What Changed, Build by Build.

Highlights

• Windows Updates From Settings. Download this Windows version and extract it into a new folder. Later versions can be checked, downloaded and installed from Settings. Lightning verifies update files before installation.
• More Ways To Import A Statement. Review Excel worksheets and more CSV formats, keep rows with the right account, and review up to 500 rows per page.
• A Clearer Phone. Move between Home, Budget, Add, Activity and Money from the tab bar. See what needs you and keep daily spending figures consistent with the PC.
• Clearer Arabic. Import reviews, date ranges, counts and delete confirmations read correctly in Arabic.

Before you start

Download both builds from this release and keep an independent backup. Extract this Windows ZIP into a new folder and open Lightning.exe. This first updater release is installed by hand; later Windows updates can be installed from Settings. Windows needs WebView2. Android is the signed Lightning APK. Journal sync remains experimental.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• The phone app is now just Lightning. No more “Test” in the name or the file, and no beta. If you still have Lightning on your phone, move its ledger to the PC and check it there, uninstall it, then install this one and pair again.
• 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.

Before you start

Use both builds from this release and keep an independent backup. Windows needs WebView2; Android is the signed, debuggable Lightning APK. Journal sync remains experimental.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• A tidier PC, tab by tab. Each tab opens on its answer: more transactions on the first screen, a read-only budget with an Edit plan button, and fewer sentences that explain the screen.
• Safety agrees with itself. Reserves and Limits show the same emergency fund, and Loans, Planner and Zakat lead with their figure.
• A calmer phone. One Needs you strip, Budget shown once, Transactions on this month, and the next payment after payday.
• Fewer surprises. A conversion far from the market rate asks once before saving; a form sent twice unlocks or saves once; nearby pairing comes first when you connect a device.
• Loan payments stay put. Skipping a loan payment no longer drops a part payment.
• Unlocking behaves. Pressing Enter and then clicking no longer shows “This form expired”.

Before you start

Use both builds from this release and keep an independent backup. Windows needs WebView2; Android is the signed, debuggable Lightning Test APK. Journal sync remains experimental.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• A quicker phone experience. Start with the amount, review a bank SMS, see upcoming payments and swipe a transaction to open or delete it.
• Understand your money. Compare periods, review reports and item analysis, and follow a transaction to its accounts, counterparties and tags.
• Clearer imports and bulk edits. Import multiple statements, match accounts, review changes and undo a batch.
• Themes and clearer messages. Try updated themes and see clearer device and pairing errors.

Before you start

Use both builds from this release and keep an independent backup. Windows needs WebView2; Android is the signed, debuggable Lightning Test APK. Journal sync remains experimental.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

Highlights

• Arabic search and bank imports. Search recognizes Arabic spelling and digit variants. Bank imports accept accounting negatives and currency labels while preserving small fractional amounts.
• Safer saves and repayments. Repeated Add submissions in ordinary profiles do not create duplicate transactions. Loan payments refuse amounts above the remaining instalment balance.
• Choose your app theme. Open Settings → Appearance to try a theme or return to Lightning default. Free and unlocked choices save with the profile. Paid-theme unlocking is not enabled yet.

Before you start

• Use both builds from this release and keep an independent backup. Windows needs Microsoft Edge WebView2. On Android, install the APK directly; it is the signed, debuggable Lightning Test app. Journal sync remains experimental.

Windows ZIP · Android APK · SHA256SUMS · Build record

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.