Apps like Hysab Kytab, and how to bring your history with you

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Hysab Kytab has been a favourite expense tracker in Pakistan for years. Its Android app was last updated on 31 October 2023 and its iPhone app on 1 November 2023, and its website now offers its money tools to banks. If you've kept your spending in it for years, you'll want an app that keeps that history and keeps going. This guide covers what to look for, and how Jayb brings your Hysab Kytab history across in one import.

What to look for

  • It imports your Hysab Kytab export, so years of entries aren't left behind.
  • Accounts, transfers and people come across as they were, and the balances match.
  • Rupees first, with lakhs and Roman Urdu understood.
  • Budgets, savings goals and reports at least as good as what you had.
  • It's kept up to date.

Bringing your history into Jayb

Jayb's Import screen takes the export file from the Hysab Kytab app: the .xls file from Android or the .csv file from iPhone. It works out which one you have from what's inside the file, and turns away anything else rather than importing it wrongly.

  • Transfers become real transfers from one account to the other.
  • People are found for lending and borrowing, the way Hysab Kytab kept them.
  • Tags and the order of entries on the same day are kept.
  • Every account's balance is checked against the file.
  • The iPhone export doesn't say where a transfer went, so Jayb walks you through those.
  • Importing again never duplicates anything, and "Replace previous import" rebuilds it cleanly.

Then more than before

  • Jayb AI: talk or type in Urdu or English to record, change and ask about anything.
  • Budgets that start on your salary day, weekly and yearly budgets, and carry-over.
  • Udhaar with WhatsApp reminders, shared accounts and family budgets.
  • Send a statement, an Easypaisa or JazzCash screenshot or an Excel sheet, and Jayb AI checks it against your records.
  • Free on the web, on any phone or computer.

Questions

Can I move from Hysab Kytab to Jayb without losing my history?
Yes. Export from the Hysab Kytab app (the Android .xls or the iPhone .csv file) and import it on Jayb's Import screen. Every transaction comes across, and every account's balance is checked against the file.
Is Hysab Kytab still updated?
On the day this was checked, its Android app was last updated on 31 October 2023 and its iPhone app on 1 November 2023, and its website offered its tools to banks.
Does Jayb cost anything?
No. Jayb is free on the web, with every feature including Jayb AI.
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Sources

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