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Expense tracker without bank login (SMS-only India)

2026-09-09

Track PhonePe, GPay and bank spends without net banking passwords. How SMS-based expense trackers work on Android - and privacy trade-offs.

Many Indians refuse to give expense apps net banking or account aggregation logins - and they should. A safer pattern is: read payment SMS on your phone, draft a row, sync to your Sheet.

How Kharch Log avoids bank login

  1. You grant Android SMS permission (optional for auto-capture).
  2. The app matches common bank / UPI debit patterns on-device.
  3. Unclear messages wait in the review inbox.
  4. Approved spends sync to your Google Sheet - not a closed vendor ledger.

Glossary: no bank login expense tracker, PhonePe / GPay expense tracker.

PhonePe, GPay, Paytm in one book

You do not "link" each UPI app. Debits still hit your bank SMS (or wallet SMS). One Android logger -> one Sheet covers cross-app UPI better than exporting three CSV files.

Privacy

SMS stays on-device for capture. We do not ask for net banking passwords. Details: Privacy Policy and About Kharch Log.

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