I was terrible at tracking my expenses.
To make it a habit, I used these apps that had access to my SMS messages to auto-track my expenses.
But, these apps also used my SMS permission to upsell me loans, insurance, and BNPL offers, sending me unsolicited messages.
It felt like these apps felt like a funnel for fintech companies to upsell me their other products.
Not to mention that, if these apps have access to your SMS messages, they can easily read your bank statements and steal OTPs.
Spreadsheets were awesome, but they become too manual & too tedious as you manage more expenses. And let's not mention the clunky UX of spreadsheets on mobile.
I just wanted a simple mobile app that lets me track expenses without any feature bloat or unsolicited upsells.
That's why I built RuTrack.
An Offline-First expense-tracking PWA that lets you log expenses manually, track category-wise spends, auto-log recurring subscriptions, set budget limits, and export reports.
No SMS Permissions needed. No ads. No upsells.
It's an app that does one thing, and it does that one thing really well: Manage Expenses.
About RuTrack on Product Hunt
“Expense Tracking app for Indians with no fintech clutter.”
RuTrack was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #139 on the daily leaderboard. Finally, an app that does one thing & nothing else. No upsells. No fintech agenda. No ads. 100% focused on helping you manage your expenses.
On the analytics side, RuTrack competes within Productivity, Lifestyle and Personal Finance — topics that collectively have 654k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how RuTrack performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted RuTrack?
RuTrack was hunted by Nishanth Chandra. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of RuTrack including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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