Mobile apps

hledger-compatible apps
Apps with CSV export
Apps with other ways to export
- Money Manager Ex (Android)
- MyExpenses (Android)

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.

https://plaintextaccounting.org/#ui-mobile is the up to date list of PTA-specific mobile apps. Most of these are focussed on data entry, then export to a computer for reporting.

hledger-compatible apps

NanoLedger (Android, 2023-)

https://github.com/chvp/NanoLedger
https://f-droid.org/packages/be.chvp.nanoledger

Exports a h/ledger journal.

Cashier, Cashier II (progressive web apps, 2022-2024)

Cashier:
https://github.com/alensiljak/cashier
demo

Cashier II:
https://github.com/alensiljak/cashier-blazor
demo

These can be used on a computer or a phone, including offline. They can optionally import data from h/ledger using a server. They export a new h/ledger journal. They also provide some reports.

MoLe (Android, 2018-2024)

https://mole.ktnx.net
https://git.ktnx.net/?p=mobile-ledger.git

Connects to a hledger-web server, which you must have running somewhere your phone can connect to (eg a VPS or a VPN). Ie it can potentially add transactions directly into your main accounting system, without needing an export/import step.

Cone (Android, 2019-2021)

https://github.com/bradyt/cone
https://f-droid.org/packages/info.tangential.cone
blog

Exports a h/ledger journal. According to NanoLedger's blog post, it had some bugs when the journal file is synced with Nextcloud, and lags if the file is pretty big. There was a report of data corruption.

Cone vs NanoLedger:

	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
Modify old transaction	No	Yes. You can edit or delete old transaction, or use it as the template for a new one

Apps with CSV export

Many other apps can export CSV, which hledger can read.

The usual workflow is that every so often you manually initiate a CSV export from the app. Often the app starts up a temporary HTTP server, and you can fetch the data to your computer with curl. Then you can use hledger's usual CSV-reading or importing features.