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Platforms Overview
BookKeep comes as an Android app, a web app, and a desktop app. All three share the same account, and data syncs in real time. You can use just one of them, or combine them as the situation calls for.
Which one to use
| Situation | Recommended |
|---|---|
| Recording everyday spending on the go | Android app |
| Month-end reconciling, deep analysis, working on a large screen | Desktop app |
| Using someone else's computer temporarily, or needing the fullest feature set | Web app |
| Talking with AI to look up and record transactions | Web app / desktop app |
| Looking up and recording transactions in the AI client you already use | Create a key in the web app, then connect from the client (see Connect AI Clients (MCP)) |
Feature matrix
Bookkeeping and data management
| Feature | Android app | Web app | Desktop app |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record an entry (category, tag, ledger, discount price) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Exclude from income/expense / exclude from budget / starred | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Category / tag / ledger / fund account management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Subtotals | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Refund records | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Debt management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Budgets (monthly / yearly) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Savings plans | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Analysis and intelligence
| Feature | Android app | Web app | Desktop app |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home overview / calendar / heat map | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Health score | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Income & expense insights (category / tag) | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ |
| YoY & MoM comparison | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Spending structure | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Savings analysis & wealth growth | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Spending profile | 🔶 | ✅ | — |
| Spending optimization (large transactions) | 🔶 | ✅ | — |
| Fund flow (Sankey diagram) | — | ✅ | — |
| Spending concentration | — | ✅ | — |
| AI assistant (conversational bookkeeping) | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Connect third-party AI clients (MCP) | — | ✅ (key management) | — |
Account and security
| Feature | Android app | Web app | Desktop app |
|---|---|---|---|
| Password login | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| QR-code login | ✅ (scan to authorize) | ✅ (show QR code) | ✅ (show QR code) |
| Password-free device login / fingerprint login | ✅ | — | — |
| Security Center (device management, login history) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Family sharing | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Notifications | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Feedback | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dark mode | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multiple languages | — | 🔶 | ✅ (Chinese / English / Japanese) |
| Check for updates | ✅ | Not needed | ✅ |
Legend: ✅ supported; 🔶 supported or being aligned gradually — for the complete experience, rely on the app marked ✅; — not supported yet.
About gradual alignment
Analysis capabilities are being brought over from the web app to the other apps step by step. For features marked 🔶, what is available on the other apps is subject to the actual interface of the current version; this document is revised continuously as versions are updated.