ExpensesCheck video tutorial - HD

Accounts and Budgets (V1.3)

In this screen you can select, add, edit and delete your accounts. Now you can divide your expenses into different accounts and view them separately.

Select / change account:
You can select an account by pressing it's row. You will notice that a check mark appears in the right side of the row. This means that the selection was completed. Now you can view the expenses of this account  in the normal way from the calendar, calculations and search screens.

 

Edit account:
You can edit an account by pressing the 'Edit' button on the top left side of the screen. You will notice that the shape of the table was changed. Press the account row and you will be transferred to the account editing screen. Change the account details and press the 'Save' button. You will be returned to the Accounts screen.

       

  

Add new account:
You can add a new account by pressing the 'Edit' button on the top left side of the screen. You will notice that a '+' button was added on the top left side of the screen. Press that button. You will be transffered to the account adding screen. Enter the account details. When you are done, press the 'Save' button and you will be returned to the Accounts screen. You can notice that the new account was added to the table.
* You must enter a name for the account in order to save it.

Delete account:
You can delete an account by pressing the 'Edit' button on the top left side of the screen. You can notice that '-' button appear next to each account row. Press the '-' button next to the account you want to delete. Than, press the 'Delete' button that appeared on the right side of the row. Press it and than answer 'Yes' when you are asked if you want to delete that account. That's it! The account was deleted and removed from the accounts list.
*** NOTICE: Together with the account, all it's records will be deleted.

Budgets management:
To each account you can enter the day, week, month and year budgets. You can do so by editing the account or by pressing the 'Budget management' buttons in the Calculations screen.
The budgets and expenses calculation will appear in the Calculations screen.

Search

In this screen you can search for specific expenses. Type in a detail you remember about the expense and the search will display the matched expenses.

Delete expenses:

1) You can delete an expense by sliding your finger to the right above the expense row.

2) Press the 'Delete' button that appeared on the right.

3) Answer 'Yes' when asked if are you sure you want to delete the expense.

4) That's it! The expense was deleted.

See expense details:

In order to view the entire expense details, just press the expense row and you will be transferred to the suitable screen.

Export:

1) You can export all the records that appear in the search table. This means that if you change the expenses in the list, you also change the expenses of the exportation.

2) Press the 'Export' button and choose the file format you want to export with (PDF or CSV).

3) The email composer will show up with the file attached to it.

4) Enter the recipient of the email (You can email it to yourself).

5) Press the 'Send' button.

6) Open the email and the attached file in your computer.

Categories

In this screen you can edit, add and delete your expense categories.

Select category:
This is enabled only while editing an expense.
You can select a category by pressing the category row. You will notice that a check mark appears on the right of that row approving the category selection.

Edit category:
You can edit a category by pressing the 'Edit' button. You will be transferred to the category editing screen. Make sure you enter the category name so you will be able to save it.
* You can enter an addition to the category like: Enter the gifts reciever, for the Gifts category.
Choose an image for the category. When you are done, press the 'Save' button and you will be transferred back to the Categories screen.

Add category:
In order to add a category, press the 'Edit' button. You will notice that a '+' button was added to the top left corner of the screen. Also, another row with a green plus button was added to the bottom of the categories table. By pressing one of those buttons, you will be transferred to the category adding screen. Fill the screen details and press the 'Save' button when you are done. Tou will be transferred back to the Categories screen, and the new category will be added to the bottom of the list.

Delete category:
In order to delete a category press the 'Edit' button. You will notice that a '-' button was added to every category row. Press the '-' button of the desired category and press the 'Delete' button that appears. That's it! The category was deleted.

Extended Calculations

This is ExpensesCheck original method to help you calculate your expenses.

All you need to do is choose the parameters for the calculation and press the calculation button.

1) Including and excluding parameters:

If you want to include a parameter in the calculation, turn the suitable switch on.

If you want to exclude a parameter from the calculation, turn the suitable switch off.

2) Choosing parameters:

You have the following parameters to choose from: Store name, store location, payment form, category and by date to date.

You can choose a parameter by pressing on it's field. You will notice that a list will come up containing all the available options (Those options are taken from your expenses - To make it easier for you).

3) Calculating:

When you are done setting the parameters, press the last row at the screen. The calculation result will immediately appears there.

