A coach that reacts to every expense
One line, not a report. He teases the purchase, never you. And you can ask him where you stand, like you'd ask a buddy.
Snap a receipt or type “coffee 4.50”: everything gets sorted, converted, counted. And the Rat reacts to every expense in one line that stings.
1-month trial with the annual plan, if eligible.
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One line, not a report. He teases the purchase, never you. And you can ask him where you stand, like you'd ask a buddy.
No login to hand over, no aggregator, no sync that breaks. Your bank, your country: doesn't matter.
Amount, merchant, category and every line of the receipt are suggested in one go. You confirm or fix.
One entry a day and your streak climbs. Starter quests to build the habit from week one.
Rent, internet, gym: declare them once, and the expense is logged on the due date.
Budget in dollars, coffees in baht: he converts when you log it and locks that day's rate. Your history stops moving.
Type what you just paid for, the way you'd tell a buddy. Amount, currency, category: he files it all and gives his take.
Simulated on this page, with pre-written replies and indicative rates. In the app, AI reads and replies.
Amount, merchant, category and receipt lines: everything is suggested, you confirm. No more crumpled receipts at the bottom of your bag.

“4 coffees this week at Highlands, 220k”: that's an expense. The Rat logs it, converts it and replies. Ask him where you stand this month, too.

Spent this cycle, what's left, budget per day. Your cycle starts when you decide, on payday for example.

Rent, internet, subscriptions: declare them once. When the day comes, the expense is logged and your budget takes it into account.

Bank, Wise, Revolut, cash: up to 20 accounts entered by hand, each in its own currency. The health of your savings is read in months of expenses covered.

Cycle curve, breakdown by category, full history. And your data exports whenever you want.

Le Rat speaks 152 currencies. Your budget stays in yours, and every expense keeps that day's rate.
Budget in dollars, spending in baht: the conversion happens when you log it.
What you paid stays what you paid: your history doesn't move when the exchange rate does.
The last known rate is kept, so it works even without a network, at the market or at the register.
Today's budget recalculates with every expense. No more guessing, no more opening your banking app with trembling hands.
No cells, no formulas. You log the way you talk, he does the rest.
Six months of expenses covered: healthy. Three to six: keep an eye on it. Under three: fragile.
He teases the expense, never you. The result: you log your spending instead of running from it.
They have their strengths. Here's where the Rat does it differently.
| Criterion | App linked to your bank | Spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank connection | None | Yes, usually through an aggregator | None |
| Banks and wallets | All of them, cash included | Whatever the aggregator supports | All of them, by hand |
| Logging an expense | A photo or a sentence | Automatic, as long as the sync holds | Cell by cell |
| Foreign-currency spending | 152 currencies, rate locked per expense | Often built for a single currency | Formulas to write and maintain |
| Paper receipts | Lines suggested, you confirm | Rarely line-by-line detail | To retype |
| Someone reacts | Le Rat, on every expense | Charts and alerts | Nobody |
A general comparison of approaches, not of any specific app. Each has its strengths.
Coach, receipt reading, one-sentence entry, budget, accounts, bills, converter: it's all included. Even without a subscription, you can export your data and delete your account from the app.
The exact price for your country is shown in the app before any payment. Cancel from your Apple or Google Play account.
Read the privacy policy (in French)
Because you shouldn't have to hand your banking credentials to a budget app. With no aggregator, nothing breaks when your bank changes something, and the Rat works with any account: online bank, neobank, travel card, cash.
In exchange, every expense goes through you. A photo or a sentence is enough, and that's often where you realize what you spend.
Yes: amount, merchant, category and receipt lines are suggested from the photo. You check it and fix it if needed. Like any automatic reading, it can get things wrong: you always have the last word.
Le Rat knows 152 currencies. Your budget stays in your currency; you can spend in another, and each expense keeps the rate of the day it was logged. If you change your base currency, all your expenses are reconverted.
No. The Rat is a fictional character whose replies are generated by AI. He comments on your spending with humor; it's neither financial advice nor investment advice.
Le Rat runs on a subscription, monthly or annual. 1-month trial with the annual plan, if eligible. The exact price for your country is shown in the app before any payment.
From your Apple account settings (Subscriptions) or from Google Play (Payments & subscriptions). To pay nothing at the end of the trial, cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Details in the terms of use (in French).
It's used to make your budget work: no ads, no resale. Receipt photos and messages to the coach go through an AI provider to produce the reply; Le Rat doesn't use them to train a model. You can export it from the app and delete your account at any time; deletion is immediate. It's all explained in the privacy policy (in French).
iPhone (iOS 15.5 or later) and Android, through the App Store and Google Play. The app comes in French and English.
Install the Rat, snap your first receipt, and hear what he thinks.
1-month trial with the annual plan, if eligible.