iOS Shortcut · Google Sheets · Free
Expensetrackingthat gets outof your way.
Five seconds. One tap. Your data lives in your own Google Sheet — not our servers.
Requires iOS 16+ · Free forever
The Setup
Three taps the first time.
One step, every time after.
Install the Shortcut
Tap "Add to Shortcuts" above. It opens directly in the Shortcuts app.
Sign in with Google
The Shortcut opens a Google login page. Sign in and allow access to your Sheets.
Your sheet is ready
A budget sheet is automatically created in your Google Drive. You're done.
Tap the Shortcut
From your home screen, lock screen widget, or Hey Siri.
Pick a category
Food, transport, shopping — seven options, one tap.
Enter the amount
Number keypad. That's it. Your sheet updates instantly.
How to Use
Everything Trax does, explained.
From first tap to full picture — no manual needed.
Logging an expense
Choose a category
Seven options: Food & Dining, Transport, Shopping, Entertainment, Bills & Utilities, Health, Other. One tap, no typing.
Enter the amount
Number keypad. Decimals work — ₹420.69 is fine.
Logged
A confirmation appears. Your sheet updates instantly.
A new row appears
Timestamp, category, amount, and any notes land in your Transactions tab immediately.
Totals update
Your Dashboard recalculates — spend this month, category breakdown, trends.
Nothing to save
No confirmation screen. No save button. It's already there.
What lands in your Google Drive
When you first set up Trax, a spreadsheet called “Trax — My Expenses” is created in your Google Drive with two tabs. Tap Dashboard below to see what auto-populates as you log.
Run it from anywhere
Home screen
Add Trax to your home screen like any app. One tap to open.
Lock screen widget
Add Trax as a lock screen widget. Log an expense without unlocking your phone.
Siri
Say "Hey Siri, run Trax." The whole flow works hands-free.
Standard Google Sheet. Full control.
Because your expenses live in a plain Google Sheet, you can do anything with them — no export, no special format, no asking us:
- ·Edit or delete any entry directly in the sheet
- ·Add your own columns — subcategory, account, tags — Trax ignores them safely
- ·Download as CSV or Excel any time via File → Download
- ·Share the sheet with a partner or accountant like any Google Doc
- ·Revoke Trax's access any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions
Quick answers
Privacy First
Your data lives in your Google Drive.
Not our servers. Not our databases. Yours.
You own the sheet
Your expense data is written directly to a Google Sheet in your own Google Drive account. We never store your financial data anywhere.
Tokens, not passwords
We use Google's official OAuth 2.0 flow. Your Google password never touches our system. You can revoke access any time from your Google account settings.
We see nothing
Our backend receives your expense entries only long enough to write them to your sheet. We log no financial data, no spending patterns, no personal information.
“We built this for ourselves. We’d never build something we wouldn’t trust.”
— The team behind Trax
Roadmap
This is just the start.
Core expense logging
Category selection · Amount entry · Auto-sync to Google Sheets
Budget limits
Set monthly caps per category. Get notified when you're close.
Recurring expenses
Mark subscriptions and bills. Never log them again.
Dashboard website
A beautiful read-only web view of your spending — shareable, embeddable, yours.
Split expenses
Log group expenses and track who owes what. Works with the same sheet.
Multi-currency
Automatic conversion logged alongside original amount. For the frequent traveller.
Free · Open Source · No account needed