Use cases
Shared & transparent

One shared group where everyone adds, and everyone can see.

Family, friends, or a field team — let everyone drop expenses into one chat. The running total updates live, so the answer to “where did the money go?” is always one question away.

The painful part

Why the old way is so frustrating

One person tracks everyone

The unofficial 'accountant' collects everyone's spends, chases receipts, and burns out by month-end.

No transparency, no trust

When only one person holds the numbers, the rest can't verify the total — and disputes follow.

“Where did the money go?” is manual

Answering that question means scrolling back through weeks of messages and adding it up by hand.

How ChatBuk does it

Walk through it, one piece at a time.

1Step 1

Shared entry by everyone

Friends, family, drivers, or field teams all contribute expenses into the same place.

Goa Trip friends

5 members · sharing live

ARN

Amit

taxi from airport ₹1,200

Riya

dinner paid ₹2,850

Neha

scooter rent ₹900

Group total₹12,100

3 friends added expenses · auto summarized

2Step 2

Transparent running total

A live group total everyone can see builds trust and ends the 'who paid what' arguments.

“how much did Goa Trip cost?”

0 · 9 entries

3Step 3

Query-based answers

Ask the group's spend by person, category, or time and get a tidy answer — no spreadsheet needed.

Finance Agent

online · reading your records

Is Goa Trip going over budget?

Goa Trip report

Live

You are under budget by ₹3,650.

Budget

₹18,000

Spent

₹14,350

Suggestion

Keep dinner under ₹1,000 per person for the next 2 days.

One person always ends up being the accountant. And nobody fully trusts the final number because they can't see how it was built.

Every shared household & trip A shared group makes the total transparent by default.

Keep exploring

More use cases

Make the shared total something everyone trusts

Start a group, invite the people who spend, and let the numbers stay open.