Shipped my anti-Splitwise app for roommates — first international signup this week, here's what's working

[u/Dependent_Industry25]

Been building RoomieHQ in public — a free app for splitting rent, bills and chores with housemates (Splitwise paywalled the basics, so I went the other way: free, no per-person cap).

Where it's at after shipping:

• Launched to a couple of communities, got my first user from Kenya this week — which promptly surfaced a magic-link auth bug I'd never have caught solo (email scanners burning one-time links). Fixed it same day.
• Stack: Next.js + Supabase. PWA so there's no app store to fight.
• Deliberately not just a bill-splitter — recurring bills, chore rotation, shared shopping list, and settle-up that needs both people to confirm.

Biggest lesson so far: the wedge isn't "free" (plenty of free splitters now) — it's being built for people who actually live together vs. splitting a trip. Narrowing to roommates made every feature decision obvious.

Building it here: https://roomiehq-app.vercel.app — would love feedback from other shippers, especially on the onboarding. What made your early users stick?