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Core money records work without sign-in. Cloud backup is optional.
2026Personal finance app, widgets, and website
Cires: Budget & Money Manager
A personal money manager for daily spending, monthly reviews, and future plans.
Core Infinite / ProjectMobile + UI/UX
A money app for daily spending, budgets, and a clearer view of the month.
A balance tells you what is left. It does not explain where the money went. Cires brings income, spending, accounts, and savings into one place so people can review the whole month.
We worked on the mobile app, home-screen widgets, and website. The app is built for iOS and Android, with records kept on the device and optional cloud backup.
Language and currency
Language, right-to-left layouts, dates, and currencies follow the user's settings.
A familiar layout
Themes, fonts, and icons can change while controls stay in the same places.
Home-screen widgets
Balances, budgets, bills, goals, and quick actions sit close to hand.
Make daily entry quick without losing important detail
Recording a coffee should take little effort. Moving money between currencies needs more care: amounts, rates, and fees all matter.
The challenge was to support both in the same app. People needed a short path for simple entries and clear extra fields when a record needed more detail.
What we had to balance
Fast entry and accurate records
Detailed reports and a simple daily view
Personal settings and familiar controls
Our approach
Record first. Review next. Then plan.
We separated daily tasks from deeper reviews. The home screen shows the current picture, entry forms capture the details, and reports give people room to look back.
Budgets and goals build on those records. The app helps people see their options without telling them how to spend.
- Show extra fields only when they are needed
- Use the same money rules in every view
- Encourage regular use without guilt
The user flow
Record what happened
Choose an account, amount, category, and date. Add a note or receipt when the entry needs more context.
Review the month
Compare income and spending, check account balances, and use category breakdowns to see where money went. Export a report for a closer look.
Plan the next step
Set a budget or savings goal. Review upcoming bills and approve recurring entries before they change the records.
Key decisions
A transfer is not an expense
DecisionKeep the source amount, received amount, currencies, exchange rate, and fee as separate parts of a transfer.
WhyMoving money between accounts should not inflate spending. A transfer fee is an expense, but the money moved is not.
Keep the rate used at the time
DecisionSave exchange rates with the records that use them. Keep provider rates separate from the rate actually used in a transfer.
WhyAn old report should not change just because today's exchange rate is different. This also makes bank charges and rate differences easier to understand.
Translate labels, not records
DecisionGive each category a fixed identity and translate its visible name.
WhyA language change should not split a category or disconnect it from earlier transactions, filters, and reports.
Design details
App layout
Keep common tasks close
Quick entry is placed near the information people check most often. Filters narrow a long history, while grouped forms give complex entries more room.
- Short forms for everyday income and spending
- Extra fields for rates, fees, notes, and receipts
- Clear groups for accounts, history, and planning
- Consistent buttons across light and dark themes
Progress
Reward attention, not wealth
Badges and reminders focus on habits such as recording expenses, reviewing a budget, or adding to a goal. They do not rank people by how much money they have.
- Warm, textured achievement artwork
- Recognition for first steps and regular use
- Messages that suggest a next action without blame
Website
Show the moments behind the numbers
The website looks back through a month of ordinary purchases and plans. Product screens then show how those small moments become a useful record.
- Everyday scenes paired with sample app data
- Warm colors and large, readable headlines
- Still-image versions of video sections
Development details
Profiles and backup
Keep each set of records separate
Cires uses Flutter for its iOS and Android app. Each profile has its own local records. Local backup is separate from the optional cloud backup linked to a signed-in account.
- Profile changes load the matching balances and history
- Backups include transfer amounts, fees, and saved rates
- Cloud backup is a saved copy, not live device sync
Widgets
Open the right task from the home screen
A widget can lead straight to an entry, bill, budget, or goal. The app needs to load the active profile before opening that task, especially after a fresh start.
- Hold the requested action while the app starts
- Refresh widget data when the profile changes
- Keep quick actions separate from the full monthly review
Product care
Regional use
Design for more than one language
The layouts account for longer labels, right-to-left text, and local number formats. Arabic and Urdu are part of that work, not just translations added to an English layout.
- Date, number, and currency formatting
- Right-to-left reading order
- Reduced-motion and still-image options on the website
The brand
Talk about money without judging the person.
Cires takes its tone from everyday life: a coffee, a grocery run, a salary, or a savings goal. Warm colors and a leather-pocket mark make the product feel personal rather than like a banking dashboard.
Brand artwork
The mark is a round tan leather pocket with visible stitching. Its material and circular shape connect it to the idea of keeping money close.
Aubergine
#120A10Main website background
Black Cherry
#4A172BSupporting website sections
Patina
#1D5B56Quiet accent color
Champagne
#BFA36BFine lines and small highlights
Porcelain
#F2EDE5Website text and light sections
Ink
#17100FText on light backgrounds
Cires Orange
#F38C3ELight-theme actions
Dark Ember
#F28B4BDark-theme actions
Dark Ground
#12100EDark app background
Dark Card
#1B1713Dark app cards
Warm Light
#FBF5EFLight app background
Warm Ink
#2B1C13Light-theme text
Newsreader
Website headlines
The month is over. What did it become?
Manrope
Website body text and controls
Look back at the month. Plan what comes next.
DM Mono
Dates and short labels
THIS MONTH / THE DETAILS
Roboto
Default app font
Record. Review. Plan.
Writing style
- Calm, specific, and easy to follow
- Encouraging without pressure
- Clear about fees, rates, and backup
Images
- Ordinary purchases and money moments
- Real app screens with sample data
- Warm colors with space around each image
Where it is used
- Dark website chapters with warm, light text
- Orange actions on warm app backgrounds
- Textured badges for progress and habits
What to avoid
- Shame or pressure around spending
- Promises of savings or investment returns
- Busy charts that make the numbers harder to read
Motion
Slow reveals connect everyday scenes to the monthly record. Still images carry the same story when motion is reduced.
A closer look
The overview groups balances, cash flow, recent activity, and quick actions.
Accounts and transaction history show where money is held and how it moves.
Light and dark home views show income, spending, balance trends, and budget alerts.
Daily records with room for a bigger picture
The project brings quick money entry and monthly planning into one app. Its key design choice is to keep the daily view simple while preserving the detail needed for transfers, reports, and future plans.
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