Masareef مصاريفLog your Standard Bank spending automatically
Masareef reads the payment alert the Standard Bank app sends to your phone and logs every transaction in its own Standard Bank wallet, with its amount, merchant and time. No typing.
What gets logged from Standard Bank
- Card payments in shops and online, in rand 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 Standard Bank 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 Standard Bank texts (sender STANDARDBANK) once.
- Make sure alerts from the Standard Bank app are switched on on your phone: Masareef reads the alert you already receive and never contacts the bank.
- On the first transaction Standard Bank 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 Standard Bank
On Android
Let Masareef read notifications once. From then on every payment alert from the Standard Bank 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 Standard Bank / Stanbic Bank app, Standard Bank text messages and Apple Pay alerts.
From iOS 16.4 to 26, SMS from Standard Bank 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 Standard Bank
- Name in Arabic
- Standard Bank
- Android app whose alert is read
- com.sbg.mobile.phone
- iPhone app
- Standard Bank / Stanbic Bank
- SMS sender name
- STANDARDBANK
The alert never leaves your phone
The Standard Bank 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 Standard Bank
Is Masareef part of Standard Bank?
No. Masareef is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by Standard Bank. 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 Standard Bank on Android?
Yes. Once you allow notification access it reads the Standard Bank app's alert (com.sbg.mobile.phone) and logs every transaction on its own, even with the app closed.
Does the Standard Bank 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 Standard Bank?
It logs each transaction in its amount, in rand or any currency you paid in. Wallets in other currencies are a Pro feature.
Does Masareef read SMS from Standard Bank?
On iPhone, yes: texts from the sender STANDARDBANK reach Masareef through an automation you set up once in Shortcuts, from iOS 16.4. On Android it reads the Standard Bank app's notification.
Does it work with Standard Bank 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 Standard Bank / Stanbic Bank 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 South Africa
Outside South Africa
