Set starting day for budgets & reports, like 2nd of the month
Change appearance of category list: long list or compact grid
Advanced import options: Keep records uncategorized, add records to your default accounts and more
Choose what to show in app menu (that one on the bottom)
Choose accent color
Powerpack: Some features now require a one-time purchase to unlock
Improvements
Improved app settings, simplified preferences for recording behavior
Bug fixes
Fixes reports showing wrong budget info when report style is set to show “your usual”
Fixes category suggestions being outdated until your relaunch Gem
Fixes displaying too few and/or too many category suggestions
Fixes amounts text overflowing in some places, especially in Tracking cards
Fixes wrong breakdown details when viewing a category report (Food report showing just Food in breakdown)
Edition 3.1
Released Mar 9, 2024
Track account balance, or just view your total balance (new report)
Log money transfers between accounts
Fixes notes not being imported, crashes when using tap-to-pay automation, and more
All-new
Balance reports: View your total balance or any account's balance
Log money transfers between accounts
Improvements
“Unknown” categories now show up in report breakdowns (and transfers!)
Improved report suggestions when adding a new report
Bug fixes
Fixes imported entries missing notes, even though you’ve provided them
Fixes expenses not being recorded when you tap-to-pay (hopefully those pesky “Automation failed” notifications are gone, please email me if it’s still happening)
Fixes app crash when editing a report after deleting its account
Fixes widget crash when viewing budget
Fixes app crash on iOS 16 when choosing some category icons (please upgrade to iOS 17 to get more icons)
Fixes layout issues of your expenses list when using an iPhone Max in Hebrew language
Fixes column names in export
Edition 3.0 🎉
Released Feb 15, 2024 • Celebrating 3 years of Emerald!
Reports: View per week/year. Review entries. New card style: comparing to avg.
Improved: Category selection when logging expenses. Export last month, accounts, reports...
Customization: New category colors & icons (450 SF symbols), new settings for entry style
All-new
Reports: Track on a weekly/yearly basis. Including budgets!
Report cards: New style showing spending compared to your avg. (instead of budget)
Customization: new category colors & icons (450 beautiful SF symbols from Apple)
Export: last month’s entries, accounts, reports and mostly from anywhere!
Review entries in reports & export them
Improvements
When logging expenses: improved category selection, more suggestions (thanks for the feedback!)
New “entry style” settings: set your amount accuracy, your default categories/accounts, preferred input style
Improved design for budget and breakdown in reports
Category reports are colored so it’s easier to tell what report you’re looking at
Bug fixes
Fixes many crashes, especially when reseting budgets in reports (sorry about that)
Fixes missing icons in search suggestions while typing
Fixes bad housekeeping of repeating expenses, excluding them from past reports
Fixes trimmed text in widgets even though there’s plenty of space for that
Fixes keypad issues when amount formatting is “1.000,99”
Fixes glitches when typing in category field in new entry screen
Fixes keypad glitches when starting a new entry
Fixes various issues in RTL
Edition 2.6
Released Nov 30, 2023 • In loving memory of grandma Sarah
Redesigned settings: New bills & income management
Redesigned tag settings: Easier navigation, usage stats, reports & history
Reports tab! Hebrew localization. Email me to help adding more languages
Fixes: Clearing search results, calculations in Savings report and more...
