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Hey everyone,
I am Artyom the developer of Squara

A couple of years ago, four friends and I were splitting a pizza in one of our trips together.
We pulled up a popular expense splitting app(no names called), and before I could tap "Settle Up," an ad played. Then a 10-second timer I couldn't skip. Then a prompt to upgrade to remove both.

I closed it and wrote down the expense in my phones notes.

Being a software developer for a few good years and shipping multiple apps on iOS & Android i decided to build Squara an expense splitting app with a focus on audit and fairness not because you don't trust your friends but because sometimes someone edits something by mistake and at the end of the trip someone gets paid less.

A. The problem

Expense-splitting apps have two separate problems that nobody's really fixing:

Friction for the sake of monetization. Ads mid-flow, timers before you can settle, daily caps on how many expenses you can log. These aren't product decisions they're engagement hacks dressed up as limits.

A trust problem nobody talks about. In most apps, any group member can edit any expense including ones they weren't part of. Nobody gets notified when someone changes what you're owed. One person can mark a debt as settled without the other person confirming. When real money is involved between real people, this is a real problem.

B. What Squara does differently

Squara is an expense-splitting app I've been building for the past few months. Groups, expenses, equal/exact/percentage/share splits, settlements the basics, done cleanly.

The part I spent the most time on is trust*:*

Strict edit permissions. Only the person who logged an expense or the group owner can modify or delete it. Nobody quietly changes what you're owed.

Full audit trail. Every edit is logged with a timestamp and before/after values in a per-group timeline. You can see exactly what changed and when.

Mutual settlement confirmation. When someone marks a debt as settled, you get notified and must confirm before it counts. No unilateral "done."

No payments processed. Squara tracks who owes what and keeps an honest record. That's it. How you actually pay each other is your business.

No ads. On any tier. Ever.

B1. Squara vs Splitwise

Ads:

Squara: Never.

Splitwise: Yes (free tier)

Settleup blockage friction:

Squara: No.

Splitwise: 10 seconds (free tier)

Edit permissions:

Squara: Payer/group owner only.

Splitwise: Anyone in the group

Audit trail:

Squara: Full, timestamped

Splitwise: None

Settlement confirmation:

Squara: Both sides required(Handshake)

Splitwise: One-sided

Multi-currency conversion:

Squara: Yes, free.

Splitwise: Yes, paywall.

CSV/PDF export

Squara:Yes (premium)

Splitwise:Yes (premium)

B2. Squara vs Tricount

Tricount is clean and honest but has no persistent groups and no real-time sync between devices. There's also no audit trail and no settlement confirmation.

B3. Squara vs Settle Up

Settle Up has a 3-group cap on the free tier. No audit trail. Settlement is one-sided.

C. Cost

Freemium. No ads on any tier.

Free:

1 group you own (unlimited membership in others' groups)

Unlimited expenses

Equal, exact, shares, and percentage splits

30 days of expense history on insights

Multi-currency insights

Full audit trail

Mutual settlement confirmation

Squara Premium (funds ongoing development):
$3.99/mo or $29.99/yr. Price varies by country of residence.

Multiple owned groups

Recurring expenses

Extended history with detailed breakdowns

Export to CSV & PDF

Appstore: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6784175741
Website: https://squara.app
Privacy Policy: https://squara.app/privacy
ToS: https://squara.app/terms
Contact me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artyomlensky/

Happy to answer questions about how I built it, why I made specific product decisions, or anything else. I read every reply.

Solo dev here. I built Digital Compass because every compass app I tried was either bloated, paywalled, or needed an internet connection to do basic things. I just wanted something that opens instantly, points North, and lets me drop a pin I can actually find again.

Then I kept adding the things I actually wanted myself: a favourites list so I can save spots I return to (campsite, parking spot, trailhead), and a location-sharing feature that sends an encrypted link to a friend so they can navigate directly to my pin. No accounts, no servers. The link opens in the app and the pin loads instantly on their end.

What it does:

• Real-time magnetic heading using your phone's internal sensors, no GPS required for the compass itself
• Save a GPS location and navigate back to it, stored locally, nothing leaves your device
• Favourites list, save and name multiple spots so you can return to any of them later
• Share your location with friends, generates an encrypted link they open in the app and navigate straight to you. Works over WhatsApp, SMS, anything
• Battery Friendly, When you navigate to a waypoint and you exceed a set distance from it the gps turns to low accuracy, and pulses slower, when getting near the point it increses to pinpoint you almost precisely.
• Auto theme that switches to light mode in bright sunlight for readability, dark mode in low light(Android only) unfortunately apple does not provide access to the LUX sensor :(
• Works Fully offline, no data, no Wi-Fi, nothing

Platform: Android and iOS

Normal Price: $2.99 one time purchase.

Deal: Free life time Pro

What I'm looking for feedback on:

• Saving and navigating back to pins, does the arrow feel accurate and smooth?
• Favourites list, is the UX clear? Anything confusing or missing?
• Location sharing, does the encrypted link open cleanly and load the pin correctly?
• Compass accuracy on your device

No accounts, no trackers, no servers. Everything stays on your device.

How to get your code(No expiration date only First 100 People):
Download from the store, DM me and ill give you a code.

🤖 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sappsinteractive.digitalcompass

🍎 iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/compass-offline-hiking-gps/id6774181668

Drop a comment or DM me, happy to answer questions and genuinely want to hear what's broken or missing.

I show them a modal, i ask to write a few words it really helps, and yet still they just throw in the stars and call it the day 🤣

Been working on this app for a while now and its so nice to see the 100+ 😁