Is Koma free?+
Yes. When you sign up, your first 7 days are free with unlimited AI, so you can try it properly before you decide. After that, pay-cycle tracking, budgets, savings goals, family support tracking, and your cycle Wrapped summary all stay free. The AI assistant stays free too, with 10 AI messages per pay cycle for logging and questions by chat, while manual logging is always unlimited. If you want the AI cap lifted, Koma+ is the paid plan, and you buy it inside the app through the App Store or Google Play. The core app stays free either way.
Does Koma have an AI assistant or chatbot?+
Yes. Koma is built around an AI chat assistant. You log expenses by chatting in English, Arabic, or Arabizi, with no forms, and you can ask questions about your money in plain language, like how much you spent on dining this month or how much you have left this cycle, and get a clear answer back. The AI understands English and Arabic, including the Gulf, Levantine, and Egyptian dialects and Arabizi, even when you mix in a few words of Hindi, Urdu, or Tagalog.
What can I ask the Koma AI?+
Two things: tell it what you spent, or ask it about your money. Logging sounds like 'spent 45 on lunch', 'صرفت ٨٠ على الغداء', 'taxi 30', or 'sent 1500 to mum'. Questions sound like 'how much did I spend on groceries this cycle?', 'what is my biggest expense this month?', 'how much have I sent home this year?', or 'how much do I have left until payday?'. You can also tap the mic and say any of it out loud, or photograph a receipt and let the AI read every line. It answers in the language you asked in.
How is Koma different from other budgeting apps?+
Most budgeting apps are built around the calendar month and around connecting to your bank, and most of them only speak English. Koma starts from your salary cycle, because payday in the Gulf is rarely the 1st. You log by chatting instead of filling in forms, in English, Arabic, or Arabizi. Money you send home to family is a planned part of the cycle rather than just another expense. And Koma never asks to connect to your bank. If a global budgeting app has ever felt like it was written for somewhere else, that gap is what Koma was built for.
Does Koma work in Saudi Arabia?+
Yes. Koma is built for the whole GCC. It works in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, and it understands each country's currency.
Can I use Koma in Arabic?+
Yes. Koma is fully bilingual in English and Arabic, with a right-to-left interface for Arabic. You can also log expenses by chatting in Arabic, English, Arabizi, or a mix of them, and Koma understands you.
How do I log expenses?+
You just tell Koma what you spent in plain language, for example 'صرفت 80 على الغداء' or 'spent 80 on lunch'. Koma reads the amount, currency, and category, shows a quick confirmation, and adds it to your records. No forms, no menus.
Is my data safe, and does Koma need my bank login?+
Koma never asks for your online banking login, card numbers, or bank account access, and it never connects to your bank. You tell Koma what you spent. On Android, Koma+ subscribers can also switch on automatic capture, which reads the payment alerts your phone has already received, only from the banking apps you pick yourself, and you can switch it off whenever you like. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, it is never sold or shared with advertisers, and you can export or delete everything at any time.
Is Koma a bank, and does it give financial advice?+
No to both, on purpose. Koma is not a bank, it does not hold or move your money, and it is not a licensed financial adviser. It will never tell you what you should do with your money. What it does is describe what already happened, in plain language: what you spent, what you sent home, what is left in this cycle, and where the money went. The decisions stay yours.
What is a pay cycle and why does Koma use it?+
Most people in the Gulf get paid on a day that is not the 1st of the month, so a calendar-month view never matches real life. Koma tracks your salary cycle instead of the calendar month, so your spending, budgets, and days remaining all line up with the money you actually have until your next payday.
Can Koma track money I send home?+
Yes. Koma has a family support and remittance tracker. You set a monthly support goal for each person you help, watch it fill up during the cycle, and confirm when you have sent money home, so supporting family is part of your plan, not an afterthought.
Do I need to download an app, or does Koma work in the browser?+
Either way works. On Android, Koma is free on Google Play, so you install it like any other app. Koma also runs in any modern browser, so you can start on the web in seconds with just your email address, no download and no card. On iPhone you add it to your home screen straight from the browser in a couple of taps, and it opens full screen with its own icon, just like an installed app. The step-by-step guide for every option is at heykoma.com/download.