User Guide
From your first subscription to the ledger, sync and backups, step by step.
About Mili
- Name
- Mili (米粒 in Chinese)
- What it is
- A subscription manager and expense tracker
- Devices
- Mac (macOS 14 or later). iPhone and iPad versions are coming soon
- Download
- Coming soon to the Mac App Store
- Price
- Free to download. Mili Pro, which adds the ledger, recurring income and iCloud sync, is a monthly or yearly subscription. See the App Store for pricing
- Privacy
- No account, ads, analytics or tracking. Your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud
- Languages
- English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch
- Currencies
- CNY, USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, HKD, TWD, KRW, SGD, AUD and CAD
- Contact
- mail@chengxiao.dev
Getting Started
- Quick start Install Mili, add your first subscription, and turn on charge reminders. Get your subscriptions under control in five minutes.
- Add and manage subscriptions What to enter for amount and currency, billing cycle, First Billing Date, trials, and reminder days, and how to pause, cancel, delete, and find subscriptions.
Reminders and Insights
- Charge reminders and Upcoming How Mili reminds you before you’re charged, how to choose how many days ahead, and how to see every upcoming charge in the Timeline and Calendar views.
- Overview, Subscription Review, and the Annual Statement Understand Mili’s numbers: monthly average and annual subscription spending, what Subscription Review flags, and the Annual Statement with CSV export.
- Currencies and exchange rates Mili supports 11 currencies. How to set your base currency, where exchange rates come from and how often they update, and how to adjust rates manually.
Mili Pro
- Ledger, budgets, and To Confirm The Mili Pro ledger: record every expense and income, set monthly budgets, and log due subscription charges and paychecks from To Confirm in one click.
- Recurring income vs. spending Add recurring income like your salary to Mili, see what share of it goes to subscriptions, and match planned income with what actually arrives.
- iCloud Sync Sync subscriptions, your ledger, and recurring income across devices with your own iCloud: how to turn it on, what syncs, and how to fix problems.
- Mili Pro What Mili Pro includes, which devices it works on, and how to restore purchases and manage or cancel your subscription.
Data and Settings
- Backup, export, and import How Mili backs up automatically, how to restore a backup, how to export subscriptions and your ledger as JSON or CSV, and how to move your data to a new Mac.
- Settings and keyboard shortcuts Every setting in Mili for Mac explained, plus all menu commands and keyboard shortcuts.