DailyCost is a simple and elegant expense tracking app for everyday use. With intuitive interaction and beautifully designed statistics, it just rocks.
- Simple and easy to use UI
- Intuitive experience
- Smart categories
- Elegant stats and reports
This app is designed and developed individually by a passionate designer in his spare time, alone.
After using many complicated expense tracking apps, he determined to design a much simpler one.
Get DailyCost on the App Store
Behind the app
Unlike most other native iOS apps developed with Objective-C, DailyCost was developed with HTML5 technology, using JavaScript as its programming language. One of the key benefits of HTML5 is its lower cost in migrating to other platforms, such as Android.
The biggest challenges in developing DailyCost is debugging and performance tweaking. It uses a customised jQuery library as its core framework. In order to enhance overall performance and achieve better UI responsiveness, numerous research and efforts has been made. By reducing the complexity of the HTML DOM structure and minimising the reflow and repaint process for each interaction, better performance could be achieved.
Lessons learned
Guopeng Liang shares his design thinkings behind this app on SlideShare:
Simplicity – Design Thinkings and Methodologies behind DailyCost
Facts
Highest rank globally: reached overall Top 10 in 15 countries, finance Top 10 in 100+ countries
Highest rank in China: #16 overall, #1 in finance category
Total downloads: 500,000+
2013.12.27 – interview with Guopeng Liang by GeekPark
2013.10.30 – featured attendee at Dublin Web Summit
2013.08.30 – exceeds 500,000 users in total
2013.08.28 – won Macworld Talent First Prize
2013.08.01 – 10/10 scores recommended app by App Storm
2013.06.13 – version 1.6.0
2013.05.31 – exceeds 350,000 users in total
2013.01.27 – in-depth interview by CSDN about Guopeng’s vision of design thinking and HTML5
2013.01.20 – reported by 36kr.com
2013.01.06 – exceeds 200,000 users in total
2012.12.30 – exceeds 100,000 users in total
2012.12.26 – App Store ranking (Finance) #1 in Singapore and Taiwan, #2 in India and Malaysia, #5 in HK
2012.12.25 – App Store ranking (Finance) #3 in China, #4 in USA, #11 in UK
2012.12.24 – exceeds 30,000 users in total
2012.12.14 – version 1.4.0
2012.11.22 – version 1.3.1
2012.10.17 – version 1.1.6
2012.10.09 – version 1.0 initially available on App Store
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希望可以增加自訂類別的功能，或是可以再項目裡加備註，謝謝! 很好的APP
Hope that can increase the functionality of the custom class, or can project Riga Remarks, thank you! Great APP
谢谢aweei，备注在新增开销的界面中有喔，轻轻向右一滑，嫩黄的备注输入筐就会粗现啦～
希望增加进入身份验证、密码功能、我也很喜欢这款软件
谢谢毒药，会在将来的版本中考虑哦:)
May I make a few suggestions:
1. It’s probably better to call the app DailyExpenses instead of DailyCost.
2. It would be good to allow users to prevent the display of categories that they don’t want, and to add custom categories that they do want
3. Use a larger font for the days at the top – it’s hard to read at its current size
4. Only the default background has enough contrast to make the app readable – you might want to modify all the colors, fonts etc to make the app readable with any background other than the default (blue).
That said, this is a very nice app
Thanks for your suggestions buddy. The reason why it’s called DailyCost is that, the initial thought of this app is to help users just to keep track and remind them of the daily spendings. Because in most cases, incomes could be tracked well in our bank accounts. And DailyCost is shorter than DailyExpenses or DailySpendings, easier to remember and could be displayed without missing the trailing letters on iOS devices.
I see! Nice!
Really nice and intuitive interface! It does a much better job than any other apps in the category.
A few suggestions from the general scenario based on main functionalities though:
1. Date locating.
Part of the reasons why people take records of daily spendings is that they can quickly track back to a specific date to see what they spent. So it’d be good to select a date to view from a calendar in stead of swiping, say 30 times to get to see how much I spent on the same day a month ago.
2. Week/Month/Year view.
The status display is really clear and tidy, but to be honest, reading a week expense can hardly tell anything.. It’d be nice to be able to switch between week, month or year view at the harizontal diagram view.
3. Data back-up and import.
For any type of records, it’s always important to back the data up, especially after a long period of time. We can’t really bet all the risks on a mobile phone after all.
