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Ask about your spending the way you would ask a person.

No report builder, no filters to set up. Type a question — or tap the microphone and say it — and the answer comes back as a sentence, with the receipts behind it underneath, each one a tap away.

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The Ask screen of ExpenseGauge on a phone. The question asked is how much did I spend eating out this month. The answer reads: you spent $109.92 on dining and fast food this month, with the Casa Rosa receipt from 2 October listed beneath it and suggestions for other questions. — A question, a figure, and the receipt it came from.

What you can ask

The questions people actually have.

How much, and when

How much did I spend today? This week? Last month? Name a day or a period, or leave it out and get everything.

At one shop

How much at the bakery this year? The shop is found by name, however the slip printed it.

On one kind of thing

How much on groceries this month? On gas? Answered from the lines, not the receipt labels, so a supermarket run that included a drill is not all groceries.

What you bought

What did I buy yesterday? When did I last buy coffee beans? Every receipt keeps its lines, so the items can be asked about, not only the totals.

By shop or by category

Show my spending by store. Show my spending by category. A list, largest first.

In Telegram too

Ask the bot in the same words. The shortcuts /today, /week, /month, /stores and /categories ask the most common ones in a tap.

Your language

Ask in Persian, and the answer comes back in Persian.

A question is answered in the language it was asked in. Ask in Persian and you get a Persian sentence, laid out right to left on every phone, with the shop names left exactly as they were printed — so the answer and your receipts still match.

The receipts behind the figure are listed under the answer in every language. Tap one and it opens, with its photo and its lines.

The Ask screen of ExpenseGauge on a phone with a question typed in Persian asking how much was spent on groceries this month. The answer is a Persian sentence, laid out right to left, saying $116.54 was spent on groceries, with the Bloor Street Bakery and Maple and Main receipts listed beneath it. — Asked in Persian, answered in Persian, with the same receipts beneath.

Out loud

Or say it.

Tap the microphone beside the question box and ask. What you said is written back above the answer, so you can see it was understood. In Telegram, record a voice message and the answer comes back as text — and, if you ask for it to be read out, as a voice message too.

A sentence that is a purchase rather than a question — I spent twelve dollars on lunch — is not answered; it is written down as a receipt, the same as the bot does it. More on that on voice and Telegram.

Straight answers

Common questions

Where do the answers come from?

From your own receipts and statement lines, and nothing else. Each answer lists the receipts it was added up from, so every figure can be checked.

Can I ask in a language other than English?

Yes. A question asked in another language — Persian, for instance — is answered in the language it was asked in.

Can I ask by voice?

Yes. Tap the microphone on the Ask screen, or send a voice message to the Telegram bot. What you said is shown with the answer.

Are questions limited?

Each plan includes a number of questions a month, shown on your plan page. Past that, credit is used. See pricing.

Does it ever guess?

It answers from what is in your books. When a question cannot be answered from them, it says so instead of making a figure up.

Where next

Ask the first question.

Most people start with how much went on eating out last month. It is usually more than they thought.

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