Really great idea. This is perfect for roomates, especially college aged. Also very good for ADHD types like myself! Can't wait to start using it.
Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
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Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#32Are you guys iPhone only, or do you have an Android client?
From the screenshots it looks like you're using some sort of cross-platform framework. Any plans for a (real) native client?
Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#33I wish you all the best, but I'm skeptical that this could become a viable business. Is this a problem that people struggle with enough that they'd pay for a service to help them with it? What would differentiate Splitterbug from, say, BillMonk? Or just an e-mail? What are you planning on for revenue? One-off App Store purchases, or something more?
We're both very big Billmonk fans, but unfortunately the application hasn't seen very much improvement since it was acquired a few years ago. Splitterbug helps you solve the same problem using some very cool tech that Billmonk didn't have access to (native iPhone apps/Android/Facebook graph/etc). Our primary focus right now is building an app solves the problem of splitting bills and tracking debts. We've got a few i…
What's the very cool tech? Why does an app like this require particularly new or innovative technology?
Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#34Interesting - it looks really similar to my app Splitsies which launched late last year: http://splitsies.net/ - it'll be interesting to see how their dependence on Facebook connect works out for you.
Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#35I guess any entrepreneur already thought about building that application once in their life. I myself thought of it a lot of time.. but always dismissed it thinking that it wasn't a monetizable business and only a fun hack project over a weedkend. However, these guys seemed to have proved me wrong as they're in YC while my "serious business ideas" were rejected. Or, maybe YC decided to invest mainly for the team (Bot…
A pattern I've observed (for a few guys who've gone through YC) is that they pitch a larger vision, but the process and/or Graham team leads them to implement only a stepping stone to that vision, at least as a first release.
Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#36I've just released an iPhone app, called You Owe Me, which syncs purchases and repayments between people, using FB connect and/or normal email/password login. I think it's a pretty exciting space really, with a lot of potential. Signed up for their private beta - will see how it develops.
Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#37I wish you all the best, but I'm skeptical that this could become a viable business. Is this a problem that people struggle with enough that they'd pay for a service to help them with it? What would differentiate Splitterbug from, say, BillMonk? Or just an e-mail? What are you planning on for revenue? One-off App Store purchases, or something more?
We're both very big Billmonk fans, but unfortunately the application hasn't seen very much improvement since it was acquired a few years ago. Splitterbug helps you solve the same problem using some very cool tech that Billmonk didn't have access to (native iPhone apps/Android/Facebook graph/etc). Our primary focus right now is building an app solves the problem of splitting bills and tracking debts. We've got a few i…
Thanks for answering on it. I wasn't ever a big Billmonk user, but I can see your point about opportunity being present when acquired apps stagnate.
Again, good luck with it. I look forward to seeing where you take it.
Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#38I already talked to you guys about this on twitter, but I'll put some of it here anyway.
Love the concept for the app, as a college student I can see how it would be really helpful.
Criticisms: Wish you could use phone contacts along with the facebook connect. That way you aren't dependent on internet and the app doesn't look like it is made for facebook. Also when you go to the people tab it just shows a white screen, which is discouraging and makes me think that there is nothing there. It would be much better if you could populate the list and make it searchable in the same way the facebook app does.
Re: Splitterbug (YC S11) private beta: track expenses with friends from your phone
#39You can start using the web version of their app right away by going to http://splitterbug.com on your mobile (at least it worked on my iPhone) and signing in with Facebook.
Good eye :) The web version lacks a lot of optimizations we were able to add on the client though. If you're excited to start using the thing now, shoot me an email at support [at] splitterbug.com and let me know what device flavor you prefer (iPhone/Android). I'll get you set up.
Thanks -- I got in on the iPhone beta and it looks good so far. I'm excited to see this service become public -- I think it could be super useful.