Expense Tracker Keypad, Three Taps per Entry | Cash Book
Quick answer
The keypad is the black plus button in the middle of Cash Book's bottom bar. It opens to a big number and a row of tag chips in the footer. Type the amount, tap a tag, tap Done: that is a typical entry in three taps. Note, date and account are one tap away each, and a pill switches between Expense, Income and Transfer. It works offline, which makes it the fallback when voice and camera cannot reach the AI model.
Voice and camera are the fast paths, but sometimes you are on a quiet train, or the coffee was cash and there is nothing to photograph. That is what the keypad is for, and it is built to take three taps.
Amount, tag, done
Tap the black plus in the middle of the bottom bar. The sheet opens straight onto a large number field with a keypad under it, so the first thing you do is type. Beneath the number, your tags sit as chips in the footer, each with its emoji squircle. Tap one. Tap Done. The transaction is in today's list on Home with the day total updated.
Nothing else is required. The date is today, the account is the one selected in the Home title, and the note is empty. Three taps is a real number, not a slogan, because the sheet asks for nothing it can guess.
The fields you need, when you need them
Each optional field is a single tap away rather than a form you scroll through. A note field takes a merchant or a reason. A date control moves an entry to yesterday or last Friday. An account picker moves a purchase from your cash to your card. A pill at the top of the sheet switches the entry between Expense, Income and Transfer.
That pill is what turns the keypad into the one sheet for everything. Income uses the income tags you set up, so a salary or a repayment lands with the right emoji. Transfer moves an amount between two of your accounts and is left out of spending totals, which is exactly right for topping up a card from savings.
Offline, always
The keypad writes to the log on your iPhone and never needs a connection. Voice logging and receipt scanning do, because they hand the audio or photo to an AI model. When you have no signal, the plus button is the same speed as ever, and the voice and camera circles are still there for the next time you do.
The same sheet also opens when you edit any transaction, whether it came from the keypad, the mic, the camera or an Apple Pay tap. Learn it once and you know how to fix anything in the app.
Where the keypad earns its place
Cash is the spending that disappears from every tracker, because there is no receipt and no card notification to remind you. The keypad is the honest answer: log the note, the market stall or the tip while you are still standing there. Read how to track cash spending for a routine that keeps it from piling up.
Frequently asked questions
How fast is a typical entry?
Three taps. Type the amount on the big keypad, tap the tag chip, tap Done. The date defaults to today and the account to the one you have selected on Home, so most entries never need the extra fields.
Can I log income and transfers here too?
Yes. A pill at the top of the sheet switches between Expense, Income and Transfer. Income uses your income tags, and Transfer moves money between two of your accounts without counting as spending.
Does the keypad work offline?
Fully. It writes straight to the log on your iPhone. Only voice logging and receipt scanning need a connection, because they use an AI model.
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