The phone app is now just Lightning.
No more “Test” in the name or the file, and no beta. If you still have Lightning Test on your phone, move its ledger to the PC and check it there, uninstall it, then install this one and pair again.
Downloads
Download Lightning. Free.
Lightning 2.0.3 for Windows and Android. Install both, and your phone and PC share one ledger.
Ready for your real numbers. We improve Lightning with every release; the release log shows what changed.
What’s new
Notes for Lightning 2.0.3
Plain words, from the release notes. The full list is in the release log.
Bank statements, your way.
Import Excel and text-based CIB statements and review the rows before they post. For an image PDF, copy a prompt that helps an AI tool turn it into a CSV.
Find anything, in Arabic or English.
Search pages, names and transaction history with matching that understands Arabic and near spellings, and merge two names of one counterparty without losing history.
Overview answers more.
See why net worth changed, your net worth in US dollars and grams of 21K gold, and your savings rate and safe to spend on a laptop screen without scrolling.
Plan from where you look.
Buy more from a holding, give money back to its owner, see unclaimed income on Budget, name a rule, change one category limit and compare income delays and bill changes.
A phone that does more.
Swipe a transaction to set its category or delete it, keep Undo beside the message until you leave, and find your PC on the network more reliably.
Install
Three Steps, and You’re In.
No account, and no bank password.
On your PC
Unzip the file into a new folder and open Lightning.exe inside it. Nothing to install, but Windows needs Microsoft Edge WebView2.
On your phone
Open the downloaded file. Android asks once to let your browser install apps: allow it, then tap Install. Download it only from this page.
Pair the two
Open both apps on the same Wi-Fi. The phone keeps the ledger and the PC borrows it, encrypted and with no server.
Release downloads
Choose Your Lightning Version.
Lightning 2.0.3 is the current Windows and Android release. Windows needs Microsoft Edge WebView2; Android downloads directly as an APK with no ZIP to extract. Older builds are in the version archive.
| Release | Platform | Status | Download | Release log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning 2.0.3Current public release | Windows x64 · ZIP archive SHA-256 checksums · Build record | Available now | Download for Windows | Read the log |
| Lightning 2.0.3Paired build | Android arm64 · APK Lightning · shared checksums and build record above | Available now | Download for Android | Read the log |
Sample data
Want to Look Around First?
Start with Mohab’s downloadable CSV year, or load one of four ready-made profiles inside Lightning. Both use fictional data in an empty profile; your own statements work the same way.
- Mohab: download and unzip the sample pack.
- Create or open an empty profile in Lightning.
- For Mohab, create the accounts and import
cib-payroll.csvfirst, then the remaining files. - For Amr, Abdelrahman, Menna or Fatma, choose a profile on Lightning’s welcome screen and select Load sample.
Feedback
Tell Us What Happened.
Something off, or an idea? Tell us one issue or idea at a time; the form lets you add several tickets and name the build. Every release starts from what you send.
App appearance
Try Dendera.
Open Settings → Appearance and choose Dendera or Dendera, night. It applies immediately. Choose Lightning default to switch back.
Free and unlocked themes save with the profile. To keep a paid theme: buy it on the Marketplace, press Get app code on its card, then paste the code in Settings → Appearance → Unlock a theme you bought. Do this once per profile: the profile’s other devices unlock by themselves. Another profile needs its own unlock, at a quarter of the price. The store must enable the app release before it can issue a code.
One Dendera website purchase includes its day and night looks across this website and For Geeks. See the live price and the steps in Use it in the app.
Why Lightning exists
What My Own Numbers Taught Me
When I started investing, I chased percentages. The returns looked exciting, until I looked at the actual amounts, and at the worry and risk that came with them.
I had logged every pound since I graduated and reviewed it each week. That log showed me something quieter: fewer Uber rides and Talabat orders, and a little more care when shopping, kept almost as much each month as my investments made. And it kept doing it, month after month.
None of this is new. Most good money books land in the same place: you can’t control much around you, but you can control your own habits, and habits compound.
Keeping that log by hand took hours every month, and it still never showed everything in one place. Lightning is the tool I wanted then: everything I own and owe, counted properly, so the habits are easy to see. It gets better with every release.
Shape what comes next
Your Answers Decide What We Build Next.
Take the 3–5 minute survey: what you track, what you skip and what you wish Lightning did.
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Study Your Patterns. Control Your Future.