A free expense tracker that's actually free.
No 14-day timer counting down in the corner. No credit card to enter. No surprise paywall on day 15. Expensely Free is permanent. It has daily caps — five transactions, one OCR scan, three voice entries — but you can use it for the rest of your life if those caps fit your usage. About 30% of our users never upgrade, and that's by design: we'd rather have you on the free plan and recommending us than churning at the end of a trial.
What you actually get on Free
- 5 manual transactions per day. Type or paste any expense, fully categorised.
- 1 OCR receipt scan per day. Photograph one receipt; vendor, amount, currency, line items extracted in under a second.
- 3 voice entries per day. Speak transactions in English or Urdu.
- AI insights, lite. Weekly anomaly highlights and monthly category compares.
- Multi-currency (60+). Live FX, all currencies enabled from day one.
- 2 saved views. Filter and pin two of your most-used dashboards.
- 1 export per day. CSV or PDF, your full data, no lock-in.
- Mobile + desktop. Web app fully optimised for both.
What's on the paid plans
The only things gated behind paid plans are volume and team features. The AI doesn't change. The OCR engine doesn't change. We don't do bait-and-switch with a worse model on Free.
| Feature | Free | Solo ($4.99) | Team ($14.99) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transactions per day | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| OCR scans per day | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Voice entries per day | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| AI insights depth | Lite | Full | Full + workspace |
| Burn-rate forecasts | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team seats | 1 | 1 | 5 included |
| Roles & approvals | — | — | ✓ |
| Audit log | — | — | ✓ |
Full breakdown on the pricing page.
How our free plan compares
| Tool | Free plan? | OCR free? | Multi-currency free? | Credit card? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expensely | ✓ permanent | ✓ 1/day | ✓ | No |
| QuickBooks | 30-day trial | — | — | Yes |
| Wave | ✓ basic | Paid | Limited | No |
| Zoho Books | 14-day trial | — | — | Yes |
| Excel / Sheets | ✓ DIY | — | Manual | No |
Wave is the closest competitor on free — it's genuinely good if you're US/Canada and don't need OCR. Outside North America, or if you photograph receipts, Expensely Free wins. See Expensely vs Wave.
Who Free is for
- Freelancers logging 2–5 expenses a day.
- Students tracking pocket money.
- Households running a monthly budget.
- Anyone evaluating Expensely before committing to Solo.
- Founders pre-revenue who want clean books from day one.
Who should upgrade
- You photograph more than one receipt a day. Solo: $4.99/mo.
- You want burn-rate forecasts and full anomaly detection. Solo.
- You have a team and need approvals. Team: $14.99/mo, 5 seats included.
What we'll never do
- Sell or share your data. No ad networks. No tracking pixels.
- Show ads inside the app.
- Watermark your exports.
- Auto-charge a card at the end of a trial.
- Hide a real feature behind "contact sales".
Start free, today
Sign-up takes about 40 seconds. Email, password, done. Photograph your first receipt — see if the OCR works for you. If it doesn't, close the tab; you owe us nothing. If it does, we'll be here.
Start free — no card