One extra nice and easy feature to suggest would be to add the “income” item, so we can quickly see the balance, rather than just the spendings. ^_^
But again, the interface is just great. Haven’t seen such a clean UI before. d(^_^o)
Thank you for the suggestions Jeff. I will consider these features in the future version.
PS. In the current version, incomes could be recorded with minus values (they will turn green).
I see! Nice!
I’m with Jeff on these suggestions. You would earn my 5 (★★★★★) on the AppStore and I would also buy (and give) it on a 0,89/1,99€ version of it!
Previously I was using Menelao but your’s app is way more elegant and enjoyable in the use.
I’ll keep following your updates!
I can’t find the way to cancel my wrong item !
How can I delete my wrong item??
Press and hold, there you go:)
Great app
I tried other expenses trackers and I think this will be the first I’ll stick to. There is only one thing I would like to see in this app (besides the suggestions made by Jeff): the ability to define monthly recurring expenses.
Cheers, Ivo
希望能增加月報表的分類支出檢視功能，這對領月薪的人來說會很有幫助，謝謝。
橫向檢視周帳報表時，使用中間的下拉按鈕放大折線圖的意義不大，建議改為上拉按鈕變成檢視月帳報表。
由橫向檢視切換為直向檢視後，希望是顯示行橫向檢視所位於的日期即可滿足部分Date locating需求，操作情境例如12/29(直)>12/23~29(橫)>12/16~12/22(橫)>12/16(直)，如果想回12/29利用當日返回鈕即可，請您參考，謝謝。
Great App!
Hope you have plan to make the desktop(Mac) version
i’m korean. I really love ur app-daily cost.
But there is something you guys update to korean currency symbol.
₩ for korean is doesn’t need to use point like xxxx.00
and increase more figures. (daily cost support 6 figures except decimal point)
ex) ₩ 1,000,000 is just $936 (today’s currency rate)
so if people using ₩, they can’t input over ₩ 999,999.
so hope u guys update soon.
Thank you for your suggestions. I will take it into consideration when refining international currency support.
hey very nice app but i have improvement ideas.
1. icloud support
2. a month and weeks overview of my expenses
3. option to set a another “first day of the week”, in germany the first day of a week beginns monday and not sunday
不错的APP！几点建议：
1. 添加备注的界面，键盘右下角的按钮最好是“完成”；
2. 新建开销条目，输入数字之后又删除，右下角按钮最好切换回“X”而不是“OK”；
3. 增加对星期起始日的设置；
4. 希望有按月统计开销的功能。
Hi!
Congratulations for your nice app! I really like its simplicity and sleekdesign. Everyone is posting his own wishlist, so here’s mine:
1. New setting to setup the “first day of the week”. Here in Spain begins on monday.
2. Presets for frequent expenses, like everyday’s coffee or breakfast. Maybe you could put a new array of buttons with these presets in the input screen.
Thanks
Incredible app, I have never seen such beautiful simplicity…
I would love to use your app for years to come, but it would be amazing if you could add a way to make sense of the data beyond the one week mark. Maybe allow exporting or ability to change scale on the graph.
Maybe a paid version with more powerful features, hidden somewhere behind the simplicity…
Anyway, this is a work of art, thank you.
Dailycost will be released for android?
I’m sorry, Phábio. I will focus on the iOS platform at this moment. However, I’m looking forward to port DailyCost to the Android platform someday.
Very nice app which, for once, give me envy to enter my expenses on the fly. Beautifully deisgned.
I miss Swiss Francs (CHF) as currency and would be delighted to have more category. I’m thinking of splitting “computer” to “software” and “hardware”.
iPad version may be ?
And the pertinent ideas from burak, Miguel and others
Keep up, nice work, thank you.
Thanks, Freestef. I wonder if there is a single character symbol for the Swiss Francs, rather than the three-character CHF?
Is there a custom currency feature somewhere? I couldn’t seem to find it.
Thanks for a great app!!
This is the simplest app I’m looking for! Love it so much! Nicely done:)
现在海淘和国际信用卡支付消费日趋增多，未必都用一种货币，希望每笔收入能够单独选择货币种类，目前貌似只能设置整体的货币种类。可能的话，加上自动的汇率计算，使得每天的支出能更加准确。谢谢
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Awesome app, thank you!
Could you please tell me if any of these features are in future list? Cuz I deadly need them
– Week starts from Monday;
– Custom categories (renaming and creating new ones);
– Montly statistics.
用美国的id无法付费，不知道什么情况
Simple, neat & Clean app.But,Why no Rupee??!!Have got few more suggestions.
