Your money. In your own words.

Plain-text accounting for Mac, iPad and iPhone. A proper editor. A clearer picture. Books you own. Download link coming soon See it in action

Denarius journal editor on Mac with syntax highlighting, accounts and live running balances

A ledger. With a lot going for it.

Write naturally. An hledger journal, with syntax highlighting, inline diagnostics and running balances.
Bring the paperwork. Read receipts on device. Import statements and review matches before reconciling.
See the whole picture. Reports, charts, budgets and investment history, all drawn from your journal.
Keep the history. Automatic git commits record your edits. Sync to a remote you choose.

The numbers line up. So does the editor.

Accounts are coloured by type. Running balances sit beside your postings. Inline diagnostics catch unbalanced transactions and offer fixes as you type. Prefer a guided entry? Create a transaction without writing every posting yourself. There is room for both kinds of bookkeeper.

The Denarius editor, showing colour-coded postings and the balance strip beside each line

A clearer picture

Follow net worth over time, compare income and expenses, or see where your spending goes. Open a chart’s table when you want the figures behind it. Category breakdowns, heatmaps and money-flow diagrams give the same journal a different perspective. Export reports to keep or share.

Denarius Trends showing net worth, spending categories, income and expenses, and a spending heatmap

From the everyday to the long view.

Give every month a plan.

Set budget rules in your journal, then compare them with actual spending. A little foresight for the next grocery expedition.

Denarius budget workspace comparing actual spending with budget rules

Receipts, minus the retyping.

Drop in a receipt. Text recognition and supported on-device models suggest transaction details. Review the proposal before anything is written.

Reconcile with confidence.

Import a bank statement, match it against your journal, and review the differences. Reconciliation writes a balance assertion your ledger can check.

History with a memory.

Edits become git commits with readable descriptions. Browse what changed, and sync over your own remote when you want to.

Plain text. Not plain capabilities.

This is an hledger journal. Denarius edits it directly, and the command-line tools can read it too. No export ceremony required.

2026-10-01 * Studio | Invoice paid
    Assets:Bank:Checking             $2400.00
    Income:Freelance

2026-10-02 * Corner Cafe | Working lunch
    Expenses:Food:Dining               $28.50
    Liabilities:Credit Card

~ monthly
    (Expenses:Food:Groceries)          $520.00

Open your books in a text editor. Run hledger balance. Keep them under version control. The app is useful company, not a gatekeeper.

At home on your Apple devices.

The same file and accounting engine, with interfaces suited to each screen. The iPhone comes along for capture and review; the bigger screens give the books more room.

	Mac	iPad	iPhone
Journal editing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Receipt capture and review	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reports and charts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Statement reconciliation	Yes	Yes	No
Budget editing	Yes	Yes	Read only
Git history and sync	Yes	Yes	Yes
On Mac, familiar document controls, Quick Look previews and keyboard shortcuts make it feel like it belongs. Because it does.

Keep your books. Keep your freedom.

Denarius requires macOS 26, iPadOS 26 or iOS 26. Receipt text recognition runs on device; model-assisted extraction requires supported Apple hardware. Download link coming soon Questions? Get in touch. Read the privacy policy.