About

A free tool for keeping track of who paid for what on a group trip — and working out the simplest way to square up at the end.

Why it exists

It was built for a family trip to Darjeeling — nine adults and two children travelling by car, with a hired driver, three days of hotels, meals and tolls, and a running argument about who had paid for what.

Notes apps and spreadsheets kept losing track, mostly because the people paying were never the same as the people the money was spent on. That turns out to be the general problem, so the tool was opened up for anyone to use.

What it does well

Splits that reflect reality Every traveller carries a share weight, so a child can count as half an adult. Any expense can apply to everyone, to a subset, or to one person alone.
Several currencies at once A trip settles in one currency, but spending can be logged in others and is converted as it goes — useful the moment you cross a border.
The fewest possible payments Instead of everyone paying everyone, the whole trip reduces to a short list of transfers, which you tick off as they actually happen.
Households settle together Family members can be grouped, so one person pays or receives on behalf of the whole household rather than four people exchanging small amounts.
The car account Advances handed to a driver are tracked separately and reconciled against the final bill, without being double-counted in the settlement.
Everything else around a trip Shared packing checklists, emergency contacts, photographed bills, and reports you can download as PDF or CSV.

What it is not

It does not move money. Nothing is connected to a bank, no payment is processed, and card details are never requested. It is a shared notebook that does arithmetic — the actual paying back happens between you, however you normally do it.

Privacy

Trips are private to the people invited to them. No advertising trackers, no analytics products, nothing sold or shared. The visitor number below is a plain count kept on our own server with no IP address stored. The privacy policy covers the part most services skip: much of what you enter is about other people.

Who makes it

Built and run by Ornova Labs in Malda, West Bengal, India, alongside a handful of other small tools at ornovalabs.com. It is free to use, and if something is broken or missing the contact page reaches a real person.

Ready to try it?

Free, no card, and your first trip takes about a minute to set up.

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