Guides to tracking your spending

Short, practical guides from the team that builds Coinly, the expense tracker for Android.

• How to track your monthly expenses — a system that actually lastsA practical way to track monthly expenses: what to record, how many categories to use, when to log, and the five-minute weekly review that keeps it going.
• How to track expenses in multiple currencies without the numbers driftingTravelling, living abroad or paid in another currency? Keep spending in several currencies accurate: separate wallets, one reporting currency, daily rates.
• Expense tracking vs budgeting: what's the difference, and do you need both?Expense tracking records where money went; a budget decides where it should go. Why you track first, and how to turn a few months of tracking into a budget.
• How to track cash spending when there is no statement to checkCash leaves no record, so it is where most expense tracking leaks. How to track cash spending with a cash wallet, a log-it-now habit and a weekly count.
• How to track subscriptions and recurring expensesSubscriptions and recurring bills are easy to forget because they pay themselves. How to find them all, record them once and review them before they renew.
• Personal expense categories: a simple list that worksA practical list of personal expense categories for tracking and budgeting, how many to use, and how to tell when a category should be split or merged.