Lightning

Expense tracker for Egypt

Where Did Your Salary Go?

Every pound out, by category, from your statements and the cash you spent.

Free to use. Windows. No bank login.

One month, worked out

Mohab’s September, Category by Category.

28,818 EGP out. Rent was 42% of it.

Money Out

2026-09, by category

28,818EGP42% went on rent
  1. Housing & RentThe landlord, on the 3rd12,000
  2. Food & Groceries4,644
  3. Health2,700
  4. Loan payments2,500
  5. Other6,974
  6. Money out28,818
The same figure on Mohab’s Expense analysis screen

Bills that repeat

Find What You Pay Every Month.

Lightning spots payments that come back about monthly, so you can track them as bills.

Carrefour and Seoudi, each about once a month

Good questions

Tracking Expenses, Answered

Less typing, more seeing.

Do I have to type every expense?

No. Import your bank and wallet CSVs once a month and add only the cash you spent. When you do type a row, Lightning suggests the names you have used before.

How are expenses put into categories?

You decide once for each name. Tick “Use this category next time” and next month every row with that name sorts itself.

What about cash I spend?

Keep a cash wallet in Lightning and add what you spend from it. Card and wallet payments come in with your statements.

Do transfers count as spending?

No. Moving money between your own accounts, buying shares or gold, and money you hold for others are all left out of money out. Refunds are taken off.

Was this month unusual?

Expense analysis shows how each category moved against the months before, so a one-off repair or a holiday stands out.

Which banks does it work with?

Any bank or wallet that gives you a CSV. Mohab’s sample year has CIB, Vodafone Cash and THNDR files. How importing works.

Keep reading

More Money Questions

Each one answered with Mohab’s year, our sample household.

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