Question 1

Does finr require an account or login?

Accepted Answer

No. finr does not require a login, so your transaction history is not tied to a cloud account by default.

Question 2

Is my financial data uploaded to a server?

Accepted Answer

finr is designed around on-device processing for core tracking. Transaction parsing and storage stay local unless you explicitly export data.

Question 3

Does finr work without the internet?

Accepted Answer

Yes for core tracking. SMS parsing, transaction detection, summaries, and local history do not require a runtime network dependency.

Question 4

What kind of SMS does finr read?

Accepted Answer

finr is built to read transactional bank and payment alerts that indicate money credited or debited.

Question 5

Can I correct a transaction if parsing is wrong?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Transactions can be edited manually, including details used for review and cleanup.

Question 6

Can I categorize transactions myself?

Accepted Answer

Yes. finr supports category and subcategory tagging, and also seeds some categories automatically to speed up setup.

Question 7

Does finr identify my bank automatically?

Accepted Answer

Where possible, yes. finr can infer bank details from sender patterns and SMS content.

Question 8

Can I see analytics from my SMS transactions?

Accepted Answer

Yes. finr includes weekly, monthly, and yearly analytics views with multiple chart types.

Question 9

What permissions does finr need?

Accepted Answer

SMS access is used for transaction detection, and notification permission is used for summaries and spend alerts.

Question 10

Can older transactions get improved bank details later?

Accepted Answer

Yes. finr includes backfill support for older transactions missing bank-related enrichment.

Question 11

Is there any backend dependency for basic use?

Accepted Answer

No mandatory backend dependency is required for core SMS-based tracking.

Quick answers,clearly.

Quick answers,
clearly.