Your money
stays yours.
spnd. reads your bank SMS to track your spending, and everything it learns stays on your phone. Here's exactly how, in plain words.
Last updated 6 November 2026
Your messages
Only the bank message is read, and only on your phone.
What is spnd.?
spnd. is a money tracker for Android, made in India. When you pay by UPI, card or bank transfer, your bank sends you an SMS. spnd. reads that SMS and records the payment for you, so you can see where your money goes without typing anything.
You also get budgets, limits, card bills, charts and ask., which answers questions about your money. All of it works on your phone.
Why does spnd. need SMS permission?
Your bank already tells you about every payment by SMS. Reading those messages is how spnd. records payments automatically, without you entering anything.
It's your choice. You can turn SMS reading off any time in Settings → SMS Import, or use spnd. without it and add payments yourself.
What it reads, and what it never reads
spnd. only looks at messages from known bank senders, and only the ones about money moving.
✓Reads
- Money debited or credited
- UPI sent and received
- NEFT, IMPS and RTGS transfers
- Card payments
✕Never reads
- OTPs: skipped immediately, never stored
- Personal messages from anyone
- Offers and promotional SMS
- Messages from anyone who isn't a bank
Where your data is stored
Only on your phone. spnd. has no servers and no cloud. Your payments are kept in an encrypted database (AES-256) on your phone, and they are never uploaded, synced or sent anywhere.
Try it yourself: no internet needed
Don't just take our word for it. This takes two minutes.
- 1Install spnd.From the Google Play Store, like any app.
- 2Cut the internetTurn off Wi-Fi and mobile data, then turn on airplane mode.
- 3Set spnd. upOpen it and finish setup. Your month appears from the bank SMS already on your phone.
- 4Try ask.Ask “Where did my money go this month?” and it answers right away.
New bank SMS reach your phone when you turn airplane mode off again, and spnd. adds them then.
What we don't collect
No name, no age, no account. spnd. doesn't access your contacts, camera, microphone or location, doesn't collect usage analytics, and doesn't track you across other apps or websites.
How it's protected
Besides the encrypted database, you can turn on a PIN or fingerprint lock. The app locks itself after 60 seconds in the background. You can block screenshots of your money screens, and spnd. warns you if your phone is rooted.
Backups and alerts
You can save a password-protected backup to your phone. Only your password can open it. If you forget it, nobody can recover it, not even us.
All reminders and alerts, like your daily summary, bill reminders and budget warnings, are created on your phone. No server sends them.
You're in control
Children and changes
spnd. is meant for people 18 and older. We don't knowingly collect anything from children.
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page and let you know in the app.
Questions about your privacy?
A person reads every message.