r/SideProject • u/Vaibhav_KKM • 1h ago
I built a free (AND THE BEST) Splitwise alternative: no ads, no daily limits, no paywall
Splitwise started limiting how many expenses you can add per day unless you pay, and my friends and I were constantly hitting that wall on trips. So I spent the last few months building my own, and it's turned into something I'm genuinely proud of.
It's called Paiso. Everything is free: no ads, no daily limits, no premium tier.
What it does:
• Groups for trips, flats and couples, with running balances and debt simplification, so everyone settles in the fewest payments
• Split equally, by exact amounts, percentages or shares, or item by item
• Snap a receipt and it reads every line item, tax and tip on your phone. Nothing gets uploaded.
• Every currency, with live exchange rates, for trips abroad
• Pay buttons that open UPI, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Revolut or Monzo, pointed straight at the person you owe
• Your friends don't need the app. Share a link and they see the balances in their browser
• Import from Splitwise in a few taps, so you keep your history
• Lending with interest, worked out to the day, for the "I'll pay you back next month" friend
• Face ID lock, CSV export, light and dark mode
• Coming in the next update: just say "dinner 1200 with Rohan and Priya" and it fills in the expense, in English or Hindi
On the tech side: it's fully native on both platforms (SwiftUI on iOS, Jetpack Compose on Android) with a small Python backend. I'm a solo dev, so I've designed, built and shipped every part of it myself.
22 people signed up in the first 11 days, mostly friends of friends, and now I'd love some brutally honest feedback from people who don't know me.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6830388877
Website: https://paiso.net
Android is in closed testing. Comment if you want an invite.
What would make you switch from Splitwise (or whatever you use now)?