All-new
Reports tab: Easy access to your spending reports
Adding expenses using main “+” button now shows a confirmation message :)
Redesigned settings so it’s easier to find stuff (hopefully)
Income settings: Review next paycheck, manage past salaries (Settings > Income)
Tags settings: Your tags now show as “Categories” (and “Accounts” if you had them before)
Categories settings: Decluttered navigation, every category has its own screen
Categories settings: Explore how you use each category, with new stats and quick access to category report and recent expenses
New organization screen in settings (use it to create new “collections” for organizing your expenses, like “Events” or “Payment methods”)
First localization: Hebrew. If you’re interested in translating Emerald to your language, email me at human@shelftwo.com
Improvements
Search finally shows “no results” when none were found (it’s about time)
Search always shows “cancel” button to reset search without starting a new one
Updated tabbar design
Limits are now called budgets, hopefully it’s easier for everyone to understand :)
Bug fixes
Fixes savings calculation & disappearing income in Savings report (no more showing just last 3 months)
Fixes & improves progress bar of Savings report (available even with no savings goal)
Fixes search not showing section title when there’s just 1 section in the results
Fixes search losing "x" button when re-entering app, blocking you from clearing search
Fixes search visual glitches when switching light/dark mode
Fixes items in settings staying “pressed” when moving around
Fixes sliding to choose report cover style choosing the wrong style
Fixes shortcut always creating new categories when note includes unknown merchant (now it keeps the entry uncategorized and places the merchant in the note field)
Fixes ghost spacing in some pickers/sheets
Fixes numpad so it appears a bit sooner
Fixes formatting of entry details when entry has just category and no other details
Fixes placement of bottom buttons and bars in settings
Fixes visual glitches of non-styled categories in settings
Fixes various dark mode glitches
Edition 2.5
Released Nov 2, 2023
(iOS 17) Log your expenses when you tap to pay. Categorization rules. See help to learn more
Add entry from always-there [+] button. Import uncategorized entries. Less lowercasing
Fixes: Searching by note, incorrect dates and amounts in imported entries
All-new
iOS 17: Emerald can automatically log your expenses when you tap to pay (requires setup, see help to learn more)
“Import transaction” shortcut for logging expenses. Tip: Add to automation in Shortcuts app
Set once & forget: Found a funny merchant, like “Venue DZ MX”? Set its category to “Coffee” and let Emerald repeat that for new entries from that merchant (Emerald creates import rules you can edit and remove)
You asked, it’s here: Log expenses from anywhere in the app with new “+” button on the bottom of the screen. Don’t like it? Go to Settings > Appearance to hide it
Improvements
Emerald can now import entries without a category. They appear semi-transparent on your list (also, they’re excluded from category breakdowns in your reports until you categorize them)
Entry details screen shows “Added using import” for imported entries
Category names are no longer lowercased (sorry about that)
iOS 17: Small-size widgets allow tapping “+” to log expenses AND tapping the widget itself to open Emerald
When setting a category, scrolling up expands the sheet so you see more categories
Updated animations when viewing or adding entries
Smarter import: Supporting more amount and date formatting
Bug fixes
Fixes widgets looking funny on iOS 17
Fixes searching entry notes not working
Fixes embarrassing crash when initiating a search from entry details screen
Fixes keyboard obscuring entry’s note field on smaller devices
Fixes entry not being updated when editing it from search results
Fixes import failure when some rows are missing some columns
Fixes import failure when a row has a comma within quotation marks
Fixes items in Settings appearing “pressed” after you tapped them
Fixes some visual glitches
Edition 2.4
Released Aug 8, 2023
Make expenses repeat weekly or bi-weekly
Bring your own tag system: Import both category & its subcategories
Finally put an end to bad format drama during imports
All-new
Make expenses repeat weekly or bi-weekly
Import your own tag system into Emerald. Select the required fields for creating parent/child tags (like ”Food” and below it “Groceries” and “Drinks”)
Improvements
Import: Smarter “guessing” of data formats, finally granting your device’s locale its respect
Import: That smarter thing on the top failed you? Choose your own date format
Export: Includes up to 3 levels deep (Food/Groceries/Fruits)
Export: Includes tags from all kinds (not just the main one) and repeaet schedule
Import data messed things up? Tap “Data” > “Delete all entries” to clear things up
Bug fixes
Fixes “05/08/2020” dates being imported into Emerald as “08/05/2020” even though your device clearly says it’s your date format of choice
Fixes export ignoring your preference to actually use decimal amounts
Fixes sketchy code written very late at night which in very rare instances at night delete all your entries and all history of you from this world (actually just the former)
Edition 2.3
Released Nov 2, 2022
All new Reports Dock: Always-on, new cover style, set limit on any report”
Quality of life: Lock screen widget. iCloud backup. Set color & icon to any tag. Easier report editing
AutoTag is back: Save time, let Emerald organize your tags
When tagging an expense as “Rent”, AutoTag will suggest a new tag under “Household” (English only)
Tagging "Sandwich" --> "Food", "Flight" --> "Vacation", you got the idea ;)
Clean up duplicate tags by merging it with other tags
Improvements
AutoTag can detect 1.5x more words and brands
New budget defaults: "Spending" for expenses and "Savings" for income
Bug fixes
Fixes totals calculation when using them pesky decimals
Fixes some AutoTag bad word detection
Edition 2.1
Released Jun 29, 2022
Organize expenses by your favorite method: Categories, wallets, accounts, events - anything!
