Not FOSS, but XE is what I use for currency exchange
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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Sounds like they need my phone, address, name, etc. which I'm trying to avoid. I just want to monitor. I don't want the app to transfer or exchange money.
I don't have an account there, I only use the app when I need to know what are the rates at that moment.
Ok that's good info, thanks!
I am used to XE just because I've used it since, like, forever. I just uninstalled and see if this app Currencies fits the bill.
check if their website is okay. privacy wise it's much better to use a webpage than an app
Gnu units does unit conversion. Also seems to have currency. It's a command line tool though
https://www.gnu.org/software//units/manual/html_node/Currency.html
The problen here is, who do you want as a source of truth on the currency rate?
Does that matter? Is there such a huge discrepancy?
how often do you need to check?
I pay roughly once a month, but I have some flexibility with when I pay so I don't know? A couple times a month?
are you ok with disclosing your e-mail to the rates provider?
I'd rather not. Like others said, there are websites which already present this information available for anyone, so my hopes were in finding some app that just presented data for you without the need for an account or else.
But you still want to be able to be notified upon the currency rate surpassing the threshold you set?
depends on the purpose
I guess for your use case not really