Frequently asked questions

Yes. Balance is free to download and use. Premium comes with a 7-day free trial; afterward you can stay on the free tier or subscribe monthly, yearly, or pay once for lifetime access.

Unlimited transactions, accounts, and categories, plus budgets, recurring rules, reports, CSV export, Google Drive backup and sync, custom accent themes, and reminders. The free version shows ads.

No ads anywhere in the app, PDF export for reports, and a long-press app icon shortcut to add a transaction instantly, with more premium features planned. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime plans all unlock the same features.

New subscribers get a 7-day free trial of Premium. The trial length and price are shown on the plan before you subscribe, you're not charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel anytime from Google Play before then.

No. All three are unlimited on every tier, including the free one.

Yes, always. Every account, transaction, category, and budget is stored only on your device. There is no server behind Balance. See what works offline.

No. There are no bank connections and no account sign-up of any kind. You enter every transaction yourself. See how budgeting works without bank linking.

Yes. Nothing you enter leaves your device unless you explicitly turn on Google Drive backup. There is no Muffinly Labs server that ever sees your numbers. See the Privacy Policy for details.

Backup is optional and off by default. Once you connect your Google account, Balance writes a private JSON snapshot to your own Drive's hidden app-data folder, invisible in your normal Drive files and inaccessible to any other app. With auto backup on, a snapshot is saved when you close the app, at most once every 6 hours, and you can limit it to Wi-Fi.

Restoring fully reverts to the backup's contents rather than merging with what's currently on the device. Balance tells you this plainly before you confirm.

Yes. Export transactions, categories, accounts, and budgets as CSV for any date range, scoped to one account or all of them. Premium also exports reports as PDF.

Over 150 currencies. Each account carries its own currency and converts back to your default using the exchange rate captured at the time, so historical reports don't change value as live rates move.

Yes. Balance is fully localized in Arabic and Urdu with native right-to-left (RTL) layout on Android — the whole interface is mirrored, not just the text.

Ten: English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, and Urdu. Arabic and Urdu include full right-to-left layout, not just translated text.

Yes. App Lock uses your device's own screen lock — fingerprint, face unlock, or passcode — handled entirely by the operating system. Balance never sees your biometric data.

Most budget apps ask you to link a bank account and store your data on their servers. Balance never asks for a bank connection, has no sign-up, and keeps everything on your device by default. See our comparisons with Monefy, Money Manager and YNAB.

Balance is currently available for Android on Google Play.