Track just what you want by customizing My Reports section
Type to auto-categorize is temporarily disabled. It's coming back real soon!
All-new
Tags reimagined: Organize expenses by your favorite method: Categories, wallets, accounts, events - really, anything you can imagine
Set tag appearance with colors & icons
Tags can have spending limits & have their entries auto-repeat (previously aka Budgets)
Set a default tag for any organization method: both for expenses & income
New tagging style: Type to search or create new tag
Track just what you want by customizing My Reports section
Improvements
Your categories & budgets are now tags! (please shoot an email to hey@themsgospel.com if something went wrong)
When tagging expenses, you’ll see suggestions for your most used tags
On your Entries list, you can choose whether to show “Recurring bills” group (now called “Repeating expenses”)
My Reports section replaces Budgets section (just add a report for any budget instead)
Type in non-English languages to create tags (previ
More color contrast improvements
Notice: Emerald’s category guessing is temporarily disabled (typing “bath stuff” to auto-categorize as “Beauty”). It’ll come back real soon, sorry about that!
Notice: Entries will display notes (like “gift for Shila”) but editing or adding new notes is temporarily disabled. Also coming back real soon
Bug fixes
More bad calculation fixes. Math is never my thing
Fixes tag field (previously known as note) supporting English only keyboard
Fixes new entry screen not switching between fields sometimes
Fixes new entry screen having wrong height on iPhone 8
Fixes possible crash when running widgets for the first time
Edition 2.0 🎉
Released Mar 20, 2022
Budgets! Group expenses however you’d like and set spending limits. Your tags are now budgets!
Home screen widgets! Keep a close eye on budgets or upcoming bills over month, week or day
All-new
Budgets! Organize expenses by occasions, accounts and what not! (requires Pro)
Set budget size to make sure you're not overspending (requires Pro)
On a trip? Set a default budget to save time choosing one
Widgets! Track your budgets right from your home screen
Customize widgets to show budget spending this month, week or today
Add entries right from your home screen
Never miss upcoming bills with dedicated Bills widget
Improvements
Tags are now budgets! If you used them before they should be converted to budgets (please shoot an email to hey@themsgospel.com if something went wrong)
Main screen now shows budgets on the bottom
Improved scrolling of budget cards
You can now repeat any entry, not just recurring bills
Entries in "paid vs. due bills" card are now sorted by date
Updated design for entry creation screen, give it a try!
Updated design & order of Settings
Updated design of category icons
Small color contrast improvements
You can set the budget size from its report screen
Bug fixes
Fixes bad calculations across the board, mostly in spending & savings reports. Math was never my thing
Fixes amount rounding preference being reset sometimes
Fixes new users not being able to review entries which failed to import, terribly sorry about that
Edition 1.5
Released Dec 6, 2021
Feeling forgetful? Emerald can now remind you to add new expenses every day
Change your currency & enter decimal amounts like $1.99. Check out new Display settings
Loads of bug fixes, redesigned Settings, improved top bars and keypad
All-new
Emerald can now remind you to add new expenses every day, just decide when
Change your currency if Emerald made a funky decision about that
Enter decimal amounts like $2.99, $0.99 and even $1.49 (requires Pro)
Adjust formatting of total amounts, like rounding $107 to $110 (requires Pro)
Improvements
Jump back to today by tapping Entries tab, such fast!
Start typing in search by tapping on Search tab, much wow!
Dark mode improvements like new launch image, apologies for burning your eyes till now
Redesigned Settings and top bars across the app, give them a peek :)
Bit bigger calculator buttons, calculator itself is also bit faster
Dandy animations when adding new entries and navigating around
Bug fixes
Fixes a crash when navigating to far away months in reports, oopsy
Fixes some bar charts showing wrong values in reports, you weren’t overspending - Emerald was just over-counting
Fixes tag groups with no tags not showing up in Tags screen in Settings
Fixes rendering glitch in entry cards’ images
Fixes tapping on “+” in “Recurring bills” group using current date instead of that month’s date
Fixes report background images sometimes not showing up, resulting in a very sad atmosphere
Fixes notes like “cake for Ben” not being categorized correctly as “Friends”
Fixes creating new tag group navigating back too many times, making it rather challenging to create a new tag
Fixes search results being displayed at weird scroll position
Fixes that “please write in English” tip showing up too many times, you got that message
Fixes visual glitch when navigating back from entry edit screen back to its details screen
Edition 1.4
Released May 16, 2021
New calculator keyboard when typing amounts
Added analytics! It’s anonymous, not sold/shared with others, and just for us to improve Emerald
All-new
You can now do calculations when entering amounts, like 114 ÷ 3, that's 38! Skip that elementary school math!
