Getting started

Open Kalem in your browser and tap Continue with Google. Kalem has no separate password: it only uses your Google account to know who you are.

Sign-in screen

Choose a plan

For now everyone uses the Free plan. If Plus or Founder interests you, tap Join the waitlist. We’ll let you know when they open, and you keep using Free in the meantime.

Choose a plan

Save your Recovery Key (important!)

The first time you sign in, Kalem creates a Recovery Key: a string of letters and numbers that is the spare key to your data.

Tap Copy or Save as file and keep it somewhere safe, like a password manager or a sheet of paper in a drawer.
We don’t keep this key and can’t recover it. If you lose all your devices and this key, nobody can open your data.

Save your Recovery Key

Tick I’ve saved my Recovery Key somewhere safe, then tap Continue.

Set up in three steps

Language and currency. Choose English or Bahasa Indonesia, and your main currency.
Your period plan. Choose whether your budget runs payday to payday or by calendar month. Add your payday, expected income for the period, and a savings target. You can change all of it later.
Accounts you use. Pick the bank accounts, cards, and wallets you use most, like Cash, Checking, or Credit card. The Free plan has up to 3 accounts.