Outside the app

Widgets

Two widgets read the book you have open: Net Worth, and Alerts for anything wanting attention. They show a snapshot written when you save — they never open the book themselves, so nothing is locked. Close the book and they empty until you open it again.

There is also a Control Centre button that opens FinvestLens.

Quick Look

Press Space on a book in the Finder to see inside it without opening it — FinvestLens documents, and GnuCash files too, in all three shapes GnuCash writes them.

Alerts and Shortcuts

Alerts can arrive as notifications, so a bill due or a balance heading negative reaches you without the app in front of you. They are scheduled from the open book and cleared when you close it. FinvestLens also publishes Shortcuts actions, so the book can take part in an automation.