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Do you need Account Aggregator for daily expense tracking?

2026-09-14

Account Aggregator is powerful for full net-worth views. For daily UPI kharch, bank SMS + Sheets is usually enough - with a clearer privacy trade-off.

Serious India finance writing now mentions Account Aggregator (AA) - and it should, for "see every bank in one place." Daily expense tracking is a different job.

When AA makes sense

When SMS + Sheet is enough

Kharch Log is built for the second path: no bank login, SMS drafts, Sheet ownership. Read more on SMS capture and our privacy policy.

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Kharch Log is an Expense tracker for Android that keeps UPI and cash in your Google Sheet.