Log the day from your Home Screen
The whole widget is a button. Tap it once and today is logged, without FrugalStreak ever opening. That is the shortest possible distance between getting through a day and recording that you did.
A no-spend tracker that is only a streak
Tap a Home Screen widget on every day you get through without an impulse buy, and watch the run of days build up. There is no budget to set up and no bank account to connect.
Download on the App StoreWhat it does
You decide what counts
Most people don't count rent, bills or the weekly shop. Write your own one-line rule during setup and the app shows it back to you. Nothing is categorised and nothing is scored, so there is no argument with yourself at 9pm about whether a coffee broke the rule.
The run of days is the point
A heatmap of the last five weeks sits on the first screen, next to the current count. Watching a block of days fill in is the reason streaks work at all, so it is the first thing you see rather than something buried in a report.
Being honest costs you nothing
Tap "I spent today" and the current streak goes to zero, which is the whole point of a streak. Your best-ever run is kept and stays on screen. An app that punished you for telling the truth would just teach you to lie to it.
Badges at 7, 30 and 100 days
Three milestones, earned from your best streak rather than your current one, so a reset can never take one back. They are free, and so is the celebration when you hit one.
No account and no bank connection
There is no sign-up and no server. Your streak lives on your iPhone and the app works with the network switched off. Nothing about your spending is transmitted anywhere, because there is nothing to transmit.
FrugalStreak Unlocked
Everything above is free with no time limit. The paid unlock adds two things for people who stay with it long enough to want a record.
- Your full streak history: every run you have finished, with its length and dates, not just the one you are on
- Custom widget colours
- Logging, the streak count, the heatmap and the badges all stay free
Guides
How to set the rules, decide what counts, and keep going after the day you slip.
- How to write no-spend challenge rules you will actually followWrite your no-spend rules down before you start, in one sentence, and settle the edge cases in advance. Here is how to decide what counts and what doesn't.
- What counts as spending on a no-spend day?On a no-spend day, discretionary purchases count and fixed essentials do not. Here is the usual dividing line, and how to place the awkward cases.
- How to track no-spend days on your iPhoneTracking no-spend days works when logging takes one tap. Here is how to set it up on an iPhone without linking a bank account or building a budget.
- You broke your no-spend streak. Now what?Breaking a no-spend streak is normal and recoverable. Log it honestly, start again the same day, and treat the best run you built as the number that matters.
- Put your no-spend challenge on your Home ScreenA Home Screen widget turns a no-spend challenge into a one-tap habit. Here is why the widget matters more than the app, and how to place it well.
- No-spend challenge or budget: which should you try first?A budget allocates money across categories. A no-spend challenge interrupts one habit. Here is which one fits the problem you actually have.
Common questions
- Is FrugalStreak free?
- Yes. Logging a no-spend day, your streak count, the five-week heatmap and the milestone badges are free with no time limit and no ads. A one-time $2.99 unlock adds your full streak history and custom widget colours.
- Do I have to connect my bank account?
- No, and you cannot. FrugalStreak has no bank linking, no transaction import and no server. It never sees a penny of your actual spending. You tell it whether today was a no-spend day and that is the entire input.
- What counts as spending?
- Whatever you decide. During setup you write a single line describing your own rule, and the app shows it back to you rather than judging it. Most people exclude rent, bills and groceries, and count everything discretionary.
- What happens when I break the streak?
- Tap "I spent today" and the current streak resets to zero. Your longest-ever streak is kept and stays visible, and any badges you have earned stay earned. Resetting honestly never costs you your record.
- Do I need to open the app every day?
- No. Add the widget to your Home Screen and one tap logs the day. The streak updates and the app stays closed.
- Is there a subscription?
- No. There is one optional purchase at $2.99 and you own it. Nothing renews.
- Can I track more than one thing?
- No. FrugalStreak tracks one no-spend streak, and the constraint is deliberate. If you want categories and budgets there are good apps for that, built on the opposite bet to this one.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. Everything except the optional purchase works with no network connection, because your streak is stored on the device.
Start a streak today
Pick your rule, put the widget on your Home Screen, and tap it tonight.
Download on the App Store