1) Pls add Indian Rupee(Rs)
2)Also expecting iPad version with Cloud sync.
3) Currently the app has option to view only weekly expenses cumulatively. Need to add monthly & Yearly view(Monthly expenses view is compulsory–Reading the earlier comments, looks like many have asked for monthly/year view 😊)
Rupee will be supported in the next version. Monthly and yearly view features are in the development plan.
Thanks a lot. Any plans for iPad version of the app? Coz, I have both the devices and I think many would be like me and want the app in both their devices with automatic cloud sync like in iCloud.
Hi! Started using your app. It’s great. I suggest if there was an income tracking. Is it possible to add this feature in future?
Sure, just use negative numbers to track incomes.
Simple and cool, app. One very small feature request.
Right now for denoting month only the numerals(01,02 etc). It would be nice if you change it to first three letters of the months(Jan, Feb, Mar etc). And I think,by doing so the page’s clutter freeness will also not be disturbed as it has space for just three letters. Would be great if you consider it in your next update.
希望可以增加网络备份的功能。不用自己的服务器的话，可以备份到Gmail或者Dropbox这些！望考虑！
Simple and elegant as the app description says. Pls add the ability to add custom category(and it’s share must also be displayed in pie chart in the weekly expenses view).
Hi Guopeng Liang
I am Peter from Czech Republic. In our country is so muny users of your app. Can you add new currency for our country Czech Crone ,,CZK” or ,,KČ”???
Thank you.
CZK (with symbol KČ) will be supported in the next version.
Please include my currency ( DKK ) from Denmark.. Thanks
DKK will be supported in the next version.
Or ( KR ) which is the original currency
DKK is international i think
Great app for everyday use! But is it possible to get a monthly overvieuw. That would be nice! Thanks for offering/creating this app.
This app is great, love it. Only things missing are monthly and yearly view as other alredy suggested. Thanks anyway, really great UI.
Hello,
I’ve been using this app very well.. this is great app
But, I have a request of you.
Can u add a url scheme in your app? (ex. dailycost:// or dailycost://[category]?[pay])
iif there is the url scheme in your app, i can acceess to your app very quickly from 3rd party
launcher app like Launch Center Pro.
Thanks.
Hello Guopeng,
I like this app, but, I have a two little requests for you. I would be grateful if it would be possible to use more currencies (e.g. Czech Koruna etc.). I travel a lot and it would be amazing if I could track my expenditures in more than one currency (for example in € if I am in Europe and USD during my travels in USA. There is no app on the market with this feature, so it could be good opportunity to you.
Thanks for offering/creating this app.
Thanks for you reply!
Like somebody mentioned above: I miss our currency the swiss CHF… But before everybody asks about their currency: wouldn’t it be smarter to just leave the currency out?
Hello, and congratulations on the App, and on your Portfolio also.
I understand that it’s hard for a Developer to incorporate every single feature the users ask for, but I agree with many others that we need a way to add custom Categories; and if you would be as kind to also include a pool of icons so we can assign to the custom Categories. For example, a Home Phone Bill with a classic telephone as an icon, Electricity Bill with a lightning, you get my point… It’s not practical to put all those different expenses to the Housing category.
One last thing: in my spare time, I translate apps (for free) in Greek. I can disclose one of them, the excellent iStudiez. Should you be interested, we could discuss this over email.
Thank you for your time and keep up the good work
The final issue for me then is the amount of bespoke coding. As always you are at the mercy of the people who write the code. If you cannot afford to have a dedicated team who take pride in producing well structured, well documented and well tested code, then using a framework will not save you from the expensive maintenace legacy this will result in. If you have good code review processes in place this should not happen of course and that is true of writing Drupal modules too. They have best practice guidelines and I follow these as well as walking through any contractor developed code. So I see this as a draw.
Hi, love your app adding to all the wish lists:
1- adding week/month/year view
2- edit category names. For example if I want to keep track of the amount of money I spent with my kids or in my motorcycle
Love to see this update
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Do you have any plans on making an Android app? If so, when do you plan on releasing it. I just currently switched from an iPhone 5 to a Nexus 4 and I would love to have this app on my phone.
First of all – it is great app.
My suggestions (wishes?):
– week/month/year view
– periodically payments
– sending selected statistics to email (in some periodes – end of week, end of month)
– iCloud support, Web-interface, iPad app…
Many thanks…
Please support for Indonesian Rupiah (Rp) i really love this app, but my country currency not available on this app
Upgrade to v1.5.4 and you will find Indonesian Rupiah (Rp) in the Currency Settings.nn1nn1nn1
Is Norwegian Kroner supported?
