Personal and shared expenses, in one place

Take control of every expense, yours and the ones you share

Photograph a receipt and it fills itself in. Split costs with flatmates, a trip, or your team and see who owes what. Ask plain questions about your spending and get straight answers.

Free to start · No card required · Export your data any time

Runs in the browser
Desktop and phone, installable on iOS
Multi-currency
The rate is fixed when you record it, so old totals stay put
Receipt scanning
Photograph it and the details are read off for you
Your data stays yours
Export to CSV, Excel or PDF at any time, on any plan
Features

Everything you need to manage money

A complete picture of your finances, in one place.

Snap a receipt

Photograph a receipt and the merchant, amount and date are read off it. Check the details and save. Every field stays editable.

Smart Budgets

Set category-level budgets and receive real-time alerts before you overspend.

Answers about your own money

Ask where your money went this month, or what changed since last month. Answers come from your own transactions, not generic advice.

Smart Alerts

Stay informed with customisable notifications for bills, budget limits, and unusual activity.

Works on your phone

Built for a phone screen as much as a desktop. Add it to your iPhone home screen and it runs full-screen, like an app.

Your data, handled carefully

Passwords hashed with bcrypt, HTTPS everywhere, and short-lived tokens you can revoke. We never connect to your bank.

Who it's for

On your own, or splitting with others

The same app handles both. Start personal and add people when you need to.

Just for you

For freelancers, students, families and anyone who wants to know where the money actually went.

  • Photograph a receipt and let it fill in the details
  • Budgets per category, with alerts before you overspend
  • Recurring bills tracked automatically
  • Ask questions about your own spending in plain language
  • Money you have lent or borrowed, per person
  • Export to CSV, Excel or PDF whenever you want
Start free

Shared with other people

For flatmates, trips, couples and small teams who need one honest answer to “who owes what”.

  • Shared pools with equal, excluded or custom splits
  • Running balances settled down to who pays whom
  • Each person keeps their own share in their own ledger
  • Invite people by email

Not built yet

  • Expense approvals and manager review
  • Spending policies and limits
  • Departments and reimbursements

If your company needs these, tell us what you actually need and we'll build it with you rather than guess.

Tell us what your team needs
How It Works

Get started in minutes

Three simple steps to take full control of your finances.

01

Create Your Account

Sign up in seconds. No credit card required. Your free plan is ready immediately.

02

Add your spending

Type it in, photograph the receipt, or import a CSV from your bank. Recurring bills only need setting up once.

03

See what changed

Budget alerts before you overspend, and a monthly read on where the money actually went.

FAQ

Questions worth asking

Straight answers about what EMS does today.

Is it really free?
Yes. Every feature currently in the product is available on the free plan, with no card required. Paid plans are still being built. When they launch we will say clearly what changes, and we will not move something you already rely on behind a paywall without warning.
Do you connect to my bank account?
No. EMS has no bank integration and does not ask for banking credentials. You add transactions yourself, import a CSV, or photograph a receipt and let it fill in the details. That means a little more effort than an aggregator. It also means there is no banking connection to breach.
What does the AI actually do?
Two things today. It reads receipts you photograph and pulls out the merchant, amount and date, and it answers questions about your own spending in plain language. Both run on a Groq-hosted open model. It is a convenience over your data, not financial advice, and it can be wrong. Every extracted field stays editable before you save.
Can I get my data out?
Any time, in CSV, Excel or PDF, from the reports screen. Exports are generated on demand from your live data. There is no paid tier required to leave, and no export cap.
What happens if I delete my account?
Your records are erased, not flagged as hidden. That covers transactions, budgets, categories, wallets, loans, contacts, shared pools, insights, notifications and sessions. Where the database supports it the erasure runs as a single transaction, so it either completes or does nothing. Export first if you want a copy; deletion cannot be undone.
Does it handle more than one currency?
Yes. You pick a base currency, and transactions in other currencies are converted using the rate at the time you record them. That rate is stored on the transaction, so last year’s totals do not silently change when exchange rates move.
Is there a version for teams or businesses?
Not yet, and we would rather say so than sell you a roadmap. What exists today is shared expense pools. They are useful for splitting costs with flatmates, a trip, or a couple of colleagues. Proper company features like approvals, policies and reimbursements are not built. If that is what you need, tell us and we will keep you posted rather than take your money now.
Which devices does it work on?
The web app runs in any modern browser and is built for phone screens as well as desktop. On iPhone and iPad you can add it to your home screen and it runs full-screen like an app. Native mobile apps are in development.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free, upgrade when you need more.

Available now

Free

$0/mo

Everything in EMS today, at no cost.

  • Unlimited transactions
  • Budgets and category alerts
  • Receipt scanning
  • Ask questions about your spending
  • Export to CSV, Excel and PDF
  • Web, plus iOS and Android home-screen app
Start Free

Pro

$4.99/mo

Planned, for heavier personal use.

  • Higher receipt-scanning limits
  • Deeper spending analysis
  • Recurring-payment detection
  • Longer report history
Get notified

Not yet available. Create a free account and we'll tell you when it is.

Teams

TBC

In development, for shared and company spending.

  • Shared workspaces
  • Expense approvals
  • Spending policies
  • Reimbursement tracking
Register interest

Not yet available. Create a free account and we'll tell you when it is.

Honest comparison

Where EMS fits, and where it doesn't

Most people already use something. Here is where we help and where you're better off elsewhere.

Feature comparison between EMS, a spreadsheet, a bill-splitting app, and business expense software
What you wantEMSA spreadsheetBill-splitting appsBusiness expense tools
Track your own spendingCategories, budgets and alerts, on web and phoneWorks, but every row is typed by handBuilt for group balances, not for your own spendingUsually built around company spend, not personal
Enter an expense quicklyPhotograph the receipt and the details are read off itManual entry every timeManual entry, sometimes with a receipt photo attachedGenerally strong, because scanning is table stakes
Split costs with other peopleShared pools with equal, excluded or custom splits, and settle-upPossible, but you maintain the maths yourselfThis is exactly what they do, and they do it wellNot the use case
Keep your share in your own recordsYour split lands in your personal ledger automaticallyOnly if you copy it acrossGroup balances usually live apart from personal budgetingCompany books, not yours
Ask questions about your moneyPlain-language answers drawn from your own transactionsFormulas and pivot tables, if you know themNot offeredReporting is typically dashboards rather than questions
Approvals, policies, reimbursementsNot built yet, so tell us what you needEmail threads and hopeNot offeredThis is their core strength, so use one of these
Get your data outCSV, Excel and PDF on every plan, including freeIt is already your fileVaries by productUsually available, often on paid tiers

If you need approval chains, corporate cards or accounting integrations today, a dedicated business expense tool will serve you better and we'd rather say so. EMS is for tracking your own money and the money you share.

Ready to take control of your finances?

Free to start, no card required. Add your first expense in under a minute.

Get the app

Take EMS with you

Track expenses on the go, or use EMS right in your browser.

Android

Download the APK and install it directly. You may need to allow installs from unknown sources.

Coming soon

iPhone & iPad

Open EMS in Safari and tap Share → Add to Home Screen. It runs full-screen, just like an app.

Open web app