Hisab
Every rupee, sorted. Track spending, stay within limits and split costs, privately.
Indians pay for almost everything digitally, yet most people still can't say where their money went this month. Budget apps ask for bank logins or read every SMS, shared costs for trips, PG rooms and flats live in WhatsApp threads and mental maths, and tracking and splitting need two different apps. Hisab does both in one calm app, and it is built so it can't read your money even if it wanted to.
The concern, and the fix.
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The concernYou can't tell where your money went this month.
How it's solvedOne home screen shows income, spending and savings by category, with a plain-language insight.
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The concernTrip, PG and flat costs live in WhatsApp threads and someone always loses out.
How it's solvedSplits for real life, settled over UPI with the fewest payments, and each share lands in your own report.
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The concernMoney apps want your bank login and keep your data readable on their servers.
How it's solvedEverything is encrypted on your phone first. The server only stores data it can't read.
Track in seconds
A spend needs only the amount and a category; the date and account fill themselves.
Say "Spent 450 on Swiggy" or scan a receipt; read on the phone, never stored.
Paste a bank message and the amount, merchant and date are filled in.
Close the app by accident and your entry waits, encrypted, to continue.
Stay in control
- Where it went
Income, spent and saved for any period, by category and account.
- Limits that warn in time
Amber at 80%, red when crossed, and an alert the moment an entry tips it.
- Savings goals
"Goa: ₹15,000 by March", with progress and how much to put aside each month.
- Reports and Excel
A yearly report month by month, and everything exportable to Excel.
Split anything
- Trips, PG rooms and messes
Split equally, by amount, percentage, shares or days present.
- Split while you add it
Log a dinner once and split it with a friend or a group in the same step.
- Monthly bills and a common fund
Rent, Wi-Fi and the cook appear every month; the kitty shows what's left.
- Settle in the fewest payments
Pay by UPI link or QR, and share one summary image on WhatsApp.
Never chase money
- Notified when it matters
Bills added, payments marked, reminders: even when the app is closed, never showing amounts.
- Remind in one tap
On WhatsApp with your UPI ID, or as a Hisab notification.
- One-to-one IOUs
"Rohit owes me ₹300" in seconds, without making a group.
- Trips abroad
Bills in 16 currencies, converted at the live rate and settled in rupees.
Private by design
- Encrypted on your phone
Every amount, merchant and note is encrypted before it leaves; the server holds only ciphertext.
- Your key, your Drive
Backed up to your own Google Drive, so a new phone gets your history back.
- PIN or fingerprint
Unlock like a payments app, with auto-lock you choose.
- Nobody else can look
Not even Hisab's owner sees balances, merchants or amounts.
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Research
Heard the same four concerns again and again: heavy apps, privacy worries, messy shared costs, two apps for one job.
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Privacy first
Designed so the server only ever stores encrypted data, and even the team sees only sign-up date and last active.
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Audit and fix
A full Nielsen heuristic evaluation; all 8 findings fixed before launch.
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Live for everyone
Open to anyone at usehisab.web.app, installable on Android, iPhone and desktop.
19 tools across 6 layers
App
- React 18Responsive, component-based screens
- Vite 6Instant development builds and a small production bundle
- Installable web app (PWA)Installs on Android, iPhone and desktop, works offline, accepts shares
Privacy and security
- Web Crypto: AES-256-GCMEvery amount and note encrypted on the phone before saving
- HKDF, PBKDF2, HMACKeys derived on the device; the server never sees them
- ECDH P-256Each shared split has its own key, sealed to every member
- WebAuthn passkeysFingerprint and Face ID unlock, bound to the device
Data and sign-in
- Firebase AuthenticationGoogle sign-in, then a PIN or fingerprint
- Cloud Firestore (Mumbai region)Offline-first cache and real-time sync of encrypted data
- Google Drive app folderEach person's key backed up to their own Drive, never to Hisab
Spreadsheets
- SheetJSExcel import and export, done entirely on the device
Hosting and notifications
- Firebase HostingGlobal CDN, HTTPS everywhere and strict security headers
- Cloudflare WorkersPush notifications, and scheduled monthly stories and friendly nudges, without a server to run
- Firebase Cloud MessagingDelivers the notifications to phones and computers
Quality
- Node test runner48 unit tests on encryption, splitting and imports
- Firebase rules unit testing15 suites proving no one can read another person's data
- PlaywrightEnd-to-end tests on every flow, from sign-in to export
- axe-coreAccessibility checks: 0 violations on 32 screens
- ESLintConsistent, error-free code
- Students and young professionals
- PG, hostel and flat sharers
- Friends who travel together
- Anyone who wants privacy with their money
Let's create what's next.
We are partnering with a select group of 5 founding clients. Each one gets our full attention, our best thinking and terms reserved for the businesses that grow with us from the start.
- Senior team on your project from day one
- Preferred founding terms, agreed in your proposal
- Direct founder involvement in every key decision
- Priority scheduling ahead of standard engagements
Apply for a founding place Or start with a free website & app audit