Brymen meters are very very good:
https://brymen.eu/product-category/multimeters/
BM235 is in your budget.
I have not tried, but suspect someone has solved this:
EEVBlog is central for this stuff..
initial searches:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/getting-brymen-bm869s-working-with-sigrok/
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/program-that-can-log-from-many-multimeters/
He is an acquired taste, I agree.
The electronics community with very knowledgable people on the forum however, is probably some of the best around.
(BTW, eevblog rebrands brymen meters. They are cheaper direct).
They are "almost fluke quality for" much much less.
@dascandy42
Yeah I have a fluke 175 and a BM789.
The 789 is by far the better meter for about half the price.