4) Viewing the included expenses:

You can view the included expenses at the calculation by pressing the blue button at the same row of the result. You will be transferred to the search screen where you can see details of the expenses.

Some Highlights: 

* When you are changing the switches state, the result Resets.

* When the calculation includes empty parameter, the search refers to it as empty.

* When no parameters are selected for the calculation, the calculation includes all the existing expenses!

Expense entering and editing

This is actually the most used screen of ExpensesCheck! Here are some guide lines of this screen:

* You must enter a title in order to save the expense. Try to make it describe the expense because it will be shown at the calendar and at the search screens.

* Enter as much details as you like to describe the expense. The more details you entered, the more easier it will be for you to remember it later.

* Choose a category for the expense. It can be very useful in the expenses calculations and search.

* Choose your form of payment.

* The expense account will be by default the current selected account. You can change it by pressing the account row and choosing the desired account from the list.

* Enter the date of the purchase.

* You can duplicate this expense by changing the number of the expense repetition. You can repeat the expense up to 12 month (a year). If you leave it on 0 it will only create the expense of the chosen date. If you raise it to 1, it will create 2 expenses: One with the selected date and the second one with the selected date of next month.

Some Highlights:

* The blue buttons will be enabled only while adding a new expense or when editing an existing expense (After pressing the 'Edit' button).

* The blue button of the 'Payment form' field will be enabled only when one of the 'Credit card' or the 'Payments' payment forms is selected.
* You can transfer expenses from one account to other by editing the expense and selecting a different account in the suitable text field.

Settings

Here you can modify the app settings and view the existing ones.

* Press the "About" row in order to view more explanation about the app.

* Press the "Currency" row in order to choose your currency.

* See the last time you loged in at the "Last log in" row.

* Press the "Themes" row in order to choose a theme for the app.

* Press on the "Categories" row in order to view, add, edit or delete categories.

* Press one of the "Store names", "Store locations" or "Credit card names" rows in order to edit, add or delete names.

* Press the "Change entrance password" row in order to change your existing password.

* Press the "Delete all records" row in order to delete all the expenses you entered to the app. You will be ask to enter your password to do that.

Calculations

With ExpensesCheck's calculations you will always know how much you spent.

When the Calculations screen appears you can notice that the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly expenses are already calculated and presented. 

If you want to see which expenses are included at each calculation, just press the desired row and you will be transferred to the Search screen where you can see all the included expenses. If you want to see an expense details just press on it's row.

In order to make extended calculations just press the row at the bottom of the screen and you will be transferred to the Extended calculation screen.

Registration

In order to use ExpensesCheck you need to complete a quick registration process.

1)  Enter a password with at least 4 characters. 

2 ) Type  it again at the second text field in order to make sure you entered it correctly at the

     first text field.

That is all! Now you can start using ExpensesCheck by entering your password at the log in screen.

* Few reminders: 

1) The password can not be retrieved once you forgot it! 

2) The password is your encryption key. It's a secret!

Using existing store names and locations

While editing an expense, you can add, edit and use existing store names and locations. 

Here are simple instructions on how to do so:

1 ) From the expense entering screen -> Press the blue button next to the store name or location text field. 

     From the Settings screen -> Press one of the blue buttons of the rows "Store names" or "Store locations".

     You will be transferred to a new screen.

2 )  Adding a new name:
You can notice that there is a row on the top of the screen. Use that row in order to add a new name by tapping on it, writing the name and finally pressing the blue '+' button on the right in order to save it. The new name will appear at a table below that row (All of the existing names will appear at that table).

4 )  Editing an existing name:
In order to edit an existing name, press the 'Edit' button. You will notice that the form of the table has changed. Now, press the row of the name you want to edit. After doing so, you will notice that that name now appears on the top row and you can change it. In order to save the change just press the blue '+' button.

5) Change names order:
While you are in edit mode you can change the names order in the table. Just press at the right of the
row and drag it to the desired place.

6) Deleting a name:
In edit mode you can also delete a name by pressing the '-' button next to that name and than on the 'Delete' button that appears above it.

7) Using an existing name (Available only while editing an expense):

When you are editing an expense and want to use an existing name, just tap on the row of the desired name. You can notice that a checkmark appears on the right. Now, just return to the expense editing screen and you will notice that that name appears on the suitable field.