The split that waits for a confirm

The startup idea

The problem

The free plan of the last splitter ran out, and the screenshot is still a manual entry.

Who would pay for this?

Primary

A flatmate group that already shares UPI screenshots.

Secondary

Someone who will install a preview APK and make a Supabase account.

Early adopter

One screenshot, confirmed by hand, in one group.

How could it make money?

Possible models. Nothing here is a claim about what Kinlo charges.

• No price. MIT for the code.
• The brand is separate.
• The post says free.

What would the MVP look like?

1. One group and one expense.
2. A screenshot that does not save itself.
3. The not-on-the-Play-Store line.
4. Supabase named.

How to validate the idea

• Ask five people whether the amount saved before they tapped confirm.
• If it did, the reply's rule failed.
• Do not count a sideload as a store install.

How to differentiate

• Shared and personal spending sit in one app.
• The scan waits.
• The code is MIT and the name is not.
• Do not become the bank.

Product that inspired this idea

Mithilesh's post says Kinlo splits bills, reads a UPI screenshot into an expense, and keeps shared and personal spending in one app. Free, open source, Android, built with Claude Code. The readme says MIT, but the name, logo, and screenshots are not part of that license. The app is Expo on Supabase: Postgres, auth, storage, and row-level security. The preview APK is about 100 MB. It is not on the Play Store. In a reply he says a shared screenshot is read for amount, merchant, and date, and you confirm before it is saved. The post says the screenshot fills in the expense, and does not mention the account or the confirm step. This page did not split a bill.

Posted by @MithileshKale2. Watch the original launch. No separate product site is listed unless the post itself is the source.

• android
• bills

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