Questions, answered.

If yours isn't here, email me. The support address goes to one person, and that person wrote the app.

What is Budget 66?

An iPhone app for tracking what you spend against a monthly budget. You set a budget, log spending in whichever way suits the moment, and the app keeps showing you what's left: on screen, in widgets, and in notifications.

Does it connect to my bank?

No, and that's deliberate. There is no bank login, no aggregator, no credentials to hand over. Spending reaches the app through the AI chat, a receipt photo, the plain entry form, or the Apple Pay Shortcuts automation.

How does the Apple Pay tracking work?

iOS Shortcuts can run an automation whenever a Wallet payment happens. Budget 66 ships a Shortcuts action, and the app walks you through connecting the two once. After that, every tap-to-pay purchase sends you a notification asking for a category. One tap files it, swiping it away discards it.

What can the AI actually do?

Turn a sentence, a voice note or a receipt photo into transactions with amounts and categories, and answer questions about your own spending. Free gets 5 AI actions a month, Standard 20, Pro unlimited.

Is my financial data shared with anyone?

Only with the friends you explicitly add, and only the stats you choose to share with each of them. Nothing is sold. The full detail is in the privacy policy.

Where is my data stored?

On a Cloudflare D1 database behind your authenticated account. You can export everything as CSV or PDF, or delete the account and its data from inside the app.

Can I split expenses with people?

Yes. Create a group, add friends by username or QR code, and each expense keeps the currency it was spent in. Groups have their own chat, you can request money, and one settle screen shows every balance you owe or are owed.

Do the people I split with need the app?

To join a group and see the ledger, yes, they need an account. You can still track your own share of anything without them.

Are there Home Screen widgets?

Three of them (Pulse, Trend and Subscriptions) in small, medium, large and extra large. They're available on Standard and Pro.

Which languages does it speak?

English, Japanese, Spanish, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, French and Italian. Currency and budget are set separately, so you can read the app in one language and budget in another currency.

Which iPhones does it run on?

iPhone on iOS 16.4 or later. It's iPhone-only for now: no iPad layout, no Android build.

Is there an Android version?

Not yet. The Apple Pay automation and the widgets are built on iOS-specific pieces, so Android would be a separate effort rather than a flip of a switch.

How do I get it?

Through the TestFlight beta while it works toward an App Store release. TestFlight is Apple's official beta programme: free to join, no strings.

What happens to my data when the beta ends?

It carries over. The beta uses the same backend as the released app, so the account you make now keeps working afterwards.

Do I have to pay?

No. The free tier tracks five transactions a day with ads. Standard and Pro lift the AI and group limits and remove the ads.

How do I report a bug?

Email hello@aakashmehra.com. Screenshots help; so does the build number from Settings.