Widgets & home-screen shortcuts

Quick actions from your home screen and glanceable Goals and IOU widgets on iPhone and Android.

Expense Trail supports home-screen shortcuts (quick actions) and widgets on installed iPhone and Android apps. They read a local snapshot of your data — no account password is shown on the widget.

Home-screen shortcuts (quick actions)

Long-press the app icon to open shortcuts:

Shortcut	Opens
Add expense	Add entry sheet — expense
Add income	Add entry sheet — income
Split expense	Add entry with split bill enabled
Goal contribution	Add entry — savings toward a goal
IOU code	Settings — share or enter a contact code
Household	Settings — household section

Shortcuts use the same deep links as in-app navigation — you land in the right screen after unlock if app lock is on.

Widgets

Add widgets from the system widget picker (home screen or lock screen where supported).

Widget	Shows
Goals	Savings goals with progress bars and contribute CTA
Splits	Split balances with settle-up reminder
Quick add	One-tap expense, income, split, and goal shortcuts
Spending today	Today's total and monthly spending
Budget pulse	Active budgets with progress and alert states
Goal focus	Primary savings goal with ring-style progress
No-spend streak	Discretionary no-spend streak status
Month at a glance	Today, month, net, and income summary
Wallet balance	Wallet balances at a glance
Place reminder	Recent arrive/leave at a saved place (within 24h), or your first saved place
Wishlist	Purchase wishlist items ready to review

Widgets update when you open the app and data syncs locally. If you have no goals or IOU activity, the widget shows a short empty state.

Under Settings → General → Home screen widgets you can choose:

Setting	Affects
Goal focus widget	Which savings goal appears on Goal focus (or Automatic for the first active goal)
Wallet & month widgets	Which wallet Wallet balance shows, and which wallet’s totals Month at a glance uses (or All wallets for up to three balances)

Changes apply after the next widget refresh (open the app or wait for the periodic update).

Large layouts (iOS & Android)

Budget pulse and Month at a glance support a large home-screen size where available:

Budget pulse — up to five budget rows with remaining amounts
Month at a glance — prominent net total plus today, month, and income stats (wallet name when a single wallet is selected)

On Android, resize the widget to the largest grid size to see the expanded layout.

Stealth mode

With stealth mode on, widget text may mask amounts and sensitive names — same idea as the Dashboard.

Requirements

Requirement	Notes
Store or dev build	Widgets and shortcuts are not available in Expo Go
Sign in (widgets)	Goals and IOU widgets expect data from your signed-in or local ledger snapshot
Web	No widgets or icon shortcuts — use the installed app

Android lock screen

Compact lock-screen widgets may show a single summary line. Use generic lock-screen content under Settings → Alerts if you want less detail on the lock screen. See Alerts & push.