Masareef مصاريفLog your Crelan spending automatically
Masareef reads the payment alert the Crelan app sends to your phone and logs every transaction in its own Crelan wallet, with its amount, merchant and time. No typing.
What gets logged from Crelan
- Card payments in shops and online, in euros or any currency you paid in.
- Outgoing and incoming transfers, and ATM withdrawals.
- Every transaction lands in its own category, and one tap changes it.
- More than one card? Add each card's last 4 digits and every alert goes to that card's wallet.
An alert the app can't read clearly isn't lost: it waits for you to confirm it with one tap.
How to log Crelan spending automatically
- Install Masareef from Google Play or the App Store, and create a free account to back up your records.
- On Android: open Masareef and allow "Notification access" once. After that it captures alerts even with the app closed.
- On iPhone: from iOS 27 add the ready-made automation in Shortcuts; from iOS 16.4 to 26 set up one automation for Crelan texts (sender CRELAN) once.
- Make sure alerts from the Crelan app are switched on on your phone: Masareef reads the alert you already receive and never contacts the bank.
- On the first transaction Crelan sends an alert, and Masareef logs it with its amount, merchant and time.
- Wrong category? Open the transaction and change it, and turn on "Remember this merchant" so this merchant goes there from now on. An unclear alert waits in "To review" for one tap to confirm.
How it works with Crelan
On Android
Let Masareef read notifications once. From then on every payment alert from the Crelan app is logged on its own, even with the app closed.
On iPhone and iPad
On iOS 27 or later you add one ready-made automation in the Shortcuts app, and Masareef receives alerts from the Crelan Mobile App app, Crelan text messages and Apple Pay alerts.
From iOS 16.4 to 26, SMS from Crelan reach Masareef through an automation you set up once, and from iOS 17 a second one adds Apple Pay. The bank app's own alerts can't be read before iOS 27, so share the message with Masareef or paste it.
How Masareef recognises Crelan
- Name in Arabic
- Crelan
- Android app whose alert is read
- be.crelan.channels.mobile.android.store
- iPhone app
- Crelan Mobile App
- SMS sender name
- CRELAN
The alert never leaves your phone
The Crelan alert is read on your device and its text is never sent to any server. Masareef never asks for your bank password and never links your bank account.
- No banking password
- No link to your bank account
- The alert is read on your phone only
Questions about Crelan
Is Masareef part of Crelan?
No. Masareef is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by Crelan. It reads the alert your phone already receives.
Do I have to enter my bank details?
No. No password, no account number, no link to the bank. The app only needs a free Masareef account, to back up your records.
Is the app free?
Yes, and the free plan is not a trial: everything you enter, your wallets and budgets, and 25 automatic captures a month. Pro raises that limit and adds features such as wallets in other currencies and a shared family record.
Does Masareef work with Crelan on Android?
Yes. Once you allow notification access it reads the Crelan app's alert (be.crelan.channels.mobile.android.store) and logs every transaction on its own, even with the app closed.
Does the Crelan alert or my data leave my phone?
The alert text is never sent to any server; it is read on your device. Masareef never asks for a password and never links your bank account. The free Masareef account only backs up your records.
Which currencies does it log for Crelan?
It logs each transaction in its amount, in euros or any currency you paid in. Wallets in other currencies are a Pro feature.
Does Masareef read SMS from Crelan?
On iPhone, yes: texts from the sender CRELAN reach Masareef through an automation you set up once in Shortcuts, from iOS 16.4. On Android it reads the Crelan app's notification.
Does it work with Crelan on iPhone?
Yes. iPhone needs iOS 16.4 or later, and you set it up once in the Shortcuts app. On iOS 27 it also reads alerts from the Crelan Mobile App app.
What about my other banks and wallets?
Masareef reads alerts from 1,200+ banks and wallets around the world, and each bank or wallet gets its own wallet in the app.
Other banks and wallets in Belgium
- KBC
- Belfius
- BNP Paribas Fortis
- Argenta
- Payconiq by Bancontact
- Beobank
- Keytrade Bank
- Every bank and wallet in Belgium
Outside Belgium
