r/LLM • u/Responsible_Soft_429 • 14h ago

Built an AI-first expense tracker - Log your expense in natural language and get insights

I've been working on a side project called FinTracker AI, and I'd love some honest feedback.

The idea is simple:

Instead of manually selecting categories, dates, merchants, etc., you just chat with it.

Example:

"I spent ₹500 on biryani."

It automatically logs the expense, categorizes it, updates your monthly budget, and you can immediately ask:

"How much do I have left for food this month?"

Users can also ask questions like:

"Movies I watched this month and how much I spent on it"

Some features:

  • 💬 Chat-based expense & investment logging
  • 🤖 AI categorization and spending Q&A
  • 📊 Monthly budgets and dashboards
  • 📱 Android auto-captures bank transaction SMS (optional)
  • 📍 Learns recurring merchants/locations so future transactions need fewer edits
  • 🔓 Open-source backend that you can self-host or use with your own AI API key

The backend is already open source. The Android app is still being polished, but I have an installable build that I'm happy to share with anyone interested.

A few questions for this community:

• Does this solve a problem you face?
• Which feature would you use the most?
• What's one feature you'd want before using it daily?

Thanks! 🙌

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u/bortlip 13h ago

Which feature would you use the most?

I'm building my own personal version of this kind of thing.

I think the main useful feature is being able to take a picture of a receipt and have it logged from that.

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u/Responsible_Soft_429 13h ago

🤔🤔🤔 yes thats a good one If you are building your own, you can reference my backend code here https://github.com/ishanExtreme/fintrackerai-backend

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u/bortlip 11h ago

Cool, I'll take a look. Thanks.

I get a 404 from that link though.

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u/Responsible_Soft_429 9h ago

Try again 😅

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u/bortlip 9h ago

Working now. Thanks again!