All-in-One Expense Tracker & Budget Manager with Group Split and Trip Planner

Manage your personal and shared expenses effortlessly with this powerful and user-friendly expense tracker app. Whether you're tracking your daily expenses, splitting bills with friends, or planning a group trip, this app has everything you need.

🔹 Key Features:

🧍 Personal Finance Tracker

• Add income (salary, freelance, passive income)
• Track personal expenses like groceries, rent, shopping, and transport
• Categorize spending and set monthly budgets
• View insightful reports with pie charts, bar graphs, and trends

👥 Group Expense Management

• Create or join groups (e.g., “Flatmates”, “Goa Trip”, “Family”)
• Add shared expenses, split equally or unequally
• Automatically calculate who owes whom
• Mark payments as settled or partially paid
• Export group expense reports

🔁 Recurring Payment Tracker

• Set recurring bills (rent, subscriptions, utilities, EMIs)
• Get timely reminders for upcoming payments

🧾 Owed & Lent Money Management

• Keep track of money you owe or lent to others
• Manage paybacks with full or partial settlements
• Supports both group and non-group bill splits

📊 Dashboard & Monthly Reports

• Get a clean overview of your monthly cash flow
• See total spending, net balance, and upcoming bills
• Analyze where your money goes with detailed visual reports

For Mobile Application (Android/iOS):

• Android Studio (for Android build)
• Xcode (for iOS build)
• Flutter SDK / React Native / Kotlin / Swift (based on your tech stack)
• Firebase or custom backend API setup
• Internet connection for API access

General Requirements:

• Basic knowledge of installing web apps or mobile apps
• Access to hosting/server or Firebase backend
• Access to a code editor (e.g., VS Code, Sublime Text)

Step-by-Step Instructions to Use This Item (Firebase-Based App)

🔧 1. Requirements

• Flutter SDK (or React Native if used)
• Android Studio or VS Code (with Flutter/Dart plugins)
• Firebase account (https://console.firebase.google.com)
• Basic knowledge of Flutter/Firebase

📁 2. Download & Extract

• After purchase, download the ZIP file from Codester
• Extract it to your preferred folder on your machine

🧩 3. Set Up Firebase

1. Go to Firebase Console
2. Create a new project (e.g., ExpenseManager)
3. Enable these Firebase services:
   • Firestore Database
   • Firebase Authentication (Email/Password)
   • Firebase Storage (optional for file uploads)
4. Create an Android app inside the Firebase project:
   • Use your package name (e.g., com.yourapp.expensetracker)
   • Download the google-services.json file and place it in /android/app/
5. (Optional) Add iOS app and download GoogleService-Info.plist into /ios/Runner/

🔗 4. Configure the Project

• Open the project in Android Studio or VS Code
• Add your Firebase config files (google-services.json or GoogleService-Info.plist)
• Check and update firebase_options.dart if you're using flutterfire_cli
• Run flutter pub get to install dependencies

▶️ 5. Run the App

• Use flutter run to launch on a connected device/emulator
• Or use Android Studio's Run button

🔐 6. Sign Up / Log In

• Create a user account using email & password (uses Firebase Auth)
• Login to access personal finance and group expense features

✍️ 7. Start Using the App

• Add income and personal expenses
• Create or join groups to split expenses
• Use recurring payment options
• View dashboards and monthly reports
• Plan trips and track shared costs

💡 8. Customize (Optional)

• You can modify themes, add currencies, or localize for your region
• Update UI/UX or add features via Firebase Functions or Firestore Rules

📤 Deployment (Optional)

• Build an APK using flutter build apk
• Or deploy to Play Store/TestFlight after necessary configurations