Mobile apps

Offline data entry apps
- Ledger Expense Tracking
Apps that talk to hledger-web
- MoLe (Android, GNU GPL v3+)
Apps with journal file export
- Cashier (PWA, GNU GPL v3)
Apps with CSV export
Apps with other ways to export
- Money Manager Ex for Android (Android, GNU GPL v3)
- MyExpenses (Android, GNU GPL v3+)

Entering expenses on the spot using a mobile device can be convenient. One of the challenges is finding apps that focus on making this efficient. Here are some options. See also:

https://plaintextaccounting.org/#ui-mobile

Offline data entry apps

These apps save a local *ledger file, which can be synced via Syncthing.

As of 2025-09, there are two known Android apps: Cone and NanoLedger. Here is the difference between them:

	Cone	NanoLedger
Journal view screen	Transactions can be sorted by new to old or reversed, and elements are colored	Transactions can only be sorted by new to old, and elements aren't colored
Transaction entry screen	The description field is free form	The description field is split into status field, payee field and note field
Theme	Light, dark, auto	Always auto
Modify old transaction	No	Yes. You can edit or delete old transaction, or use it as the template for a new one
License	GNU GPL v3	MIT
Source	https://github.com/bradyt/cone	https://github.com/chvp/NanoLedger
F-Droid link	https://f-droid.org/packages/info.tangential.cone/	https://f-droid.org/packages/be.chvp.nanoledger

Cone was born first, and it inspired NanoLedger. According to NanoLedger's blog post, it had some bugs when the journal file is synced with Nextcloud, and it's lagging if the file is pretty big.

A user on Reddit reports that Cone messed up their previous entry data on adding new entry.

Ledger Expense Tracking

Its last update was 2018, and you have to build the source as there is no apk file available.

Apps that talk to hledger-web

MoLe (Android, GNU GPL v3+)

https://mole.ktnx.net
https://git.ktnx.net/?p=mobile-ledger.git
A data entry app that talks to a hledger-web (1.14+) server.

https://github.com/MisterY/cashier
demo
A progressive web application that can be used on desktop and (offline!) on web-capable mobile devices for entering transactions and viewing balances. The transactions can be exported as a (h)ledger file. The future plans include data synchronization with an instance of hledger-web.

Apps with CSV export

The general workflow here is that every so often you manually initiate a CSV export from the app. Typically the app starts up a temporary HTTP server and you can fetch the data to your main machine with curl. Then, with suitable CSV rules, either run hledger reports directly from the CSV file, or convert it/import the new transactions into a more permanent journal file. A script or Makefile to automate this can be helpful.