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# Welcome to Accountant
Personal finance, the double-entry way.
**Accountant** is a personal finance app for Android, built on real double-entry accounting and made easy. It was designed by a Certified Public Accountant, so your books stay accurate without you having to think like a bookkeeper.
You say what happened (you paid for something, received money, moved money or bought on credit) and Accountant records both sides of the entry. Your accounts always balance, your net worth is real, and your reports can be trusted.
The Home screen
## Start here: the three basics
Three ideas make everything in Accountant click:
1. **Your money in one equation:** total assets = total liabilities + net worth.
2. **The account structure:** account type › account category › account. A category groups accounts; it isn't an account itself.
3. **Six kinds of transactions:** pick what happened, and Accountant records both sides for you.
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[The basics](/accountant/getting-started/the-basics.md)
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## Then get set up
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[First setup](/accountant/getting-started/first-setup.md)
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[Navigating the app](/accountant/getting-started/navigating-the-app.md)
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[Recording a transaction](/accountant/transactions/recording-a-transaction.md)
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## Try the demo first
During setup you can turn on **Add demo data**. It fills the app with a few months of realistic records, so you can explore every screen before entering your own:
* a salaried person who rents an apartment
* emergency savings, a personal loan and a condo mortgage
* several credit cards: one overdue, one due soon and one paid in full
* overseas freelance work paid in foreign currencies, travel cash and a small crypto holding
* budgets, scheduled bills and upcoming payments
The demo is illustrative data, not advice about typical incomes or prices. When you're ready, remove it in **Settings › Remove demo data**. See [First setup](/accountant/getting-started/first-setup.md).
## Popular guides
* [The six transaction types](/accountant/transactions/transaction-types.md): which shortcut to use, and what it records
* [Scanning receipts](/accountant/transactions/scanning-receipts.md)
* [Credit cards](/accountant/planning/credit-cards.md) and [loans](/accountant/planning/loans.md)
* [Setting up AI Accountant](/accountant/ai-accountant/setting-up-ai.md)
* [Sync across devices](/accountant/sync-and-sharing/sync-across-devices.md) and [sharing a ledger](/accountant/sync-and-sharing/shared-ledger.md)
* [Importing from another app](/accountant/your-data/importing.md)
## Need help?
Check the [FAQ](/accountant/help/faq.md), or email ****. You can also tap **Settings › Contact us** in the app.
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