Adds product analytics to help us understand how people use Emerald and improve it. It's anonymous and not shared/sold with others. You shouldn't feel uncomfortable! Just open Settings and turn off “Share analytics”, we love you and your feedback regardless :)
Improvements
Forces English keyboard when typing what you paid for (sorry folks, Emerald still works best only in that language)
Improved toggling between expense/income. Goodbye ambiguous “Got” button, may you rest in peace
Improved visual blending of app tabbar, coz someone had to spend some time doing that
Bug fixes
Fixes Entries screen title falling out of place on smaller devices, oopsy
Fixes some import screens saying “review 3 uncategorized entries” when in fact you had 2 entries, what’s up with that
You can now change entry from expense to income using the tags field
Improvements
Charts now highlight current day or month
When creating an entry, tags field is now hidden by default behind a “more options” button
When creating an entry, category button is now hidden if it’s an income entry (coz there’s just 1 category for income) or if suggestions are being displayed
In pickers, tapping on an already selected item now dismisses the picker
In entries screen, weeks with no entries are now collapsed by default
Small tweaks to Fitness category icon and Media category name
Bug fixes
In entries screen, fixes tapping on month switch causing the screen to scroll for no good reason
Fixes category colors in “top spending” charts, especially when looking at specific category
Fixes a crash when tapping on some “top spending” item
Fixes wrong values in “recent top spending” chart
Fixes some cells in settings awkwardly staying highlighted forever
Edition 1.2
Released Apr 18, 2021
Tapping on a bottom card now shows detailed reports (also in search)
7 new reports: Spending, savings, recurring bills, category, tag and more
Emerald Pro is now a one-time payment, not a subscription 😉
All-new
Replaces Pro monthly/annual subscriptions with a one-time payment to unlock all features (coz who likes subscriptions)
Hellllllo reports! Tap on a bottom card to view its report (also in search!)
Spending report with comparison against your usual behavior, breakdown by category, comparison against your limit and more
Drill down to a specific category or tag reports from any report
Recurring bills report with paid vs. due tracking
Savings report with income breakdown by category
Overview report for a glance on all your financial stuff
If you didn’t set a limit, bottom cards now show whether you’re spending more or less than your usual
Improvements
When typing a new entry, you now see its specific category (so “rent” shows “housing” category instead of “life”)
“Allowances” are now called “spending”, “Living” category is now “Life” (+new icon)
Tapping on a bottom card now opens its report (there’s a new “set limits” button at the end of each report)
Bug fixes
Fixes app crash when trying to export your data while having 0 entries (apparently lots of folks try that!)
Fixes (again) inaccurate calculation in “$18 left”
Edition 1.1
Released Mar 4, 2021
Search for a category (or anything) and see its total spent. Also, new search suggestions!
Export your entries to a CSV file so you can practice your Excel skills
More accurate estimations in trackers, and a new tracker showing your total spent on bills
All-new
Export your entries (to a CSV file)
See your total spent on “coffee” when you search for it
See your total spent on any category or tag when you search for them
Search for “pizza” and see related total spent, like “restaurants & take out” and “food & drinks” (Pro only)
Search screen now shows all categories and tags you can search for, no need to type anymore (yay)
New tracker showing your total spent on recurring bills (it's the last one)
Improved total spent estimations (yep, old ones were embarrassing)
Improved dictionary for guessing the correct category when you type something
Improvements
Nothing!
Bug fixes
Fixes trackers sometimes being off screen on app launch
Fixes awkward currency formatting
Fixes adding first entry of the day pushing trackers off screen
Fixes button reading “Add entry” when actually editing it
Fixes not being able to delete a recurring bill
Fixes editing a recurring bill behaving as if you're editing an allowance
Fixes some elements being barely visible in dark mode