| What it does | Local-first personal finance app with your ledger on your device, read-only bank sync, and AI insights
| The all-in-one personal finance dashboard combining envelope budgeting, expense tracking, and portfolio management
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| Stage | Startup
| MVP
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| Founded | 2026
| 2020
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| Based in | US
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| Pricing model | Freemium
| Free trial
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| Pricing | Free Forever: $0 always free includes local-first ledger, budgeting, tracking, tax vault, statement imports, and all exports. Misto's Premium: $49 one-time payment unlocks read-only bank sync, instant alerts, AI budget coach, daily notes, household sharing, and all future features.
| Free during open beta. Full release will be subscription-based with price TBD. Beta users will receive a discount.
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| Key features | - Read-only bank sync with no third-party aggregator
- Statement importer supporting CSV, PDF, OFX, QFX, QIF formats
- Zero-based envelope budgeting with goals tracking
- Daily AI insights called Misto's notes (Premium)
- Tax vault with deductible spending detection
- Multi-currency support and 16 languages
- AES-256 encryption with zero-knowledge architecture
- Household sharing with contributor roles and settle-up ledger
- Instant transaction alerts for Premium members
- Works fully offline without internet connection
| - Envelope-based budgeting with real-time category tracking
- Multi-asset portfolio tracking including stocks, ETFs, crypto, commodities, and forex
- Visual reports and Sankey diagrams showing spending flows
- Real-time net worth and portfolio performance tracking
- Annualized performance and wealth projections
- Manual transaction entry with no bank connections required
- AES-256 encryption with zero-knowledge architecture
- EU server hosting under GDPR compliance
- CSV import for portfolio positions
- Desktop and mobile access
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| What makes it different | - Complete data privacy with local-first architecture where your ledger never leaves your device
- Zero-knowledge encryption so even Misto cannot read your financial data
- Built and supported by founder John Sherman personally with direct customer support
- No ads, no data brokers, and no third-party trackers
| - Manual entry by design creates financial awareness and spending habits, unlike automated bank-syncing apps
- Combines budgeting and investing in a single app, providing complete net worth view across cash and all assets
- Zero-knowledge encryption and EU hosting unlike US-based competitors relying on third-party aggregators
- Built by a single developer with no shareholders or exit strategy, focused on quality over growth metrics
- Privacy by design with technically impossible data sales due to encryption
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 4 ● no change since last check | 16 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 6 | 11 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 28 | 20 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 34 | 16 |
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