Last updated 31 August 2026
Tally is a personal finance ledger for iPhone. It is built so that your financial records stay yours: there is no account to create, no server of ours for your data to sit on, and nothing about how you use the app is reported back to us.
Everything you record — entries, accounts, categories, books, budgets, recurring rules and templates — is stored on your device.
If you are signed in to iCloud and have iCloud enabled for Tally, that same data is mirrored to your own private iCloud database so it reaches your other devices. This uses Apple's CloudKit private database: the data lives in your Apple Account, it is governed by Apple's privacy policy, and the developer of Tally cannot read it. You can turn this off at any time in Settings → your name → iCloud → Apps using iCloud.
Tally has no account system. We never see your name, your email address, or your ledger.
One thing, and it carries none of your data:
www.ecb.europa.eu. This is a plain request for a
public file. No amount, account, category or identifier of yours is included, and
the request is the same for every user of the app.
That is the only network request Tally makes.
Importing a spreadsheet reads it directly on your device. Exporting writes a file that you then choose what to do with — save it, AirDrop it, send it somewhere. Where an exported file goes after it leaves Tally is up to you and is no longer covered by this policy.
Tally asks for no system permissions. The "Location" field on an entry is a text note you type yourself; the app never reads your device's location.
Tally is not directed at children and collects nothing from anyone, of any age.
Deleting the app removes everything stored on that device. Data mirrored to iCloud is removed by turning Tally off under Settings → your name → iCloud → Apps using iCloud, and choosing to delete the data when prompted. Because the developer holds no copy, there is nothing else to request the deletion of.
Any change will be published on this page, with the date at the top updated. Since the app collects nothing, changes here are expected to be rare.
Questions about this policy can be raised as an issue on the project's repository.