Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by caspii » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:15 PM UTC

theomega wrote: post #8

Alternative to this is KittySplit. Similar concept, no registration required and web-based. https://www.kittysplit.com/en/

Kittysplit founder here. Thanks for the mention! We have a few more features (and of course are missing others). Features we have:

* Automatic currency conversion

* read-only pots

* commenting on pots

* very fast UI

* Cats

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by noah_greeen » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:17 PM UTC

I still prefer Splittr (https://splittr.io/)

- Works offline - Syncs with friends - No registration needed - All currencies supported - PDF and CSV export - It's FREE to download!

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by caspii » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:22 PM UTC

janberchtold wrote: post #12

theomega wrote: post #8

Alternative to this is KittySplit. Similar concept, no registration required and web-based. https://www.kittysplit.com/en/

Yes KittySplit is similar but in my opinion the UI is too confusing to use.

Ah, I see. You made iou.ch. There may be a conflict of interest here

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by johnfisher57 » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:31 PM UTC

Nice work

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:32 PM UTC

caspii wrote: post #31

theomega wrote: post #8

Alternative to this is KittySplit. Similar concept, no registration required and web-based. https://www.kittysplit.com/en/

Kittysplit founder here. Thanks for the mention! We have a few more features (and of course are missing others). Features we have: * Automatic currency conversion * read-only pots * commenting on pots * very fast UI * Cats

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Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:33 PM UTC

janberchtold wrote: post #12

theomega wrote: post #8

Alternative to this is KittySplit. Similar concept, no registration required and web-based. https://www.kittysplit.com/en/

Yes KittySplit is similar but in my opinion the UI is too confusing to use.

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Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by shhsshs » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:33 PM UTC

Freak_NL wrote: post #21

janberchtold wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! 1. Can you send an email to iou@iou.ch so I can check you address and fix the bug? 2. We will be building mobile apps as soon as possible with this functionality.

Please read up on present day email address validation. If you have a regex that is doing more than ^.+@.+$, then you are doing it wrong. Don't validate the address beyond looking for an '@' in the string; just send an email with a confirmation link to see if it actually works.

I prefer the true email validation regex: https://regex101.com/r/iE0rF5/1

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by ohyea » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:33 PM UTC

caspii wrote: post #30

janberchtold wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes KittySplit is similar but in my opinion the UI is too confusing to use.

Kittysplit founder here. Can you be more specific about what's confusing? Would be great to get some feedback!

Not the person who commented earlier but it feels a bit odd to mix the settlement payments and the actual spending transactions in the same list. Not sure if a different view would be useful or whether it is just something I would get used to over time.

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by ckastner » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:34 PM UTC

janberchtold wrote: post #11

ckastner wrote: post #6

This is exactly the functionality I have been looking for, in a minimal implementation. I love it! When creating a participant, why require an email, though, instead of making it optional? I'd wager that most people will use this on mobile, and therefore share this via WhatsApp or some other IM client. Adding an email then becomes a pointless burden.

Thanks for your feedback! The email is optional when creating a participant. Try it!

Indeed, thanks. I saw that it was required on the pot creation page, and then assumed it was necessary for adding users, too.

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by janberchtold » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 1:38 PM UTC

caspii wrote: post #30

janberchtold wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes KittySplit is similar but in my opinion the UI is too confusing to use.

Kittysplit founder here. Can you be more specific about what's confusing? Would be great to get some feedback!

Hey! To be honest Kittysplit is the best tool in terms of simplicity and accessibility...besides IOU ;) I believe the overview page of a kitty could be cleaned up much more. Using it the first time was not at all intuitive for me. We tried to cut it down to the most important features and hope that even my mom would understand to use it. But lets talk more...contact me on iou@iou.ch if you want to!