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- Forward your bank emails to BoslaForward your bank's alert emails to your household's Bosla address, and each purchase lands in To review.
- Scan a receipt, even a long oneTake a photo and Bosla reads the shop, each item and the total; long receipts can go in up to 6 photos.
- iPhone: send bank text messages to BoslaUse an iPhone Shortcut, set up once in about 3 minutes, to pass each bank SMS to Bosla so it lands in To review.
- How Safe to spend worksSafe to spend is what is in your spending accounts, minus bills due before payday and what still has to go to your goals.
- Add an entry, or just type "fuel 120"Record spending and income in seconds, with quick typing and one-tap chips for what you usually buy.
Getting started
- What is Bosla?Bosla helps your household see what is safe to spend until payday, after bills and savings.
- Start here: your first ten minutesSet up your household, add your accounts and see your safe-to-spend number.
- Set up your payday and accountsTell Bosla when you are paid and add the accounts you spend from, so Safe to spend is right from day one.
- Add an entry, or just type "fuel 120"Record spending and income in seconds, with quick typing and one-tap chips for what you usually buy.
- Adding spending and incomeThree ways to keep your numbers up to date, from fastest to most automatic.
- Put Bosla on your phone's home screenBosla runs in your browser and installs like an app, with no app store needed.
- Add Bosla to your home screenInstall Bosla from your browser so it opens like an app, updates by itself and can send notifications.
Bosla AI
- Ask Bosla: questions about your own moneyAsk about your spending, bills and goals in English or Arabic, and choose exactly what Bosla shares to answer.
- Scan a receipt, even a long oneTake a photo and Bosla reads the shop, each item and the total; long receipts can go in up to 6 photos.
- Price history, price check and your basketSee what you paid for each item and where it was cheaper, then check prices and your basket total while you shop.
- Autopilot: what Bosla AI does for youOne page for everything Bosla adds for you, and what you have left this month.
- Forward your bank emails to BoslaForward your bank's alert emails to your household's Bosla address, and each purchase lands in To review.
- iPhone: send bank text messages to BoslaUse an iPhone Shortcut, set up once in about 3 minutes, to pass each bank SMS to Bosla so it lands in To review.
- Import a bank statementBring in past spending from a CSV statement file; Bosla skips anything already added and guesses categories.
- To review and AutopilotEntries from bank emails, bank texts and repeats wait in To review; Autopilot shows where your entries come from.
Spending and plans
- How Safe to spend worksSafe to spend is what is in your spending accounts, minus bills due before payday and what still has to go to your goals.
- Split your salary on paydayWhen your salary arrives, split it between bills, goals and spending in one step.
- Goals and your safety netSave for what matters, starting with money for the unexpected.
- Bills and repeating entriesNever be surprised by rent, school fees or a subscription again.
- Set and keep a budgetGive a category a limit for each pay cycle and Bosla warns you before you go over.
- Your financial health scoreA score out of 100 across four areas, and the next step to improve it.
- Bills, Commitments and the CalendarAdd your regular bills and loans once, then see everything you have promised to pay, and when, in one place.
- Your own categories, tags and split paymentsAdd categories that fit your life, group spending with tags like Eid, and split one payment across categories.
- Calculators: loans, savings targets and a safety netWork out what a loan really costs, how long a savings target will take, and how big your safety net should be.
- Download your entries as a spreadsheetDownload every entry as a CSV file that opens in Excel or Google Sheets, or everything as JSON for your own backup.
Family
- Invite family and choose their roleBring your spouse and family into the household, each with a role that sets what they can see and do.
- Bring your family inInvite your partner and family, and choose what each person can do.
- Children's moneyPocket money, jars for spending and saving, and chores that earn.
- Children: allowance, jars and choresGive each child three jars (spend, save and give), an allowance, chores with rewards and short money lessons.
- The shopping assistantA shared list that remembers what you paid and where it was cheaper.
Wealth and sending home
- Wealth, zakat and sending money homeTrack investments and net worth, work out zakat, and see what your transfers home really cost.
- Compare before you send money homeSee what each provider really costs, including the rate, not just the fee.
- Investments, net worth and zakatEverything you own in one place, and your zakat worked out from it.
Account and billing
- Plans, the free trial and what changesWhat Free, Plus, Family and Business include, and what happens when a trial ends.
- Plans, the free trial and the founding member priceEvery household starts with a 14-day Family trial and no card; join a paid plan before 31 January 2027 to keep the launch price.
- Launch prices and founding membersJoin while the launch offer is on and keep your price for as long as you stay subscribed.
- Refer a Friend: give a month, get a monthWhen a friend joins with your link and makes their first payment, you each get one month free.
- Change, pay for or cancel your planManage your card and subscription from Plan and usage; you keep your plan to the end of the period you paid for.
- Change, pay or cancel your planPay by card or Apple Pay and Google Pay, or with Paystack in Nigeria. Cancel any time.
- Download or delete your dataTake a copy of everything, or remove your household or your whole account.
Privacy and security
- Lock Bosla with a PIN, and add a privacy keyAsk for a PIN, Face ID or fingerprint when Bosla opens, and lock personal text on your phone with a privacy key.
- The privacy lockLock shop names and notes so only your family's phones can read them.
- The family vaultWrite down what your family needs to know in an emergency, and choose who can open it, and when.
- Bosla AI and your dataWhat is sent to AI, what is never sent, and how to use your own key.
- What the Bosla team can and cannot seeOur team sees account details only, never your entries, receipts, balances or vault, and your data is never used to train AI.
- Check a message before you payPaste a message or offer and see the warning signs.
- Delete a household or your accountDelete a household for everyone in it, or delete your own sign-in, from Settings; deleting is immediate and permanent.
- Signing in and locking the appSign in with an email code, Google or Apple, and lock Bosla on your phone.
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