Today's spending, on your home screen and lock screen
See the number without opening anything: live budget progress, Spent Today, recent transactions, and upcoming bills. Tap any of them to land in the matching tab.
Live budget progress
The Budget widget shows where you stand against any budget you've set: over or under for the day, and by how much. A gauge and a number, side by side, so one glance tells you what's left to spend today.
Spent Today, This Week, This Month
One number, on the home screen. Pick the window (today, this week, or this month) and the widget shows the total without you opening anything. Optionally exclude recurring so the figure reflects just the discretionary side.
Recent transactions, on the home screen
A short list of what you logged most recently. Useful as a memory aid ("did I already log lunch?") and as a sanity check for the day's spend without opening the app.
Configurable per Expense Group
Daily on the main home screen, "Tokyo 2026" on a focus screen, "Side Project" on a work screen. Each widget is scoped to whichever group you pick when you add it, so the trip's ledger or the side work gets its own screen without touching the daily one.
Tap to land in the Log tab
Tap the widget and CashJot opens straight into the quick-log form. The form starts empty; type the amount and tag, autocomplete fills the rest from your history.
On the lock screen too
A small spend dial or a one-line spend total on the lock screen, plus a budget dial. Tap either to land in the Log tab or the budgets view. The log doesn't have to wait for unlock.
Upcoming bills, small widget
The next three recurring bills with relative dates, like "Tomorrow" or "In 3d." Tap to land in the Recurring tab.
The approach
CashJot is a quick-log expense tracker; the widgets are how you keep half an eye on the number. The home screen and the lock screen are places you already look dozens of times a day, so that's where today's spend, budget pacing, recent entries, and upcoming bills live. Everything reads from data on your device, and tapping any widget lands you in the matching tab.
Adding one takes a minute: the step-by-step widget setup guide covers the home screen, the lock screen, and the options each widget takes.
Frequently asked
Do widget taps fill in the amount?
No. Widget taps open the Log tab on an empty form so you can type the amount and tag. Only the Apple Pay capture notification lands you on a prefilled review sheet.
Can I show different Expense Groups on different widgets?
Yes. Each widget instance is configured separately. Put a Spent Today widget for your Daily group on the main home screen, a Budget widget for the trip on a focus screen, and a Recent Transactions widget for your Side Project group on a work screen. Long-press the widget, tap Edit, and pick the group.
Do the widgets update in real time?
Widgets refresh whenever you log a new entry, and iOS keeps them up to date in the background. So the Spent Today total and Budget progress reflect what you logged moments ago, without needing to open the app.
Do widgets work offline?
Yes. CashJot is offline-first, and the widgets read from your local data. They render whether or not you have signal, the same way the app does.
Do I need CashJot Plus to use widgets?
The widgets themselves are free. The Budget widget needs a budget to track, though, and per-group filtering earns its keep once you have more than one Expense Group. Budgets and multiple groups are both part of CashJot Plus.
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