No ads, no trackers, no analytics on your financial data • Nothing leaves your device • Open source (AGPL-3.0) — read the code yourself ★ Free, with an optional Pro upgrade PennyWise is free to use. An optional Pro license adds unlimited custom rules, PDF statement imports, CSV export, duplicate-account merge and scheduled daily backups — and directly supports a solo developer building PennyWise independently. Already have a license key? Enter it under Settings → PennyWise Pro. A money manager, budget planner and spending tracker in one — for people who hate typing in expenses.

What's new

• Now fully translatable — pick your app language in Settings • Loans are listed by person, with net balance and Settle up • Ignoring an account now ignores it completely — nothing new recorded, no notifications • Money repaid to you on a loan no longer counts as income • Budget cards show how much you can spend per day • Fixed UCO Bank SMS recording the balance as the debit amount

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