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Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by janberchtold »

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!

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by haydenkshaw »

Splitwise user here. Interface is clear and easy to use with most of the required functionality.

Personally I find the per-bill itemised expense part of Splitwise essential, being able to split a receipt into it's items and then charge particular participants for only certain items. Uploading images of receipts to each bill is also essential imo.

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by Yizahi »

Is it an actual problem without solution though, to be "simpler than Splitwise"? And is it actually perceptibly simpler? I find Splitwise rather easy to use and just functional enough to cover all usecases. From the first look this site does about the same stuff, no? The only significant difference I see is app vs website.

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by dvgt »

I created an even simpler version of this optimized for mobile usage ("add to homescreen") for personal use a couple of years ago. Never dared to advertise it though. Initially used it to look into fancy front end tech, but quickly resorted to PHP, SQL and a bit of jQuery.

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by dalbotex »

Great work, I like the simplicity!

So far I have two issues with your solution:

1. It doesn't accept my email address. Looks like the pattern is way too strict and doesn't allow any new TLDs.

2. The use-case I most often see Splitwise used for is trips abroad with friends. In this situation, expenses are often recorded while no internet connection is available and synced later. I'm not sure if IOU supports this, I haven't tried it.

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by janberchtold »

dalbotex wrote: post #16

Great work, I like the simplicity! So far I have two issues with your solution: 1. It doesn't accept my email address. Looks like the pattern is way too strict and doesn't allow any new TLDs. 2. The use-case I most often see Splitwise used for is trips abroad with friends. In this situation, expenses are often recorded while no internet connection is available and synced later. I'm not sure if IOU supports this, I ha…

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.

Re: Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses

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Post by janberchtold »

haydenkshaw wrote: post #13

Splitwise user here. Interface is clear and easy to use with most of the required functionality. Personally I find the per-bill itemised expense part of Splitwise essential, being able to split a receipt into it's items and then charge particular participants for only certain items. Uploading images of receipts to each bill is also essential imo.

Thanks for your feedback! We will be adding more features soon. The image upload of receipts will be coming soon.
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