Currencies

Track money in another currency

Type an amount in any currency and PayMeLater converts it at that day's rate. The rate and date are saved with the entry for good.

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Every contact has a currency, and their balance is kept in it. Individual entries can be in any currency at all: a dinner in dollars on a trip still counts towards a balance in pounds, and the entry remembers both amounts.

  1. 1

    Tap the currency symbol on the amount step

    While adding a transaction, the symbol to the left of the amount opens the currency list.

  2. 2

    Pick the currency the money was actually in

    The contact's own currency is pinned at the top. Search for any other.

  3. 3

    Type the amount and check the conversion

    The line under the field shows what it comes to in the contact's currency, at today's rate, with the rate's date. Tap the pill to use a different rate, for example the one your bank charged.

The How much step with the pound symbol next to the amount field
Step 1: the currency symbol is a button.
The currency picker with the contact's currency pinned at the top and USD next
Step 2: the contact's currency stays at the top; everything else is searchable.
The amount step with $120 typed and the live conversion to £90.59 shown beneath it
Step 3: $120 becomes £90.59 at today's rate. The pill is tappable to override the rate.

How it shows up afterwards

The ledger lists the entry in the currency you typed, while the balance at the top stays in the contact's currency. Open the entry and the Conversion block shows the converted amount, the rate, and the date the rate was taken. That rate never changes, so old entries never drift when exchange rates move.

Maria Garcia's ledger with a $95 theatre tickets entry among pound entries, and a balance in pounds
A dollar entry on a pound ledger. The balance is still in pounds.
Transaction Details showing $95.00 with a Conversion block of £75.68 at rate 1.255
The entry keeps its conversion: £75.68 at 1.255, and the rate's date in the history.
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