App lock and other settings

App lock, Trash, language, reporting currency, alerts and appearance.

Open Settings (on phones, More › Settings).

Premium

Accountant Premium, at the top, removes ads and unlocks more. See Premium. Ad privacy choices lets you review your ad consent, where the law requires it.

Security and privacy

App lock

1. Turn on App lock and set a PIN.
2. Optionally turn on Unlock with fingerprint.
3. Choose Lock after leaving app: Immediately, after 5 or 30 seconds, or after 1, 5 or 30 minutes.

Use Change PIN to change it. Android handles fingerprint unlock; Accountant never sees your fingerprint.

Show amounts on widgets

When it's off, home screen and lock screen widgets show •••• instead of balances and totals.

Owner or business name

Enter it as printed on receipts you issue. It appears on exports and printouts, and scanned receipts issued under this name are recorded as income; all others as expenses.

Alerts

• Bank alerts: turn your bank's texts, emails and app alerts into drafts. See Drafts from bank alerts.
• Budget alerts: "Notify at 80% and 100% of a budget." See Budgets.

Trash

In Data and backups, turn on Trash to keep deleted transactions for 30 days, so you can restore them from Transactions › ⋮ › Trash. See Templates, drafts and Trash.

Reporting currency

The currency for totals and reports. Changing it converts your history using historical exchange rates. See Multi-currency.

Language

Accountant is available in more than 50 languages. Tap Language and choose one, or System default to follow your phone. Use Search language to find one quickly.

Appearance

• Dark mode: Light or Dark, or turn on System default to follow your phone.
• Hide bars while scrolling: hide the top and bottom bars as you scroll, for more space.

Demo data

Remove demo data appears while demo data is present. It removes the sample accounts and transactions and keeps your own records.

Help, about and contact

• User manual and Privacy Policy, at the bottom of Settings: open this guide and the policy.
• Learn more links elsewhere in the app open the matching page:
  • the Accounts screen and the account editor (⋮ › Learn more)
  • the bottom of Transaction shortcuts (Not sure which to choose?)
  • the shared ledger, card and loan setup screens (⋮ › Learn more)
  • the AI setup message in AI Accountant
• New users also see Learn the basics during setup, and once on Home. See The basics.
• About Accountant: version, updates, Terms and conditions, Privacy Policy, Open source licenses and Developer.
• Contact us: email the developer.