What Changed, Build by Build.

Highlights

• Safer cash balances. Edits, deletions and Undo refuse changes that create or worsen a cash deficit.
• Clearer saves and bulk edits. Budget warnings preserve a successful save. A refused bulk edit keeps your inputs and selection so you can correct it.
• Phone delete confirmation. See the selected transaction count before deleting. Cancel keeps your selection, with clearer device and Undo messages in Arabic.

Before you start

• Download and extract the Windows ZIP, then run Lightning.exe from its folder. Android downloads directly as an APK, with no ZIP to extract; it is the signed, debuggable Lightning Test app. Use both builds from this release. Windows needs Microsoft Edge WebView2. Keep an independent backup. Journal sync remains experimental.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• Clearer figures that agree. Overview, Budget and Cash planning lead with the key figures. Budget’s YTD and All time totals now agree with saved monthly plans and category groups.
• More reliable selections. Keep chosen register rows while editing or cancelling, and review bulk changes before saving.
• Clearer bill matching. Review payments across eligible cash accounts and see early payments without counting them twice.
• Quicker pages and clearer Arabic. Overview and Cash planning reuse their calculations, with clearer phone forms and Arabic numbers.

Before you start

• Use the Windows ZIP and Android APK from this same release. Keep an independent backup. Windows needs Microsoft Edge WebView2. The Android download is Lightning Test, a signed test APK installed outside Google Play. This release uses a new Android signing key. If you installed an earlier Lightning Test, keep an independent backup before uninstalling it and installing this APK; it cannot update the old installation in place. Journal sync remains experimental and is not enabled for ordinary profiles.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• More ways to understand investments. Track brokerage cash by currency, group holdings by market or account, and see price gains separately from exchange-rate gains.
• More investment markets. Add US stocks and funds, more brokerage institutions and foreign-currency holdings.
• Clearer everyday workflows. Review bank imports, edit several transactions together, undo changes, and follow budget and cash-planning figures across screens.
• Better Arabic support. Arabic layouts, digits and dates are available across PC and phone screens.

Before you start

• Use the Windows ZIP and Android APK from this same release. Keep an independent backup. Windows needs Microsoft Edge WebView2. The Android download is Lightning Test, a signed test APK installed outside Google Play.
• Journal sync remains experimental and is not enabled for ordinary profiles.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• Money in more than one currency. Convert between accounts, review the executed rate and fees, and see the cost and gains of your foreign cash.
• US stocks and ETFs. Pick Nasdaq and NYSE holdings, buy them from a dollar account, and see price gains separately from exchange-rate gains.
• Arabic on PC and phone. Arabic type, digits, dates and layouts, with a clearer register and currency screens.

Fixed

• Conversion previews handle incomplete amounts and Arabic digits. EGP bank messages cannot be assigned to foreign accounts.
• More accurate short-period returns, clearer allocation warnings and reserve updates.

Before you start

• Update both devices to this release. Close Lightning, extract the Windows ZIP into a fresh folder, and keep an independent data backup. Ordinary-PC restore and reboot acceptance remain open.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• One ledger on your phone and PC. Move the profile to your phone, lend it to your PC when you need a larger screen, then hand it back. Only one device writes at a time.
• Both apps from one tested commit. The Windows ZIP and signed Android APK share a build record and checksums.
• Clearer money screens. Registers use two-line rows; sparse Spending and Plan views show useful context without repeating a lone number.

Fixed

• Certificate values stay honest. Purchase price remains principal until you enter a dated valuation; updating a price changes value without inventing cash.
• Exchange rates have a working source. Dated transfer-rate midpoints now come from Banque Misr after the former source stopped answering.

Before you start

• Install the matching phone and PC files from the same 1.0 release. They work together on the same Wi-Fi.
• You can test with sample or real data. Keep an independent backup: legacy import and in-app backup restore are still being finished. The phone beta is debuggable and the Windows ZIP is not code-signed.

Highlights

• Pages open almost instantly. Budget now opens in under half a second instead of 7 seconds, and the Overview in a quarter of a second.
• Your certificates, tracked properly. One portfolio per bank, each certificate with its own terms. Interest and maturity cash appear in your forecast, marked as estimates.
• Match your bank in one step. Type the balance your bank shows. A small gap is settled with one adjustment, instead of ticking off every line.
• Other people’s money stays out of yours. Mark cash you hold for family or friends, and expenses someone else paid for you. Your net worth and spending stay accurate.

New

• Ask AI about your money. Export for AI turns any period into one workbook and a ready-made prompt for the AI you use. Nothing leaves your computer unless you send it.
• A guided start. The Get set up card takes you through five steps, then gets out of the way.
• Categorise many rows at once. Search “Talabat”, select the rows, and set one category for all of them.
• Start fresh without losing anything. Open a new profile; the old one stays exactly as it was.
• Export just the rows you need. Tick them and save them as a CSV.

Looks and feel

• Lightning looks like Lightning. Our own fonts and logo, cards coloured by what each number means, and a Back button on every detail page.
• Your month at a glance. A calendar shows spending and net cash flow by day and by month.
• One date picker everywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, and it works from the keyboard.

Fixed

• Imports take minutes, not an evening. You answer once per name, not once per row: 17 questions instead of 43 in the sample year.
• Overview and Budget agree. Both show the same amount left in your plan, and a small “!” marks any figure that’s an estimate.
• Old prices are flagged. Anything last priced more than about two months ago is marked.
• Dropdowns inside pop-ups work again.

Highlights

• Lightning on your Windows PC. Your data stays on your computer, in a profile locked with your password and a recovery key.

New

• Import your bank statements. CSV files up to 5 MB, and you review every row before anything is saved.
• Safe upgrades. Lightning makes a verified backup before every upgrade.
• See which build you’re on. The version shows in the title bar and in Settings.

Looks and feel

• The answer comes first. Key figures lead with the number, then one line of context.
• Faster edits. Right-click a transaction for Save, History, Cancel and Delete.

• A flat, or anything else under “Other”, can be counted twice in your holdings.
• Adding something you already owned shows as a gain in your net worth.
• Safe to spend doesn’t count bills due right after payday yet.
• If you sell everything in a period, the Investments tab hides that period’s gain.
• Bringing in your old data, and restoring a backup, aren’t in the app yet.