# NotifSync for YNAB

If your bank has no direct import, NotifSync turns the transaction alerts your banking apps already post into YNAB transactions — parsed on your phone.

Android 8.0 or newer. Free for 34 days from connecting YNAB, then one purchase, not a subscription.

[Get it on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.notifsync.ynab)

## Pages

- [About](https://www.notifsync.com/about/)
- [Contact](https://www.notifsync.com/contact/)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.notifsync.com/privacy/)

## FAQ

### Is there an iPhone version?

No. NotifSync is Android only, 8.0 or newer. It works by reading the transaction alerts your banking apps post, and iOS doesn't let apps do that.

### What does it cost?

NotifSync is free for 34 days, counted from the day you connect YNAB, with nothing held back. After that it's one purchase, not a subscription. Pay once and it stays unlocked. If your bank changes its notification wording later, you create a new pattern for it in the app, and that costs nothing extra. Google Play shows the price before you buy, and the purchase is tied to your Google account, so reinstalling doesn't mean paying again.

### Why does it need notification access?

That permission is the whole mechanism: NotifSync reads the transaction alerts your banking apps post so it can turn them into YNAB transactions. Every notification is parsed on your phone. There is no NotifSync server to upload anything to.

### Will it recognise my bank's notifications?

If your bank sends you a transaction notification, yes. Nothing is pre-configured, and that is exactly why there's no supported-bank list to be on. Instead of guessing at your bank's wording, NotifSync learns it from you: tag the amount, payee and date once in a real notification, and it saves that as a pattern it recognises from then on. Each format your bank sends — payments, refunds, transfers — gets its own pattern, and you can add as many as you like, across as many banks and cards as you use. If your bank changes its wording later, the notification that stops matching is kept for you to review, and you can create a new pattern from it.

### Is this made by YNAB?

No. NotifSync is an independent app built by one developer, and it isn't affiliated with or endorsed by YNAB. It connects to your plan through YNAB's official API. You sign in to YNAB to authorise access, and you can revoke it from your YNAB account at any time.

### What if NotifSync stops capturing transactions?

The likeliest cause is that NotifSync was not running when the notification arrived. Android, and some phone makers on top of Android, stop apps in the background to save battery. Your bank's alert still reaches your phone, but NotifSync reads a notification as it arrives, so if it was asleep at that moment, that alert is missed. Transactions going missing overnight is the classic sign. The fix is to let NotifSync run in the background. The names differ from phone to phone, so look for a setting called something like Battery optimisation, Unrestricted, Sleeping apps or Autostart, and searching your phone's settings for NotifSync is usually the quickest way to find it. NotifSync's own settings have a Troubleshooting section that checks what it can and opens the right system screen for you.

### Does Do Not Disturb stop NotifSync from working?

No. Do Not Disturb mutes the alert. It does not stop the notification reaching NotifSync. I tested every Do Not Disturb mode, including total silence and with notifications hidden from the screen, on stock Android and on a Samsung phone, and the notification arrived every time with its details intact. So if you use Do Not Disturb on purpose, keep it, and you do not need to make an exception for your bank. The setting that does matter is whether the banking app is allowed to show notifications at all. Find that app in your phone's settings and check its notifications are on, then check inside the app too, since many banking apps have their own switch for transaction alerts. NotifSync cannot tell you which of these is wrong on your phone. Sleep, bedtime and focus modes go further than standard Do Not Disturb on some phones, and those I have not been able to test. This is a separate thing from NotifSync not running in the background.