Yes, it is supported in version 1.5.4
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daily cost is a near perfect app and im really happy that i bought it. But i would like to recommend some features that you can add to make the app becomes better:
– add a budget or income so that we can keep track of our balance more easily
for example: 03 15 fri
Budget $500
cost $ 10
————————————
Total $490
and it will continue until we add more or runs out of money, my friends and I would love to have that option and i think a lot of other users out there also want it. Other features like day/month/ year and the option to edit the category directly as other people already mentioned above.
please consider about that in the next update! thanks a lot!
界面很赞，操作很爽，真心喜欢！
提个BUG：统计天数那里的数字是不对的，如果某天没有花销，则不计入天数，举例来说，就是某个月（31天）我可能有5天没花钱，那么统计天数那里显示的就是 26，而不是实际的31天。
期待下一版能改进这个bug 同时期待月统计等更多实用的功能，谢谢！
Hi, thanks for the great App. I am really using it everytime when I spend any amount of money everywhere. I am using it scince month already. But here I have a problem now. I would like to see the development of my expenses over the month and over the year. I think, it’s no necessary to have this overview build-in in the app. It would be even more benefitial to have an export function to store the current database as tab separated data file (.txt .dat) so that I could import it to any tabsheet software on my computer. Another idea would be to sync it directly on a Google Drive tabsheet. Will this be possible in the future? This would be great.
Thanks a lot for your work.
Best regards, Mario.
Help! My Daily Cost screen just went black! What can I do to retrieve my information and use the app again?
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怎樣調整同一天當中的消費項目的順序？EX 早餐 晚餐 午餐 輸入順序錯誤 但不想一一刪除後 再重新輸入 就直接調整項目順序
请问如何备份至icloud？
I’m truly impressed with the UI. I love how when I turn my iphone horizontally it shows the charts
Simple, easy, and straight forward! Love it! 😀
太感動… T^T 用了很多個國外的付費開銷記錄app , 都沒有一個比得上這個簡單直接流麗…
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i would recommend this app to all of my friends , hope u could read my comment
谢谢～希望你喜欢:)
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设计很不错的应用
希望能在记每笔帐的时候支持多货币
比如我在cydia上买了个0.99美元的插件，然后又在app store中区买了6块的软件
只能记录一种货币就不知道要咋记录了^_^
很喜歡，但希望可以增加income的部份耶^^
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开发安卓版本
DailyCost 是我目前用過可以最快速的記帳的APP，希望可以增加月開銷的功能!方便檢視每月花了多少錢?很喜歡此APP，謝謝開發團隊^^nn1
very nice!Hope for android version.And strongly recommend to use 我的账本, an android software for record cost and the owner is another person graduated from SCUT.
Is this app already support for Indonesian (Rp) currency? If yes I would like to buy it, because I heard this app is very good
提示无法安装，怎么破？删掉重新安装数据会丢失吗？nn1nn1
界面很赞，操作很爽，真心喜欢！
再次重复BUG：统计天数那里的数字是不对的，如果某天没有花销，则不计入天数，举例来说，就是某个月（31天）我可能有5天没花钱，那么统计天数那里显示的就是 26，而不是实际的31天。
期待下一版能改进这个bug，谢谢！
Help! No screens appear like the ones shown on the website
I only see a gray page with categories listed. When I tap them nothing happens.
I could go to background and indicate my change, but when I returned
to the main page there was no change.
Hi Guopeng,
Thanks for this great app.
Not sure if this is possible…. can we delete all previously entered data so that the next time a csv file is emailed there’s a new starting date?
Just installed your app. It’s fantastic!
Only one issue – there is neighbor currency (Lithuanian Lits – LTL), but there isn’t our (Latvian lats – or LVL). We already know, that from 1st of January 2014 we will have EUR here, but till that time what should we do? I just changed currency to EUR and imagine, I have EUR in my pocket.
Thanks in advance!
一直很喜欢你这个软件，我一直在iPhone上用，因为工作关系，可惜现在换了S3了，无法使用；期待Android版本。
很棒，希望能增加数据备份还原，或者云备份，增加口令，数据安全很重要哦！加油！
请问ipod touch 4，系统版本6.1.3，经常会有闪退现象发生，但不是每次都这样，会是什么原因造成的？
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